Table 5.
Mean tAs concentrations (μg/kg) in halophytes, seaweeds and products based on or containing seaweed as used to estimate dietary exposure in the general and replacement scenario
| Additional information | N | LC (%) | Mean concentration (μg/kg) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LB | UB | |||||
| Halophytes | Purslanes and similar | Fresh product | 7 | 57 | 41 | 59 |
| Algae and prokaryotes organisms | Algae and prokaryotes organisms, unspecified | Dried product | 149 | – | 28,480 | 28,480 |
| Algae and prokaryotes organisms, unspecified | Fresh product | 27 | – | 19,183 | 19,183 | |
| Green algae, unspecified | Dried product (a) | 3 | – | 4,333 | 4,333 | |
| Green algae, unspecified | Fresh product | 13 | 15 | 1,734 | 1,767 | |
| Sea lettuce | Dried product (a) | 14 | – | 18,456 | 18,456 | |
| Sea lettuce | Fresh product | 18 | – | 4,048 | 4,048 | |
| Red alga, unspecified | Dried product | 15 | – | 18,951 | 18,951 | |
| Laver | Dried product | 208 | 0.5 | 21,179 | 21,179 | |
| Laver | Fresh product | 17 | – | 8,219 | 8,219 | |
| Carrageen mosses | Dried product (a) | 35 | 6 | 22,842 | 22,850 | |
| Carrageen mosses | Fresh product | 73 | 7 | 10,983 | 10,988 | |
| Dulse | Dried product (a) | 15 | – | 11,285 | 11,285 | |
| Dulse | Unspecified | 7 | – | 4,737 | 4,737 | |
| Brown algae, unspecified | Dried product | 77 | – | 45,300 | 45,300 | |
| Kombu | Dried product | 72 | 1 | 54,757 | 54,757 | |
| Kombu | Fresh product (a) | 128 | – | 18,162 | 18,162 | |
| Sea spaghetti | Dried product (a) | 14 | – | 26,645 | 26,645 | |
| Sea spaghetti | Fresh product (a) | 6 | – | 13,089 | 13,089 | |
| Wakame | Dried product | 79 | 3 | 30,772 | 30,773 | |
| Wakame | Fresh product | 16 | – | 19,037 | 19,037 | |
| Rockweed | Dried product (a) | 3 | – | 26,633 | 26,633 | |
| Rockweed | Fresh product (a) | 18 | – | 15,639 | 15,639 | |
| Spirulina | Dried product | 9 | 22 | 792 | 840 | |
| Products for non‐standard diets, food imitates and food supplements | Algae‐based formulations (e.g. Spirulina, chlorella) | Dried product | 231 | 20 | 9,558 | 9,625 |
| Fried or extruded cereal, seed or root‐based products | Snacks | With/containing seaweed | 16 | 6 | 9,482 | 9,482 |
| Hot drinks and similar (coffee, cocoa, tea and herbal infusions) | Seaweed tea | Seaweed tea | 4 | – | 190 | 190 |
| Seasoning, sauces and condiments | Relishes | With/containing seaweed | 12 | – | 4,602 | 4,602 |
(a)
Occurrence data exclusively used in the replacement scenario; %LC: percentage of left‐censored data.