Table 1.
Bread types and their respective residual concentrations of potassium bromate and the daily number of loaves consumed per locality.
| SN | Locality | Bread type | Absorbance at 620 nm | Potassium bromate concentration (mg) | Color change | Number of bread loaves produced per day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mile 2 Up-station | Simple bread | 0.97 | 4498.5 | Deep purple | 400 |
| 2 | Mile 2 Nkwen | French bread | 0.08 | 48.5 | Deep yellow | 400 |
| 3 | Foncha Street junction | French bread | 1.76 | 8448.5 | Deep purple | 2000 |
| Milk bread | 0.81 | 3698.5 | Light purple | 2000 | ||
| Wheat breed | 0.14 | 348.5 | Yellow | 400 | ||
| 4 | Ntarikon | French bread | 1.98 | 9548.5 | Deep purple | 1000 |
| Milk bread | 0.19 | 598.5 | Light purple | 1000 | ||
| Wheat bread | 1.9 | 9148.5 | Deep purple | 600 | ||
| 5 | Mile1-upstation | French bread | 0.69 | 3098.5 | Purple | 400 |
| Milk bread | 2.1 | 10148.5 | Deep purple | 400 | ||
| 6 | Mile 3-Nkwen | Milk bread | 1.92 | 9248.5 | Deep purple | 2400 |
| French bread | 0.6 | 2648.5 | Yellow | 2000 | ||
| Simple bread | 1.54 | 7348.5 | Deep purple | 2000 | ||
| 7 | Food market | French bread | 0.81 | 3698.5 | Purple | 1000 |
| Simple bread | 1.47 | 6998.5 | Deep purple | 1000 | ||
| Milk bread | 0.89 | 4098.5 | Deep yellow | 1000 | ||
| 8 | Meta quarters | French bread | 0.9 | 4148.5 | Purple | 2000 |
| Milk bread | 0.82 | 3748.5 | Purple | 24,000 | ||
| Wheat bread | 0.69 | 3098.5 | Purple | 2000 | ||
| 9 | Travellers | French bread | 0.9 | 4148.5 | Purple | 1000 |
| Milk bread | 0.45 | 1898.5 | Purple | 2000 | ||
| 10 | Commercial avenue | Milk bread | 0.27 | 998.5 | Purple | 400 |
| Simple bread | 0.21 | 698.5 | Light purple | 400 | ||
| Local bread | 0.19 | 598.5 | Light purple | 400 | ||
| 11 | Moghamo-Hospital round-about | Local bread | 0.2 | 648.5 | Light purple | 200 |
| French bread | 0.21 | 698.5 | Light purple | 200 | ||
| 12 | Akwakum | Wheat bread | 0.19 | 598.5 | Light purple | 600 |
| Local bread | 0.21 | 698.5 | Light purple | 600 | ||
| French bread | 0.2 | 648.5 | Light purple | 600 | ||
| 13 | Mile 90-Mbatu | Local bread | 0.2 | 648.5 | Light purple | 300 |