Abstract
Twenty-five rice brands, available on the Jamaican market, and a local field trial sample were collected and analyzed for 36 essential, non-essential and toxic elements using four techniques: flame atomic absorption spectrophotometry (F-AAS), inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES), instrumental neutron activation analysis (INAA), and total reflection X-ray fluorescence (TXRF). The mean values for both white and brown rice respectively for calcium (127mg/kg; 104mg/kg), chromium (0.08mg/kg; 0.157mg/kg), copper (1.65mg/kg; 2.96mg/kg), iron (22.3mg/kg; 20.1mg/kg), magnesium (371mg/kg; 1205mg/kg), manganese (10.5mg/kg; 26.5mg/kg), molybdenum (0.790mg/kg; 0.770mg/kg), phosphorus (1203mg/kg; 3361mg/kg), potassium (913mg/kg; 2157mg/kg), selenium (0.108mg/kg; 0.131mg/kg), sodium (6.00mg/kg; 15.1mg/kg), sulfur (1131mg/kg; 1291mg/kg) and zinc (15.6mg/kg; 20.2mg/kg) were used to calculate intake values. The percentage contribution to Provisional Tolerable Weekly Intakes were also estimated for the toxic elements aluminum (6.6–17.9%), arsenic (7.8–10.2%), cadmium (5.1–9.0%) and mercury (3.2–12.0%) with ranges dependent on white or brown rice consumption and gender. It was concluded that, for most essential elements, rice does not significantly contribute to mineral nutrition. The local field trial sample yielded encouraging results in terms of uptake of toxic elements.
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