Overview
Aziz and colleagues bought three cartons each of 12 popular mango-flavored packaged juices in Pakistan and measured eight elements, then estimated bioaccessibility with a simulated digestion. Arsenic exceeded the 0.01 mg/L value they cite in every brand, and aluminum, cadmium and lead exceeded their cited limits in some brands.
Key numbers
- Arsenic: 0.03 to 0.21 mg/L across brands (Table 4, p. 7).
- Lead: 0.002 to 0.05 mg/L; highest 0.05 mg/L in two brands (Table 4).
- Cadmium: 0.001 to 0.007 mg/L, with no significant difference among brands (Table 4).
Methods (brief)
Each container was digested and analyzed separately: ICP-OES for aluminum, cadmium, chromium, copper, nickel, lead and zinc, and ICP-MS for arsenic. Results are mean ± SD (n = 3) per brand in mg/L. Detection limits and recoveries are only in a supplement that is not in the PDF.
Evidence Fitness
A small brand survey (3 containers per brand) with results per litre. The text states lead in mg/kg and says seven brands exceeded 0.03 mg/kg, which Table 4 does not support; several cadmium SDs equal their means. These are ready-to-drink packaged fruit juices, so the paper is direct evidence for fruit-juice-ready-drinks. It is a proxy for sorbet (no frozen dessert measured), which is not linked.