This ChemRxiv preprint is not peer reviewed. Paul and colleagues measured metals by flame atomic absorption spectrometry in the noodle cake only. The seasoning sachet was excluded. The cake was oven dried at 100 C before ashing, so the basis is dry. The table prints mg kg-1. This note writes mg/kg for the same numerals and does not convert them.
Key numbers
Table 3, eight brands, 102 packets:
Chromium is not labeled hexavalent. Arsenic, mercury, aluminum, and tin are not in this cited table.
Methods (brief)
Noodle cake was dried, dry-ashed, and measured by flame AAS. The sachet was excluded.
Evidence fitness
These figures support a dry noodle-cake occurrence note labeled as a preprint. They do not support prepared soup or a peer-reviewed claim.
Limitations
Not peer reviewed. The printed unit is mg kg-1. Chromium is total chromium as analyzed, not hexavalent chromium.
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