Rice finding 2676
Source evidence and comparison details for the Rice profile.
Rice grain and rice products (mixed) · Methylmercury (MeHg) · 87 rice products.
Selected finding and reference
Basis: Commercial products; moisture basis not resolved. Abstract ranges retained as reported; the lower MeHg result may be below the method LOQ. No detection count inferred.
Source-reported range: 0.11–6.45 µg/kg.
HMI baseline position
Limited data: The source reports a non-detect without a numerical limit; its position cannot be identified. Missing evidence never means low contamination.
The source reports a non-detect without a numerical limit; its position cannot be identified.
Reference version and interpretation
Frozen evidence selection: 2026-10-22. Method: hmi-pooled-reference-v2.
No admitted reference
The reference is computed by HMI from admitted evidence, not copied from a study baseline. It describes the evidence currently in this scope; it is not a worldwide or current-lot benchmark. Source, year and region filters do not change it. Different HMI scopes are not one common ranking.
Collection period
Collection period not reported
No year-by-year sample register is reconstructed from this summary.
Geographic scope
Europe · UK, Germany and Switzerland
Purchase markets; growing origins mixed.
Sampling, analysis and reporting limits
Direct total-Hg and MeHg assays; full validation remains in the original report.
Abstract ranges retained as reported; the lower MeHg result may be below the method LOQ. No detection count inferred.
Mixed grain and derived products. No grain-only or baby-rice subgroup distribution inferred. No subgroup distributions or dispersion estimates are inferred from these overall ranges.
Shared samples and study overlap
The same 87 products contribute both species; includes nine baby-rice products.
Each table row describes a food/analyte result. Repeated rows do not add independent samples or datasets. No cross-study trend is calculated in this comparison mode.
Reported values, conversion and source locator
| Source statistic | Original result | Displayed unit conversion |
|---|---|---|
| reported_range | 0.11–6.45 µg/kg (reported range) | No conversion |
Published article abstract (PMID 27507486).
No moisture, cooking-yield or species conversion is applied to the original finding above. Any basis conversion used for its HMI comparison is stated separately with the numerical target.