Concentrations of bisphenol A in the composite food samples from the 2008 Canadian total diet study in Quebec City and dietary intake estimates

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Table 1. Concentrations (ng g⁻¹) of BPA in food composite samples.

Food group	Food composite	BPA concentration (ng g^−1)
Dairy	Evaporated milk, canned	15.3
	Cheese	2.24
	Cheese, processed	0.68
	Butter	0.53
Meat	Luncheon meats, canned	10.5
	Wieners and sausages	0.48
Poultry	Poultry, liver pate	0.67
Fish	Fish, marine	0.48
	Fish, canned	106
	Shellfish	0.89
Soup	Soups, meat, canned	29.1
	Soups, creamed, canned	22.2
	Soups, broth, canned	44.4
Bread and cereal	Bread, white	0.40
	Bread, rye	1.73
	Cereals, rice and bran	0.65
	Flour, white (wheat)	0.44
Vegetable	Baked beans, canned	23.5
	Beans, string, raw plus canned (1:1)	5.59
	Beets, raw plus canned (1:1)	3.45
	Cauliflowers, raw	0.41
	Corn, frozen plus canned (1:2)	83.7
	Mushrooms	1.17
	Peas, frozen plus canned (1:1)	16.8
	Vegetable juice, canned	0.53
	Tomatoes, canned, and tomato sauce, canned	2.59
	Potatoes, baked with skins	0.82
Fruit	Cherries, canned	3.24
	Pineapple, canned	1.2
	Plums and prunes	0.62
	Raisins	0.51
	Apricot	0.57
Beverage	Beer, bottled plus canned (1:1)	0.20
	Wine, bottled	0.74
	Coffee	0.22
	Soft drinks, canned	0.32
	Apple juice, canned	0.36
Baby food	Dinners, cereal plus vegetable plus meat, in jar	2.46
	Formulae, liquid, milk based, canned	2.75
	Fruit, apple or peach, in jar	0.88
	Meat, poultry or eggs, in jar	1.47
	Vegetables, peas, in jar	0.84
Fast food	Frozen entrees	2.02
	French fries	1.10
	Hamburger	10.9
	Chicken burger	1.45
	Hot dogs	2.32
	Beef chow mein, carry-out	1.93
	Prepared sandwiches	1.24
	Fast food sandwiches	1.61
Miscellaneous	Baking powder	0.64
	Yeast	8.52
	Soya sauce	0.70
	Honey, bottled	0.50
	Seeds, shelled	0.68

Table 2. List of food composite samples where BPA was not detected.

Food group	Food composite	Food group	Food composite
Dairy	Milk, whole	Fruit	Applesauce, canned
	Milk, 2%		Apples, raw
	Milk, 1%		Bananas
	Cream		Blueberries
	Ice cream		Citrus fruit, raw
	Yogurt		Grapes
	Cheese, cottage		Melons
	Chocolate milk, 1%		Peaches, raw plus canned (1:1)
	Butter milk, 1%		Pears
Meat	Beef, steak	Raspberries
	Beef, roast		Strawberries
	Beef, ground		Kiwi fruit
	Pork, fresh	Fat	Cooking fats and salad oils
	Pork, cured		Mayonnaise
	Veal, cutlets		Salad dressing
	Lamb	Beverage	Tea
	Luncheon meats, cold cuts		Soy beverage, fortified
	Organ meats		Tap water, kitchen
Poultry	Eggs		Tap water, sample area
	Poultry, chicken and turkey		Water, natural spring
Fish	Fish, fresh water		Water, natural mineral
Soup	Soups, dehydrated		Citrus juice, frozen
Bread and cereal	Bread, whole wheat		Citrus juice, canned
	Cake		Grape juice, bottled
	Cereal, cooked wheat		Fruit drinks (cocktails)
	Cereal, corn	Baby food	Cereals, mixed
	Cereals, oatmeal		Desserts, in jar
	Cookies		Dinners, meat or poultry plus vegetable, in jar
	Crackers		Formulae, powder, soya based
	Danish, donuts and croissants	Fast food	Popcorn, microwave
	Muffins		Pizza
	Pasta, mixed dishes		Chicken nuggets
	Pasta, plain		Fried rice
	Pie, apple	Miscellaneous	Gelatin dessert
	Pie, other		Jams
	Rice		Peanut butter
	Buns and rolls		Puddings
	Breads, other		Sugar, white
Vegetables	Broccoli		Syrup
	Cabbage		Nuts
	Carrots		Chewing gum
	Celery		Condiments
	Cucumbers		Salt
	Lettuce		Vanilla extract
	Onions		Herbs and spices
	Peppers
	Potatoes, peeled and boiled
	Potatoes, chips
	Rutabagas
	Tomatoes
	Spinach
	Asparagus
	Brussels sprouts
	Corn chips

Table 3. Dietary intakes of BPA for different age-sex groups.

Dietary intake	0–1 months, M and F	2–3 months, M and F	4–6 months, M and F	7–9 months, M and F	10–12 months, M and F	1–4 years, M and F	5–11 years, M and F	12–19 years, M	20–39 years, M	40–64 years, M	65+ years, M	12–19 years, F	20–39 years, F	40–64 years, F	65+ years, F	All ages Canadian, M and F
µg/day	1.2	1.5	1.6	1.4	2.2	3.3	4.4	4.7	5.8	5.3	4.2	4.1	4.1	4.4	3.3	4.5
µg kg^−1 body weight day^−1	0.33	0.27	0.23	0.16	0.22	0.23	0.17	0.088	0.081	0.074	0.059	0.082	0.071	0.073	0.052	0.075
Note: F, female; M, male.

Table 4. Per cent of BPA intake from main food composites to the total dietary intakes of BPA for different age-sex groups.

Food Composite	0–1 months, M and F	2–3 months, M and F	4–6 months, M and F	7–9 months, M and F	10–12 months, M and F	1–4 years, M and F	5–11 years, M and F	12–19 years, M	20–39 years, M	40–64 years, M	65+ years, M	12–19 years, F	20–39 years, F	40–64 years, F	65+ years, F	All ages Canadian, M and F
Evaporated milk, canned	74.0	33.3	73.1	32.0	18.5	4.7	2.3	2.8	3.3	3.8	6.5	2.1	3.5	3.4	3.3	3.5
Fish, canned	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.5	4.5	8.0	12.1	7.8	7.7	12.2	6.3	14.7	4.6	8.4
Soups, meat, canned	0.0	20.8	0.0	20.4	30.6	36.4	28.4	23.2	33.8	37.9	39.8	24.5	32.3	30.1	42.0	31.3
Soups, creamed, canned	3.2	2.1	0.9	5.1	4.9	10.5	10.1	19.1	11.4	16.8	21.5	18.9	14.8	11.5	16.6	13.9
Soups, broth, canned	0.0	0.0	2.0	0.1	2.3	11.3	11.8	7.5	5.7	8.2	3.4	7.5	7.7	6.1	10.9	7.9
Bread, white	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.4	0.7	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.6	0.7	0.6	0.5	0.6	0.6
Baked beans, canned	0.0	0.0	0.0	8.3	2.3	2.2	3.9	5.5	4.6	3.6	4.3	7.5	4.2	4.7	3.1	4.4
Beans, string, raw plus canned (1:1)	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.1	0.5	0.5	0.5	1.0	0.7	0.6	0.7	1.1	0.8	0.8	0.7
Corn, frozen plus canned (1:2)	0.0	2.4	1.4	0.0	25.9	25.8	31.5	23.2	16.6	10.5	6.5	18.4	18.9	20.3	7.5	20.3
Peas, frozen plus canned (1:1)	0.0	4.9	1.1	1.3	3.0	2.3	2.3	3.2	2.9	3.4	3.7	2.6	3.8	2.8	5.3	3.1
Apple juice, canned	0.1	0.1	0.6	0.9	0.7	0.5	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.2	0.1
Beer, bottled plus canned (1:1)	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	1.3	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.4
Wine, bottled	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.3	0.2
Soft drinks, canned	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.2	0.1	1.1	1.4	1.9	1.3	0.6	0.4	1.6	1.2	0.6	0.3	1.1
Dinners, cereal plus vegetable plus meat, in jar	0.0	0.0	3.6	3.6	4.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Formulae, liquid, milk base, canned	21.4	29.8	7.6	18.3	2.5	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.1
Fruit, apple or peach, in jar	0.6	3.9	5.3	5.3	3.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Meat, poultry or eggs, in jar	0.0	0.5	2.2	2.3	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vegetables, peas, in jar	0.2	1.9	1.8	1.1	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Note: F, female; M, male.