Furan content in Spanish baby foods and its relation with potential precursors

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Table 1. Ingredients and furan content of analyzed fruit-based jarred baby food.
Tabla 1. Ingredientes y contenido de furano de los potitos de frutas analizados.

No.	Ingredients	Furan (μg/kg)
1	Apple and pear with milk	20.4 ± 2.7
2	Apple, peach and banana with milk	16.8 ± 1.2
3	Apple and peach	11.5 ± 1.5
4	Apple, pineapple, banana and cereals	16.2 ± 1.8
5	Apple compote	19.2 ± 2.4
6	Apple, banana, mango, orange, grape and cereals	17.9 ± 2.1
7	Orange and banana with cereals	32.1 ± 3.6
8	Fresh cheese with fruits (apple, peach, banana and tangerine)	13.3 ± 1.5
9	Fresh cheese with pear	7.7 ± 1.0
10	Fresh cheese with banana and apple	18.7 ± 2.3
11	Apple, banana and pineapple	14.6 ± 1.9
12	Peach, apple, banana, apricot, orange and grape	10.4 ± 0.4
13	Banana, tangerine and pear	20.5 ± 2.3
14	Pineapple, pear and peach	19.9 ± 2.5
15	Peach and banana	9.3 ± 0.9
Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 2).
Los valores están expresados como media ± desviación estándar (n = 2).

Table 2. Ingredients and furan content of analyzed vegetable-based jarred baby food.
Tabla 2. Ingredientes y contenido de furano de los potitos de verduras analizados.

No.	Ingredients	Furan (μg/kg)
1	Vegetable purée with pasta (beans, peas, carrots, onion, pasta and rice)	63.5 ± 4.7
2	Chickpeas (milk, beans, peas, carrots, onion, pasta, rice, cream and olive oil)	56.0 ± 5.8
3	Lentils (lentils, potatoes, veal, carrots, tomatoes, onion and olive oil)	52.1 ± 6.0
4	Vegetables (potatoes, beans, tomatoes, carrot, peas, celery and onion)	61.6 ± 4.7
5	Beans with potatoes (beans, milk, potatoes, onion and olive oil)	41.9 ± 5.2
6	Zucchini cream (zucchini, milk, potatoes, rice flour, onion, milk cream, peas and olive oil)	43.8 ± 5.0
7	7 vegetables (beans, peas, potatoes, carrots, zucchini, onion and spinach)	94.0 ± 4.2
8	Spinach cream (spinach, milk, potatoes, rice flour, onion, milk cream and olive oil)	143.0 ± 3.9
9	Vegetables with rice (milk, carrots, rice, peas, zucchini and onion)	10.9 ± 1.0
Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (n = 2).
Los valores están expresados como media ± desviación estándar (n = 2).

Figure 1. HS-GC-MS extracted ion chromatograms and mass spectra of (a) furan and (b) furan-d₄.

Figura 1. Cromatogramas HS-GC-MS de iones extraídos y espectros de masas de (a) furano y (b) furano-d₄.

Figure 2. Box plots for furan concentrations of the fruit and vegetable-based jarred baby foods analyzed. Asterisk means an outlier data.

Figura 2. Diagramas de cajas para las concentraciones de furano en los potitos de frutas y verduras analizados. El asterisco representa un valor atípico.