Spotting Aflatoxin Although Aspergillus flavus can grow on just about any crop seed, it's more commonly found on oilseed crops such as corn, cottonseed, peanuts, and tree nuts. Sorghum, wheat, (sweet) potatoes, and rice can be affected as well.
What foods contain aflatoxin?
Aflatoxins can occur in foods such as groundnuts, tree nuts, maize, rice, figs and other dried foods, spices, crude vegetable oils and cocoa beans, as a result of fungal contamination before and after harvest. Several types of aflatoxins are produced naturally.
Can aflatoxin be destroyed by cooking?
Heating and cooking under pressure can destroy nearly 70% of aflatoxin in rice compared to under atmospheric pressure only 50% destroyed (37). Dry and oil roastings can reduce about 50-70% of aflatoxin B1 (38). We could show that only about 10% of total 1242 ppb of aflatoxin B.
What foods are most affected by aflatoxins?
Aflatoxins are a family of toxins produced by certain fungi that are found on agricultural crops such as maize (corn), peanuts, cottonseed, and tree nuts.
Do potatoes contain toxins?
Potatoes contain two kinds of glycoalkaloids, both natural toxins, called solanine and chaconine. Exposure to light greatly increases the formation of chlorophyll and glycoalkaloids.
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