Oat-Based Commodity and Non-Dairy Alternative Drinks Chemical Contaminants Survey
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Summary
The aim of this survey was to expand the range of mycotoxin testing, including modified mycotoxin forms not currently included in standard testing methods, for oat-based cereal, snack and non-dairy alternative products including oat, almond, coconut and soya drinks and to provide data on the isoflavone content of a range of soya drinks and infant formula and 3-MCPD and glycidyl esters in coconut non-dairy alternative drinks.
Forty one products were purchased from a range of retail and online sellers from Scotland. Samples were based on the following categories: oats and high oat content cereal products, oat drinks, soya-based infant formula and soya drinks, almond drinks and coconut drinks, including oat products made from Scottish oats.
Mycotoxins were detected in non-dairy alternative drinks at levels below MLs in place for other cereal products and several oat products, although no sample exceeded any current UK maximum level (ML).
No 3-MCPD or glycidyl esters were detected in the coconut samples analysed.
Isoflavones were detected in soya products however there are no maximum levels set for these compounds that occur naturally in soy products.
This study has demonstrated the potential for the co-occurrence of mycotoxins in oat products and non-dairy alternative drinks including modified forms of mycotoxins and these data will be used to inform future sampling to target contaminants in particular commodities in future surveys.
