ReviewNutrients2018
Contaminants in Grain-A Major Risk for Whole Grain Safety?
Review in Nutrients, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Pooled it
- Bioavailability and health risk assessment of potentially toxic elements in popcorn kernel from sandy loam Ferric Luvisol amended with municipal solid waste compost.Environmental geochemistry and health · 2022Trial
- Are Sugar-Reduced and Whole Grain Infant Cereals Sensorially Accepted at Weaning? A Randomized Controlled Cross-Over Trial.Nutrients · 2020Trial
- The Risk of Mycotoxin Contamination and Delay Harvesting on Quality and Technological Parameters of Spring Cereals.Journal of food science · 2026Article
- Heavy Metal Toxicity in Cereals: Uptake Mechanisms, Physiological Impacts, and Mitigation Strategies.Toxics · 2025Review
- A Whole-Cell System Based on Engineered Bacteria to Assess Cobalt Presence in Food: The Example of the Pasta Production Chain.Biosensors · 2025Article
- The need and strategies for increasing whole-grain intake: a narrative review focused on the UK and Ireland.The British journal of nutrition · 2025Review
- A Comprehensive Review: Current Strategies for Detoxification of Deoxynivalenol in Feedstuffs for Pigs.Animals : an open access journal from MDPI · 2025Review
- Mycotoxin Assessment in Minimally Processed Traditional Ecuadorian Foods.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- CFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- Exposure to mycotoxins from the consumption of corn-based breakfast cereals in the United Arab Emirates.Scientific reports · 2024Article
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- The Combined ICP-MS, ESEM-EDX, and HAADF-STEM-EDX Approach for the Assessment of Metal Sub-Micro- and Nanoparticles in Wheat Grain.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Estimating effects of whole grain consumption on type 2 diabetes, colorectal cancer and cardiovascular disease: a burden of proof study.Nutrition journal · 2024Article
- Development of Analog Rice Made from Cassava and Banana with the Addition of Katuk Leaf (Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Protocooperative Effect ofMicroorganisms · 2023Article
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- Risk assessment of uptake of trace elements through consumption of cereals: a pilot study in Yerevan, Armenia.Journal of environmental health science & engineering · 2022Article
- Overview of the Composition of Whole Grains' Phenolic Acids and Dietary Fibre and Their Effect on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Review
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Abstract
Grains are the main energy and carbohydrate sources for human nutrition globally. Governmental and non-governmental authorities recommend whole grains as a healthy food choice. The role of contaminants in (whole) grains and how to mitigate any potential risk following their consumption has not been reported. With this narrative review, we shed light on the potential human health risk from contaminants in whole grains and elaborate strategies to mitigate such risk. We found that grains represent a significant source of food-borne contaminants, the main ones being; mycotoxins including (A) aflatoxin B1; (B) ochratoxin A; (C) fumonisin B1; (D) deoxynivalenol; (E) zearalenone; toxic metals like arsenic, cadmium and lead; as well as process contaminants such as acrylamide. Whole grains usually contain more contaminants than refined products. However, whole grains also provide more nutrients that may reduce the impact of these contaminants. Strict regulatory thresholds aim to minimize the risk of contaminants to public health. The consumer can further impact on the mitigation of any risk by eating a healthy diet filled with nutrient-dense foods such as whole grains and probiotics. The risk posed by contaminants from whole grains do not outweigh the known nutritional benefits of whole grain consumption.
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