Occurrence of some minerals in Egyptian buffaloes' milk

ABSTRACT

Random seventy five fresh raw buffaloes milk were obtained from small farms and analyzed for occurrence of some minerals such as Sodium [Na], Magnesium [Mg], Calcium [Ca], Copper [Cu], Zink [Zn], Iron [Fe], Lead [Pb] and Cadmium [Cd] using atomic absorption spectrophotometer method. The following averages were obtained Na 77mg/100g, Mg 36mg/100g, Ca 166 mg/100g, Cu 0.15mg/kg, Zn 5 mg/kg. Fe 2mg/kg, Pb 0.02 mg/kg and Cd 0.019mg/kg. The levels of Cu, Fe and Cd in buffaloes milk were slightly higher than the IDF standard while the level of Zn was in agreement with IDF standard