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Fate of Fusarium Mycotoxins in Maize Flour and Grits During Extrusion Cooking

Fate of Fusarium Mycotoxins in Maize Flour and Grits During Extrusion Cooking

Keith A Scudamore, Robin C E Guy, Brian Kelleher, Susan J MacDonald

Food Addit Contam Part A Chem Anal Control Expo Risk Assess. 2008 Nov;25(11):1374-84.

PMID: 19680845

Abstract:

Extrusion technology is used widely in the manufacture of a range of breakfast cereals and snacks for human consumption and animal feeds. To minimise consumer exposure to mycotoxins, the levels of deoxynivalenol (DON) and zearalenone (ZON) in cereals/cereal products and fumonisins B(1) and B(2) (FB(1) and FB(2)) in maize are controlled by European Union legislation. Relatively few studies, however, have examined the loss of Fusarium mycotoxins during processing. The behaviour of FB(1), FB(2) and fumonisin B(3) (FB(3)), DON and ZON during extrusion of naturally contaminated maize flour and maize grits is examined using pilot-scale equipment. DON and ZON are relatively stable during extrusion cooking but the fumonisins are lost to varying degrees. There is some loss of ZON when present in low concentrations and extruded at higher moisture contents. The presence of additives, such as reducing sugars and sodium chloride, can also affect mycotoxin levels. Moisture content of the cereal feed during extrusion is important and has a greater effect than temperature, particularly on the loss of fumonisins at the lower moistures. The effects are complex and not easy to explain, although more energy input to the extruder is required for drier materials. However, on the basis of these studies, the relationship between the concentration of Fusarium toxins in the raw and finished product is toxin- and process-dependent.

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Catalog Number	Product Name	Structure	CAS Number	Price
AS2121497	Maize (very low level ZON)			Price

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