Minerals are inorganic elements that are necessary for the body to stay healthy and that the body cannot create on its own, and that can be reached by people with consumed foods. Elemental analyzes are carried out in mineral analysis laboratories in order to determine the levels of metals in foods that may pose a health hazard when a certain dose is exceeded, especially with the revealing of the effects of metals on human health.
Elements analyzed in food mineral analysis laboratories; Examples include toxic metals such as lead, chromium, arsenic and mercury, and metals such as iron, copper, zinc, magnesium.
In these laboratories, analyzes are carried out with devices such as ICP-MS, Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer (AAS).
