Comparative elemental analysis of dairy milk and plant-based milk alternatives
Together with essential elements, toxic elements can also be found in food. In this study, we analysed the content
of 41 elements in milk from mammals (cow, goat, and donkey) and plant-based milk alternatives (from soy, rice,
oat, spelt, almond, coconut, hazelnut, walnut, cashew, hemp, and quinoa) using inductively coupled plasma
mass spectrometry and cold vapour generation atomic fluorescence (for Hg). The analytical methods were validated
using both milk certified reference materials and recovery experiments for different milk samples, obtaining