ANALYSIS OF THE TRACE ELEMENT CONTENT OF GRAPE MOLASSES PRODUCED BY TRADITIONAL MEANS

Abstract

Molasses, sugar and other food additives, such as without adding any substance, concentrated by boiling and shelf life isa long concentrated product. Molasses is an important food for humans in terms of mineral content and high energycontent. Grape fruit is considered as a rich food source with strong health effects. Grape fruit generally contains 70-80%water, 15-25% carbohydrate and small amount of minerals, amino acids, phenolic compounds. Heavy metals are highlytoxic elements, which can severely influence plants and animals and have been involved in causing a large number ofafflictions. Heavy metals in the environment are non-biodegradable and ubiquitous, it can cause serious human healthhazards and momentous ecological effects through food chain's bioaccumulation. Inorganic micro-pollutants are ofimportant concern because they are non-biodegradable, highly toxic and have a probable carcinogenic influence. In thisstudy, it was aimed to determine the heavy metal levels in grape molasses collected from the villages of Karaman and toemphasize the importance of nutrition in carob molasses. The samples were prepared to be 2 parallel for each sample andwere solutioned by wet burning method. The concentrations of the determined elements were determined by FlameAtomic Absorption Spectrometry (FAAS). Traditional produced grape molasses are determined by comparing metalcontents with each other and with standard values.