Food

Gallium content

(ng/g)

Ref.

Food

Gallium content

(ng/g)

Ref.

Beef

656

1

Orange juice (Florida)

30 - 40

3

Pork

305

1

Orange juice (Brazil)

63 - 145

3

Kippered herring

220

1

 

 

 

Fish (fresh)

194

1

 

 

 

Plum

560

1

 

 

 

Watermelon

490

1

 

 

 

Peas

324

1

 

 

 

Semolina

240

1

 

 

 

Cabbage (fresh)

220

1

 

 

 

Potatoes

201

1

 

 

 

Pearl barley

199

1

 

 

 

Wheat bread

196

1

 

 

 

Apple

146

1

 

 

 

Wine

141

1

 

 

 

Water (drinking)

6.4

1

 

 

 

Wheat

133

1

 

 

 

Wheat

118

2

 

 

 

Wheat flour

148

2

 

 

 

Rice

127

2

 

 

 

Gallium content of some foods

Lawrence R. Bernstein, Ph.D.

June 2006

 

Note: ng/g = parts per billion (ppb)

 

References

 

1. Belozerov ES (1966) The content of the trace element gallium in certain foodstuffs (in Russian).  Voprosy Pitaniia 25:85-86.

 

2. Li Y-H, Zhao Q-L, Huang M-H (2005 ) Cathodic Adsorptive Voltammetry of the Gallium-Alizarin Red S Complex at a Carbon Paste Electrode. Electroanalysis 17:343-347.

 

3. McHard JA, Foulk SJ, Winefordner JD (1979) A Comparison of Trace Element Contents of Florida and Brazil Orange Juice. J Agric Food Chem 27:1326-1328.