317 MINERAL AND HEAVY METAL CONTENT IN CAMİ BOĞAZI CHEESE ON SALE IN TRABZON, TURKEY Abstract The objective of this study was to determine the levels of certain minerals and heavy metals in 15 samples of locally produced Cami Bo¤az› cheese collected from cheese shops and district bazaars in Trabzon province, Turkey and evaluate whether the levels are within the acceptable limits given in the Turkish Food Codex. Using Inductively Coupled Plasma Optical Emmision Spectrometry, the average levels of the mineral substance and heavy metals in the Cami Bo¤az› cheese samples were determined as; calcium 3573.40±249.61 mg/kg, potassium 452.13±25.31 mg/kg, sodium 8413.31±506.59 mg/kg, magnesium 164.23±8.97 mg/kg, iron 0.37±0.17 mg/kg, zinc 27.52±1.85 mg/kg, copper 1.350±0.10 mg/kg, manganese 0.15±0.09 mg/kg, phosphorus 4272±269.90 mg/kg, lead 0.179±0.03 mg/kg and cadmium 0.028±0.001 mg/kg. These results show that the mineral content and heavy metal levels of the cheese samples were within the limits for certain foodstuffs (such as raw milk and heat-treated milk, hocafish, canned foods, beef and mutton) given in the Turkish Food Codex. This is the first report on the mineral and heavy metal content in Cami Bo¤az› cheese. Keywords: Cami Bo¤az› cheese, mineral substance, heavy metal, ICP-OES TRABZON’DA TÜKETİME SUNULAN CAMİ BOĞAZI PEYNİRLERİNİN MİNERAL MADDE İÇERİĞİ VE AĞIR METAL KONTAMİNASYONU Özet Araflt›rma, Trabzon ilindeki peynir pasajlar› ve semt pazarlar›ndan toplanan 15 adet Cami Bo¤az› peynirinde mineral madde ve a¤›r metal içeriklerinin belirlenmesi amac›yla yap›lm›flt›r. Araflt›rmada, küçük mand›ra ve aile tipi iflletmelerde üretilip Trabzon ilinde tüketime sunulan Cami Bo¤az› peynirinde baz› mineral madde ve a¤›r metal düzeylerinin belirlenmesi ve Türk G›da Kodeksi'nde belirtilen limitlere uygunlu¤unun tespit edilmesi amaçlanm›flt›r. Mineral madde ve a¤›r metal içerikleri ICP-OES kullan›larak sonuçlar mg/kg cinsinden verilmifltir. Ortalama mineral madde ve a¤›r metal içerikleri; kalsiyum 3573.40±249.61 mg/kg, potasyum 452.13±25.31 mg/kg, sodyum 8413.31±506.59 mg/kg, magnezyum 164.23±8.97 mg/kg, fosfor 4272±269.90, demir 0.37±0.17 mg/kg, çinko 27.52±1.85 mg/kg, bak›r 1.350±0.10 mg/kg, mangan 0.15±0.09 mg/kg, kurflun 0.179±0.03 mg/kg ve kadmiyum 0.028±0.001 mg/kg olarak tespit edilmifltir. Sonuç olarak, peynir numunelerinin a¤›r metal seviyelerinin Türk G›da Kodeksi’nin çi¤ süt ve ›s›l ifllem görmüfl süt, bal›k, konserve g›dalar, s›¤›r ve koyun eti vb baz› g›dalar için belirledi¤i s›n›rlar içerisinde oldu¤u belirlenmifltir. Bu makale, Cami Bo¤az› peynirindeki mineral madde içeri¤i ve a¤›r metal varl›¤› hakk›ndaki ilk rapordur. Anahtar kelimeler: Mineral madde, a¤›r metal, Cami Bo¤az› Peyniri, ICP-OES Asya Çetinkaya 1 *, Giray Buğra Akbaba 2 , Sibel Özçakmak 3 , Güven Gülbaz 3 1, 4 Kafkas University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Department of Food Engineering, Kars, Turkey 2 Kafkas University, Faculty of Engineering and Architecture, Bioengineering Department, Kars, Turkey 3 Food, Agriculture and Livestock Directorate, Samsun, Turkey Received / Gelifl Tarihi: 27.12.2015 Received in revised form / Düzeltilerek Gelifl Tarihi 22.02.2016 Accepted / Kabul Tarihi 27.02.2016 Research / Araflt›rma * Corresponding author /Yazışmalardan sorumlu yazar;  a_cetinkaya36@hotmail.com, ✆ (+90) 474 225 1279, (+90) 474 225 1282 GIDA (2016) 41 (5): 317-321 doi: 10.15237/gida.GD16032