<p> </p><p>Correlation between production method and mineral-, cadmium- and protein content were sought for Swedish winter wheat. The wheat was grown according to conventional, organic or biodynamic principles. The minerals; iron, zinc, magnesium, copper and the heavy metal cadmium were analyzed with atomic absorption spectroscopy. Protein was analyzed with elemental combustion analysis. All together, 17 samples were analyzed; nine from the still ongoing Bollerup field trial in Skåne and eight from four different farm pairs in the midst of Sweden.</p><p>The Bollerup field trials showed that organic wheat had a higher concentration of iron than conventional. Both organic and biodynamic wheat had a higher concentration of zinc than conventional. Magnesium concentration was higher in biodynamic wheat than in conventional grown wheat. Differences between production methods were in the range of 7.5 and 17%.</p><p>No unmistakable connections were found between any of the parameters and production method for the farm pairs. However, a tendency for more minerals in organic/biodynamic wheat was seen for all minerals but iron.</p><p>Due to unclean equipment, analyzing of cadmium contents could not be completed.</p>
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA/oai:DiVA.org:lnu-2429 |
| Date | January 2009 |
| Creators | Palm, Elise |
| Publisher | University of Kalmar, School of Pure and Applied Natural Sciences |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, text |
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