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VORM-1: Mealworm powder Certified Reference Material

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Alternative titleVORM-1 : Matériau de référence certifié de poudre de ver de farine
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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.4224/crm.2023.vorm-1
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Affiliation
  1. National Research Council of Canada
  2. Universidade Federal de Santa Maria, Santa Maria, Brazil
  3. Matis, Research and Innovation, Reykjavik, Iceland
  4. Institute for Chemistry, University of Graz, Graz, Austria
  5. Institute of Analytical Chemistry of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic
  6. Forensic Chemistry Center, United States Food and Drug Administration
  7. Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition, United States Food and Drug Administration
  8. Brooks Applied Labs, Bothell WA, USA
Format3D, Material
Material typeMatrix material
SubjectCanadian reference material; high-protein material
Abstract
VORM-1 is a mealworm powder Certified Reference Material (CRM) from the National Research Council Canada (NRC) with information on total trace element and species content, as well as nutritional data listed in Supplementary datasheet. A unit of VORM-1 consists of approximately 18 grams of mealworm powder in an amber glass vial.
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AnalyteQuantityValueExpanded uncertaintyUnitType
aluminiummass fraction12.571.38mg/kgcertified
arsenicmass fraction0.1180.010mg/kgcertified
inorganic arsenicmass fraction0.1100.012mg/kgcertified
bariummass fraction3.840.46mg/kgcertified
boronmass fraction3.220.68mg/kgreference
brominemass fraction1.26mg/kginformation
cadmiummass fraction0.0690.010mg/kgcertified
calciummass fraction48438mg/kgcertified
chlorinemass fraction4600mg/kginformation
chromiummass fraction0.0940.012mg/kgcertified
cobaltmass fraction0.0850.014mg/kgcertified
coppermass fraction18.31.0mg/kgcertified
iodinemass fraction0.018mg/kginformation
ironmass fraction72.38.6mg/kgcertified
leadmass fraction0.06360.0088mg/kgcertified
magnesiummass fraction306080mg/kgcertified
manganesemass fraction12.220.92mg/kgcertified
molybdenummass fraction1.420.18mg/kgcertified
nickelmass fraction0.3600.062mg/kgcertified
phosphorusmass fraction8300180mg/kgcertified
potassiummass fraction9200200mg/kgcertified
seleniummass fraction0.2160.018mg/kgcertified
selenomethionine (as Se)mass fraction0.1350.010mg/kgcertified
sodiummass fraction1330120mg/kgcertified
strontiummass fraction4.710.54mg/kgcertified
sulfurmass fraction3280240mg/kgreference
titaniummass fraction0.89mg/kginformation
vanadiummass fraction0.120.06mg/kgreference
zincmass fraction127.86.4mg/kgcertified
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CollectionCanadian Reference Materials and Methods
Record identifier6a56829b-5203-4227-8528-8067ff70cf5b
Record created2023-03-08
Record modified2025-04-16
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