As the end-of-year celebrations are fast approaching, the French are starting to prepare for the Christmas dinner, 60 million consumers recommend avoiding certain brands of smoked salmon, an essential dish cooked during these festivities.
Smoked salmon with rates higher than the recommendations
First, the experts analyzed 15 brands of salmon and 15 of smoked trout. They were looking for traces of 3 heavy metals, cadmium, lead and mercury, dangerous for health. Good news: the salmon contained only a faint trace of mercury, almost undetectable in a 40g slice. In addition, of the 30 samples of salmon tested, none contained pest control substances.
According to 60 million consumers, some brands of salmon contain a lot of salt with levels higher than WHO recommendations, as well as toxins linked to smoking. Some brands also contained polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which appeared during smoking and which are classified as ” carcinogenic substances “.
Salmon brands to avoid
Casino Délices smoked salmon, Carrefour Bio smoked trout and Odyssée smoked salmon contain 2 out of 6 polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) which are considered “problematic” for health. The first “Casino Délices label rouge” would also have 17 µg of benzoapyrene per kilogram, a rate greatly exceeding the authorized values, which is a maximum of 2 µg / kg. Labeyrie organic smoked salmon contains a significant amount of PAH ” non-problematic »But nevertheless shows 1,268 µg / kg.
Not recommended for those with high blood pressure, La Vie Claire smoked salmon and Nautica smoked salmon contain too much salt. An average of 1.36 g of salt per slice for that of Vie Claire while the World Health Organization recommends 5g of salt per day.
