Hygienic Assessment of Bottled Water for Infant Nutrition as a Source of Essential Mineral Elements
- Authors: Shilov V.V.1,2, Markova O.L.1, Isaev D.S.1, Kir’yanova M.N.1, Kovshov A.A.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Northwest Public Health Research Center
- North-Western State Medical University named after I. I. Mechnikov
- Issue: Vol 32, No 8 (2025)
- Pages: 559-569
- Section: ORIGINAL STUDY ARTICLES
- URL: https://journal-vniispk.ru/1728-0869/article/view/334311
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.17816/humeco685713
- EDN: https://elibrary.ru/FGOEYA
- ID: 334311
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BACKGROUND: To maintain and promote health from an early age, it is necessary to ensure an adequate intake of biologically active substances such as vitamins and minerals. Drinking water is an important source of minerals, especially under conditions of dietary deficiency. One proposed way of compensating for this deficiency is the use of packaged drinking water. To assess its contribution to the supply of trace elements in children, the intake of each element with packaged drinking water should be calculated.
AIM: The work aimed to perform a hygienic assessment of packaged drinking water for infant nutrition in terms of chemical safety indicators and to calculate its contribution to the supply of essential and conditionally essential elements to the human body.
METHODS: It was a cross-sectional sanitary-hygienic study of packaged drinking water. The study objects included samples of packaged water from seven of the most popular Russian brands, five of which were intended for children from birth to three years of age and two for children over three years. The analysis of bottled water was conducted at the Testing Laboratory Center of the North-West Public Health Research Center, where pH and concentrations of 17 chemical indicators were determined in each sample. Calculations were performed for daily intake of macro- and microelements with drinking water. The results were evaluated for compliance with the Technical Regulations of the Eurasian Economic Union, On the Safety of Packaged Drinking Water, Including Natural Mineral Water (TR EAEU 044/2017), and with methodological guidelines on physiological requirements.
RESULTS: The study established that the content of mineral elements in all samples did not exceed the normative values set by TR EAEU 044/2017. The calculated results indicated a predominantly low level of contribution to meeting physiological requirements for the analyzed mineral substances. For certain parameters, such as fluorides, selenium, iodine, calcium, and magnesium, the values obtained should be taken into account when assessing mineral intake.
CONCLUSION: Thus, the data obtained substantiate the rationale of taking packaged drinking water into account when assessing the supply of the body with certain essential and conditionally essential elements.
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Viktor V. Shilov
Northwest Public Health Research Center; North-Western State Medical University named after I. I. Mechnikov
Author for correspondence.
Email: vshilov@inbox.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-3256-2609
SPIN-code: 3541-4782
MD, Dr. Sci. (Medicine), Professor
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg; Saint PetersburgOlga L. Markova
Northwest Public Health Research Center
Email: olleonmar@mail.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4727-7950
SPIN-code: 6443-6585
Cand. Sci. (Biology)
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgDaniil S. Isaev
Northwest Public Health Research Center
Email: d.isaev@s-znc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9165-1399
SPIN-code: 1848-7272
MD
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgMarina N. Kir’yanova
Northwest Public Health Research Center
Email: mrn@ro.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9037-0301
SPIN-code: 8219-1749
MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine)
Russian Federation, Saint PetersburgAleksandr A. Kovshov
Northwest Public Health Research Center; North-Western State Medical University named after I. I. Mechnikov
Email: a.kovshov@s-znc.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0001-9453-8431
SPIN-code: 8369-5825
MD, Cand. Sci. (Medicine)
Russian Federation, Saint Petersburg; Saint PetersburgReferences
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