The analysis of the elemental content of white (refined) beet
sugar and raw (unrefined) cane sugar was carried out using an
inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICPOES)
Vista MPX (Australia) after digestion of samples in a microwave
oven (CEM MARS 5), according to the method described by
Chojnacka, Michalak, Zielin´ ska, Górecka, and Górecki (2010).