Among different food
categories (as shown in Supplementary text 1), Erva-mates used
as medicinal products and herbs, possessed highest levels of PAHs
(9001 lg/kg) followed with dark Sumatra coffee (3091.1 lg/kg)
and Seafood Crabs (2618.4 lg/kg) compared to all other food
groups (Jiménez et al., 2014; Mostafa, 2002; Vieira et al., 2010).