Furan decreased 74.68 ± 5.31 ng/ml and 63.25 ± 2.21 ng/ml with
BHT and BHA, respectively. In particular, adding sodium sulphite
resulted in the lowest furan concentration of 14.24 ± 0.76 ng/ml.
Adding 0.1 M metal ions to the ribose/serine model, except zinc
sulphate and magnesium sulphate, decreased furan formation up
to 106.49 ± 8.63 ng/ml and 77.78 ± 4.19 ng/ml with calcium sulphate
and iron sulphate, respectively. Adding antioxidants
decreased furan concentrations to 104.87 ± 28.03 ng/ml with BHT
and 87.66 ± 3.03 ng/ml with BHA, respectively. Adding sodium sulphite
led to a significant decrease in furan concentration to
29.32 ± 0.43 ng/ml. Furan increased 215.84 ± 6.22 ng/ml with zinc
sulphate, adversely. Adding calcium sulphate slightly increased
furan to 106.49 ± 8.63 ng/ml. Furan in the ribose/alanine model
system reacted with various food additives to decrease content
by 11–87%, except when zinc sulphate was used. A significant
decrease in furan formation was observed with sodium sulphite
(87% decrease), and then it increased in a sample with zinc sulphate
(114% increase). Other food additives led to decreased furan
formation such as 47% with iron sulphate, 11% with magnesium