Review Article

Discrimination of Free-Range and Caged Eggs by Chemometrics Analysis of the Elemental Profiles of Eggshell

Table 2

Analysis of wavelengths of 16 mineral elements in free-range and caged eggshells.

ElementWavelength (nm)ElementWavelength (nm)

Zn213.85Pb220.35
Cd226.50Co228.61
Ni231.60Fe238.20
Mn257.61Cr267.71
Mg280.26Cu324.75
Se361.38Ca393.36
Al396.15Sr407.77
Na589.60K766.49