Mineral contents of malted barley grains used as the raw material of beer consumed as traditional spirits

Mineral contents of raw, rootlets and malted barley grains were determined by Inductively Coupled Plasma Atomic Emission Spectrometry (ICP-AES). In malt, 4514 Ca, 6370 mg/kg K, 2383 Mg, 5638 P and 8865 S were established. While Ca contents of samples change between 520 mg/kg to 4514 mg/kg, K contents ranged from 101gm (germinated-dried with radicle) to 6370 mg/kg (malt). P contents ranged from 1933 (germinated to 5638 mg/kg (malt). As a micro element, Cr, Cu, Fe, Mn, Ni an Zn were established in barley and their derivatives. Cr and Ni contents of samples were found at the minor levels and established under the aproximately 1.4 mg/kg. While the Cu content of samples changes between 0.7 mg/kg to 6.8 mg/kg, their Fe contents changed between 57.7 to 79.9 mg/kg.