%0 Journal Article %T Estudo do conte¨²do mineral de iogurtes naturais e com sabor de frutas, comercializados na cidade de S£¿o Paulo, Brasil %A Ressinetti Pedro %A Nilva Aparecida %A de Oliveira %A Elisabeth %A Penazzi Filli %A Sabrina %A Monteiro Porf¨ªrio %A Darilena %J Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutrici¨®n %D 2001 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X study of the mineral content of natural or fruits yogurts from state of s£¿o paulo, brazil. the contents of the macrominerals na, k, ca, mg, and p and the microminerals fe, zn, cu, mn, sn and ni, present in 44 samples of natural or fruits yogurts, of 9 different brands, available in the commerce of s£¿o paulo state, brazil, were evaluated. acid digestion assisted by microwave and the determination of the elements by inductively coupled argon plasma atomic emission spectrometry (icp-oes) were employed. the results showed that the yogurts are good sources of ca, p and k, reasonable sources of na, mg and fe, and poor sources of zn and cu. the multivariate analysis showed non-significant differences among the brands and the flavors studied %K mineral content %K yogurts %K microwaves %K icp-oes. %U http://www.scielo.org.ve/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0004-06222001000200015&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en