Aly
11-13-2007, 03:15 AM
I was reading up on some other stuff when I came across this article. I knew cuttle bone is the bone of a cuttlefish but I didn't realize how much stuff it really contains. (beside the obvious sharpening of the beak and calcium content...)
A regular piece of cuttle bone contains:
Acid insolubles 1.4%
Moisture content 2.3%
Organic content 8.9%
Calcium 85% Calcium Carbonate
Magnesium 0.42 % Magnesium Carbonate
Potassium 63 mg/kg
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen 8,300 mg/kg
Total Phosphate 20 mg/kg
Heavy Metals (mg/kg = parts per million)
Zinc 167
Iron 101
Cobalt 19
Copper 11
Manganese 8
The following heavy metals were under the limit of 1 mg/kg: arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, silver and tin.
A regular piece of cuttle bone contains:
Acid insolubles 1.4%
Moisture content 2.3%
Organic content 8.9%
Calcium 85% Calcium Carbonate
Magnesium 0.42 % Magnesium Carbonate
Potassium 63 mg/kg
Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen 8,300 mg/kg
Total Phosphate 20 mg/kg
Heavy Metals (mg/kg = parts per million)
Zinc 167
Iron 101
Cobalt 19
Copper 11
Manganese 8
The following heavy metals were under the limit of 1 mg/kg: arsenic, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, molybdenum, nickel, silver and tin.