applied sciences Article Distribution of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Traditional Dry Cured Smoked Ham Slavonska Šunka Krešimir Mastanjevi´c 1,* , Brankica Kartalovi´c 2 , Jasmina Lukinac 1 , Marko Juki´c 1 , Dragan Kovaˇcevi´c 1, Jelena Petrovi´c 2 and Kristina Habschied 1 1 Faculty of Food Technology Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, F. Kuhaˇca20, 31000 Osijek, Croatia;
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[email protected]; Tel.: +385-31-224-300 Received: 21 November 2019; Accepted: 18 December 2019; Published: 20 December 2019 Abstract: Slavonska šunka is a traditional dry-cured smoked ham. Smoking with open fire commonly results in the accumulation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) molecules in tissues. The objective of this research was to assess the types and concentrations of 16 PAHs in 30 samples of traditional dry-cured smoked ham Slavonska šunka. In general, all samples had high values of anthracene while higher levels of acenaphthylene were present in some samples. In sample SS1, the maximal value for anthracene reached 228.03 µg/kg, while sample SS28 had the lowest value of this PAH—33.38 µg/kg. SS1 had increased values for several other PAHs: benzo[a]anthracene (54.03 µg/kg), acenaphtene (19.90 µg/kg) and phenanthrene (27.11 µg/kg). Cancerogenic benzo[a]pyrene content was below the limit of quantification for all samples.