BMC Proceedings volume: 19 number: 28 startpage: 14 endpage: 14 https://unilib.phaidrabg.rs/o:8655 doi:10.1186/s12919-025-00347-z Bees are animals from which different food products can be obtained, including honey, royal jelly, pollen, and propolis, all of which are well known. Bee bread is a bee product that is starting to gain interest. It is a combination of pollen, nectar, and bee saliva, and bees store it in the honeycomb cells. After undergoing lactic fermentation by various bacteria and yeast, which could take several weeks, the product is ready. From a nutritional point of view, bee bread contains, in addition to carbohydrates, protein, lipids, bioactive compounds such as vitamins and polyphenols, and macro-, micro-, and trace elements. The objective of this work is to evaluate the presence of minerals in bee bread samples obtained from COST members from 10 different countries. Bee bread samples were extracted from the combs manually or with the help of an extractor. Lyophilized samples were homogenized, and after microwave digestion, the mineral content was analysed by ICP-MS. The evaluation of the health benefits based on the consumption of bee bread regarding mineral levels and daily dose recommendations for different population groups is also presented. eng Barreiro, Javier Falcao, Soraia Arapcheska, Mila Nedić, Nebojsa Ordonez, Ester Šavikin, Katarina El‑Sayed Hatem, Adel Cepeda, Alberto Nebot, Carolina Beebread samples a possible source of macroelements, microelements and trace elements application/pdf 847844 bytes All rights reserved info:eu-repo/semantics/conferenceProceedings 2025