Abstract            Volume:12  Issue-6  Year-2024         Original Research Articles

Online ISSN : 2347 - 3215 Issues : 12 per year Publisher : Excellent Publishers Email : editorijcret@gmail.com

Koutoukou” is an alcoholic drink consumed in several West African countries, particularly in Ivory Coast. In most cases it is made in an artisanal way. Given the quality of the material used in manufacturing and therefore likely to contain harmful substances, the objective of this study is to determine the contents of certain heavy metals and methanol (disease risk factors) then to estimate the exposure risk using the probabilistic Monte Carlo method. The results obtained indicated high concentrations of several chemical contaminants such as iron (21.010-66.247 mg/L), copper (3.778-47.931 mg/L), lead (6.395-21.446 mg/L), cadmium (3.451-7.712 mg/L) and methanol (34.679-1781.983 mg/L). The levels of these compounds were found in most samples to be higher than the various standards applicable to alcoholic beverages. Also, the Monte Carlo method revealed that the risk of exposure to these toxic molecules was very high for consumers. It is: 96.9%; 98.7%; 95.8%; 99.3% and 61.7% respectively for Cd, Pb, Cu, Fe, and Methanol.

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