Bacon
13 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Cadmium: typically 1 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 9.3 kg (21 lb) a day; an adult at about 43 kg (95 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Perchlorate: typically 7 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 550 g (19 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.6 kg (5.7 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):18% of a toddler's daily limit4% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 4 of 27, average 0.63, highest 4.7 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 14 of 27, average 1.62, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 5 of 27, average 0.61, highest 3.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Pork bacon, oven-cooked: found in 13 of 20, average 19, highest 139 ppb (2008-2012)
"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.
Products
None of these has published lab results yet.
- Woolworths Macaroni Cheese with Bacon 1kg Woolworths · Bacon
- Off-Piste Provisions Plant-Based Jerky Original 50g Off-Piste · Bacon
- Hellers Manuka Smoked Streaky Bacon 1kg Hellers · Bacon
- Hellers Manuka Smoked Streaky Bacon 1kg Hellers · Bacon
- Hellers BBQ Pulled Pork 1kg Hellers · Bacon
- Hellers Free Range Danish Streaky Bacon 1kg Hellers · Bacon
- Hellers Diced Bacon Toppings 1kg Hellers · Bacon
- Hellers NZ Free Farmed Streaky Bacon 200g Hellers · Bacon