Baking Additives & Extracts

827 products.

Typical levels

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food; these are the closest foods it does test.

Lead: typically 164 ppb (FDA, 1 samples, 2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 13 g (0.46 oz) a day; an adult at about 54 g (1.9 oz).
One serving (1 teaspoon):
22% of a toddler's daily limit
6% of a adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 20 ppb (FDA, 1 samples, 2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 750 g (26 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.5 kg (7.7 lb).
One serving (1 teaspoon):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Mercury: typically 120 ppb (FDA, 1 samples, 2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 13 g (0.46 oz) a day; an adult at about 58 g (2 oz).
One serving (1 teaspoon):
24% of a toddler's daily limit
5% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 77 ppb (FDA, 1 samples, 2020). No US agency limit we can cite.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Baking powder: found in 1 of 1, average 164, highest 164 ppb (2020)
Cadmium in Baking powder: found in 1 of 1, average 20, highest 20 ppb (2020)
Mercury in Baking powder: found in 1 of 1, average 120, highest 120 ppb (2020)
Arsenic (total) in Baking powder: found in 1 of 1, average 77, highest 77 ppb (2020)

"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.

Traders Joe's, Baking Powder Traders Joe's · Baking Additives & Extracts
Coconut Cream Trader Joe's · Baking Additives & Extracts
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Pure Baking Soda Not A Branded Item · Baking Additives & Extracts
Shortening Powder Augason Farms · Baking Additives & Extracts
Unsweetened Organic Lite Coconut Milk, Unsweetened Heinen's · Baking Additives & Extracts
Stevia Extract Winn-dixie · Baking Additives & Extracts
Guava Paste, Guava Goya · Baking Additives & Extracts · 1 additive banned somewhere