Canned Tuna
962 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Cadmium: typically 21 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 590 mL (2½ cups) a day; an adult at about 2.8 L (11¾ cups).One serving (1 cup):40% of a toddler's daily limit9% of a adult's daily limit
- Mercury: typically 220 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 6.5 mL (under ¼ cup) a day; an adult at about 30 mL (¼ cup).One serving (1 cup):▲ 37× a toddler's daily limit▲ 7.9× a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 1,200 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 25.3, highest 34 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 230, highest 250 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 1,200, highest 1,400 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Tuna, canned in water, drained: found in 8 of 20, average 3.51, highest 29 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.
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