Cheese - Specialty
27 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Perchlorate: typically 4 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.7 kg (3.7 lb) a day; an adult at about 8 kg (18 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):6% of a toddler's daily limit1% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Cheese, Monterey jack: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cheese, Monterey jack: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 3 of 27, average 0.23, highest 2.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cheese, Monterey jack: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cheese, Monterey jack: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cheese, Swiss: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cheese, cheddar (sharp/mild): found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cheese, mozzarella: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Cheese, Swiss, natural: found in 18 of 20, average 5.14, highest 17 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Cheese, cheddar, natural (sharp/mild): found in 18 of 20, average 7.05, highest 69 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.
- Mainland Cheese & Artisan Crackers 38g Mainland · Cheese - Specialty
- Yolo Smoked Cheese Portion 150g Yolo · Cheese - Specialty
- Dairyworks Edam & Rice Crackers 300g Dairyworks · Cheese - Specialty
- Talbot Forest Cheese Co. Chilli Havarti 150g Talbot Forest Cheese Co. · Cheese - Specialty
- Talbot Forest Cheese Co. Peppered Havarti 70g Talbot Forest Cheese Co. · Cheese - Specialty
- Angel Food Dairy-Free Block Smoked Cheddar Alternative 220g Angel Food · Cheese - Specialty
- Talbot Forest Cheese Co. Garlic & Chives Gouda 150g Talbot Forest Cheese Co. · Cheese - Specialty
- Talbot Forest Cheese Co. Peppered Havarti 150g Talbot Forest Cheese Co. · Cheese - Specialty