Crackers & Biscotti

3,994 products, 1 with published lab results.

Typical levels

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.

Lead: typically 1.13 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 790 g (28 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.2 kg (7.1 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
13% of a toddler's daily limit
3% of a adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 32.5 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 470 g (17 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.2 kg (4.9 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
21% of a toddler's daily limit
5% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 3.53 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Crackers, butter-type: found in 1 of 3, average 2.43, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3, average 4.83, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Crackers, graham: found in 1 of 3, average 2.5, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Crackers, saltine: found in 1 of 3, average 1.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3, average 35.7, highest 43 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, cheese: found in 3 of 3, average 21.7, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, graham: found in 3 of 3, average 43.3, highest 49 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Crackers, saltine: found in 3 of 3, average 28, highest 35 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, butter-type: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, cheese: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, graham: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Crackers, saltine: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, butter-type: found in 3 of 3, average 7.6, highest 7.9 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, cheese: found in 2 of 3, average 3.13, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, graham: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Crackers, saltine: found in 3 of 3, average 3.5, highest 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Crackers, butter-type: found in 16 of 20, average 10.2, highest 37 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Crackers, graham: found in 8 of 20, average 1.34, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Crackers, saltine: found in 5 of 20, average 0.57, highest 3 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.

Tested products

Median of each product's samples, in ppb (parts per billion), counting samples below the lab's limit. “<10” means the median is below the lab's limit of 10; “–” means not tested for that chemical.

Product	DEHP	DBP	DIBP	BBP	DEP	DMP
Ritz Crackers Original	17	<10	<10	<5	<10	<5