Croissants, Sweet Rolls, Muffins & Other Pastries
2,776 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Cadmium: typically 11.4 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 6 kg (13 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):8% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 2.28 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 1.64 ppb (FDA, 59 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) a day; an adult at about 12 kg (26 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):4% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 18 of 27, average 3.8, highest 9.2 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 1 of 3, average 1.43, highest 4.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Muffin, blueberry: found in 1 of 27, average 0.19, highest 5 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 3 of 3, average 12.8, highest 16 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27, average 14.3, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 10.6, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Muffin, blueberry: found in 27 of 27, average 8.81, highest 12 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Muffin, blueberry: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27, average 5.32, highest 8.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Doughnut, cake-type, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 3.3, highest 3.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Muffin, blueberry: found in 12 of 27, average 1.8, highest 5.3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 17 of 20, average 5.2, highest 49 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Doughnut, cake-type, any flavor: found in 14 of 19, average 6.08, highest 28.7 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Muffin, fruit or plain: found in 8 of 20, average 1.47, highest 8 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.
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