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1,403 products.
Typical levels
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food; these are the closest foods it does test.
- Cadmium: typically 6.65 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.2 kg (4.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 10 kg (22 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):5% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Perchlorate: typically 2 ppb (FDA, 80 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 5.2 kg (11 lb) a day; an adult at about 24 kg (53 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):2% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 1 of 3, average 2.2, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Pork and beans, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3, average 6.63, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 6.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 3 of 3, average 11.1, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pork and beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 3.13, highest 3.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pork and beans, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 3.87, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pork and beans, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 14 of 20, average 1.97, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Chili con carne w/ beans, canned: found in 18 of 20, average 2.39, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from box mix: found in 19 of 20, average 3.5, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Pork and beans, canned: found in 3 of 20, average 0.16, highest 1.3 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.
Products
None of these has published lab results yet.
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