Fish Prepared/Processed

55 products.

Typical levels

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

Cadmium: typically 3 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 3.2 kg (7.1 lb) a day; an adult at about 15 kg (33 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
3% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Mercury: typically 35.3 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 39 g (1.4 oz) a day; an adult at about 180 g (6.3 oz).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
▲ 2.6× a toddler's daily limit
● 55% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 379 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 1.33 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 3 kg (6.6 lb) a day; an adult at about 14 kg (31 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
3% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Lead: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 12, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 13 of 27, average 1.6, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 25.3, highest 34 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 7.13, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 20.8, highest 46 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Tuna, canned in water, drained solids: found in 3 of 3, average 230, highest 250 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 757, highest 810 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 376, highest 1,400 ppb (2017-2020)
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 Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 18 of 20, average 6.03, highest 51 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Salmon, steaks/fillets, baked: found in 4 of 20, average 0.88, highest 12.1 ppb (2008-2012)
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.

P.F. Chang's Home Menu Firecracker Tempura Shrimp, Frozen Meal, 10 oz. P.F. Chang's · Fish Prepared/Processed
P.F. Chang's Home Menu Crispy Honey Tempura Shrimp, Frozen Meal, 10 oz. P.F. Chang's · Fish Prepared/Processed
Van de Kamp's Crunchy Breaded Jumbo Fish Sticks, Made With Fish, Frozen, 26-Count 23 oz. Van de Kamp's · Fish Prepared/Processed
Van de Kamp's Crispy Battered 100% Whole Fish Fillets, Frozen, 19.45 oz. 10-Count Van de Kamp's · Fish Prepared/Processed
Van de Kamp's Crunchy Breaded 100% Whole Fish Fillets, Frozen, 19 oz. 10-Count Van de Kamp's · Fish Prepared/Processed
Van de Kamp's Crunchy Breaded Fish Sticks, Made With Fish, Frozen, 24.6 oz. 44-Count Van de Kamp's · Fish Prepared/Processed
Van de Kamp's Crunchy Breaded Fish Sandwich Fillets, Made With Fish, Frozen, 18 oz. 6-Count Van de Kamp's · Fish Prepared/Processed
Van de Kamp's Crispy Beer Battered 100% Whole Fish Fillets, Frozen, 19.1 oz. 10-Count Van de Kamp's · Fish Prepared/Processed