French Fries, Potatoes & Onion Rings
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Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Cadmium: typically 40 ppb (FDA, 81 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 360 g (13 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.7 kg (3.7 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):28% of a toddler's daily limit6% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 2.73 ppb (FDA, 81 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 9 of 27, average 2.32, highest 12 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 1 of 27, average 0.56, highest 15 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 27 of 27, average 24.8, highest 42 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 43, highest 66 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 57.9, highest 100 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 2 of 27, average 0.32, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 19 of 27, average 4.31, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 23 of 27, average 3.97, highest 6.4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Potato, baked (w/ peel): found in 5 of 20, average 0.53, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Potato, boiled (w/out peel): found in 5 of 20, average 0.38, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Potato, french-fried, fast-food: found in 14 of 20, average 6.68, highest 19 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.
- Potato Pancakes Trader Joe's · French Fries, Potatoes & Onion Rings
- Hashbrowns Trader Joe's · French Fries, Potatoes & Onion Rings
- Potato Rosettes With Onion Flavor, Onion Preferred Selection · French Fries, Potatoes & Onion Rings
- Fries Steak Cut Potatoes American Power Products, Inc. · French Fries, Potatoes & Onion Rings
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- Classic Cut French Fried Potatoes, Classic Cut Avenue · French Fries, Potatoes & Onion Rings
- Crinkle Cut French Fried Potatoes, Crinkle Cut Avenue · French Fries, Potatoes & Onion Rings
- Shoestring French Fried Potatoes Avenue · French Fries, Potatoes & Onion Rings