Frozen Chicken - Processed
17 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Chicken breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 1 of 27, average 0.27, highest 7.3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 1 of 27, average 0.16, highest 4.3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Chicken thigh, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Chicken breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 6 of 27, average 0.37, highest 2.5 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 5.7, highest 8.3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Chicken thigh, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 4 of 27, average 0.21, highest 1.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Chicken breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Chicken thigh, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chicken breast, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 7 of 27, average 1.11, highest 6.1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 4 of 27, average 0.56, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chicken thigh, oven-roasted, skin removed: found in 3 of 27, average 0.51, highest 5.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Chicken breast, oven-roasted (skin removed): found in 6 of 20, average 0.85, highest 12 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 13 of 20, average 3.42, highest 12.5 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Chicken thigh, oven-roasted (skin removed): found in 3 of 20, average 0.85, highest 13 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.
- Woolworths Chicken & Bacon Pasta Bake 1kg Woolworthsnz · Frozen Chicken - Processed
- Santa Rosa Smoked Chicken Slab 1kg Santa Rosa · Frozen Chicken - Processed
- Tegel Tenderbasted Chicken Thighs 4kg Tegel · Frozen Chicken - Processed
- Tegel Tempura Battered Nuggets 1kg Tegel · Frozen Chicken - Processed
- Tegel Crumbed Chicken Burgers 1kg Tegel · Frozen Chicken - Processed
- Tegel Chargill Chicken Steaks 800g Tegel · Frozen Chicken - Processed
- Tegel Super Tasty Chicken Bites 1kg Tegel · Frozen Chicken - Processed
- Tegel Zoo Animal Nuggets 1kg Tegel · Frozen Chicken - Processed