Frozen Meals
17 products.
Typical levels
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food; these are the closest foods it does test.
- Cadmium: typically 17.9 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 810 g (29 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.8 kg (8.4 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):12% of a toddler's daily limit3% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.03 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 3 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 3.8 kg (8.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 18 kg (40 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):3% 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 Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 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 Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 2 of 27, average 0.32, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3, average 6.63, highest 7.5 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 Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 27 of 27, average 20.6, highest 25 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: 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 Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 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 Pizza, cheese, fast-food: found in 25 of 27, average 3.74, highest 6 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 14 of 20, average 1.97, highest 7 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)
"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.
- Surasang Octopus Dumpling Mild 800g Surasang · Frozen Meals
- Fisherfarms Rellenong Bangus 325g Fisherfarms · Frozen Meals
- Old El Paso Pockets Tortilla Kit 375g Old El Paso · Frozen Meals
- Sea Cuisine Steamed Prawn Dumplings 800g Sea Cuisine · Frozen Meals
- United Food Co Asian Kitchen Ginger Prawn Dumpling 12pcs 300g United Food Co · Frozen Meals
- Gilmours Beef Burger Patties 72 Pieces (72 x 53g) 3.8kg Gilmours · Frozen Meals
- Leader Traditional Battered Hot Dogs 7 Large Pk 805g Leader · Frozen Meals
- Leader Jalapeno Cheese Bites 1kg Leader · Frozen Meals