Frozen Patties and Burgers
1,137 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.76 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Veggie burger: found in 2 of 3, average 3.47, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 15 of 27, average 0.85, highest 2.3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3, average 17, highest 21 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Veggie burger: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 24 of 27, average 4.06, highest 8.5 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 14 of 27, average 5.54, highest 48 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3, average 5.4, highest 5.9 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Beef, ground, regular, pan-cooked: found in 1 of 20, average 0.05, highest 1 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.
- Trader Joe's, Vegetable Masala Burger With Authentic Indian Spices Trader Joe's · Frozen Patties and Burgers
- Venison Patties With Wagyu Beefwagyu Beef, Wagyu Beef Force Of Nature · Frozen Patties and Burgers
- Black Angus Beef Burgers With Vidalia Sweet Onions, Beef Lidl · Frozen Patties and Burgers
- Original 100% Black Angus Beef Burger, Original Lidl · Frozen Patties and Burgers
- 100% Beef Burger Patties, Beef Lidl · Frozen Patties and Burgers
- Boneless, Breaded Chicken Breast Patties With Rib Meat, Chicken Not A Branded Item · Frozen Patties and Burgers
- Angus Patties 1/3 Lb Angus Beef Patties With Seasonings Red Hat Ranch · Frozen Patties and Burgers
- Beef Patties With Vidalia Onion Giant Eagle · Frozen Patties and Burgers