Ham/Cold Meats

4 products.

Typical levels

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

Cadmium: typically 0.583 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 9.9 kg (22 lb) a day; an adult at about 46 kg (100 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Perchlorate: typically 18.7 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 190 g (6.7 oz) a day; an adult at about 900 g (32 oz).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
● 52% of a toddler's daily limit
11% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Ham, cured (not canned), baked: found in 10 of 27, average 2.28, highest 9.3 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Ham, cured (not canned), baked: found in 12 of 27, average 0.98, highest 4.7 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 3 of 3, average 2.4, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 3.2, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3, average 3.87, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Ham, cured (not canned), baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Ham, cured (not canned), baked: found in 7 of 27, average 0.97, highest 4.6 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 4.03, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3, average 7.83, highest 9 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20, average 112, highest 1,557 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Ham, cured (not canned), baked: found in 18 of 20, average 30.2, highest 126 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Luncheon meat (ham): found in 18 of 20, average 20.6, highest 56.4 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.

Tegel Classic Roast Shredded Chicken Twin Pack 100g Tegel · Ham/Cold Meats
Hellers Roast Beef 1kg Hellers · Ham/Cold Meats
Hellers Ham & Chicken 300g Hellers · Ham/Cold Meats
Huttons 4x4 Sliced Ham 1kg Huttons · Ham/Cold Meats