Milk
6,262 products, 7 with published lab results.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Perchlorate: typically 6 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.5 L (6¼ cups) a day; an adult at about 6.8 L (28¼ cups).One serving (1 cup):16% of a toddler's daily limit4% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Milk, reduced fat, fluid: found in 1 of 27, average 0.06, highest 1.7 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Milk, skim, fluid: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Milk, whole, fluid: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Milk, reduced fat, fluid: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Milk, skim, fluid: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Milk, whole, fluid: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Milk, reduced fat, fluid: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Milk, skim, fluid: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Milk, whole, fluid: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Milk, reduced fat, fluid: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Milk, skim, fluid: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Milk, whole, fluid: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Milk, lowfat (2%), fluid: found in 20 of 20, average 6.04, highest 10 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Milk, skim, fluid: found in 20 of 20, average 6.3, highest 10 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Milk, whole, fluid: found in 20 of 20, average 9.23, highest 74.3 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.
Tested products
Median of each product's samples, in ppb (parts per billion), counting samples below the lab's limit. “<10” means the median is below the lab's limit of 10; “–” means not tested for that chemical.
| Product | DEHP | DBP | DIBP | BBP | DEP | DMP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clover Organic Whole Milk in Half Gallon Carton | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Clover Organic Whole Milk in Whole Gallon Jug | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Clover Whole Milk in Half Gallon Carton | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Clover Whole Milk in Whole Gallon Jug | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Good & Gather Powdered Milk Instant Nonfat Dry | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Raw Cow Milk from Farm in Glass | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 |
| Straus Organic Whole Milk in Glass | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |