Nuts/Seeds - Prepared/Processed
100 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Cadmium: typically 108 ppb (FDA, 10 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 130 g (4.6 oz) a day; an adult at about 600 g (21 oz).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):● 78% of a toddler's daily limit17% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 4.82 ppb (FDA, 10 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Almonds, shelled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Cashews, salted: found in 0 of 1, all below 1 ppb (2020)
- Lead in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 0 of 3, all below 5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Almonds, shelled: found in 3 of 3, average 15, highest 21 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cashews, salted: found in 0 of 1, all below 1 ppb (2020)
- Cadmium in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 3 of 3, average 40.7, highest 45 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 3 of 3, average 333, highest 400 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Almonds, shelled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cashews, salted: found in 0 of 1, all below 1 ppb (2020)
- Mercury in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3, average 0.43, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Almonds, shelled: found in 3 of 3, average 8.7, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cashews, salted: found in 1 of 1, average 3.5, highest 3.5 ppb (2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 3, average 3.3, highest 5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 20, average 0.15, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Sunflower seeds (shelled), roasted, salted: found in 7 of 20, average 0.56, highest 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.
- Emerald Nuts, Cocoa Roast(R) Almonds, 100 Calorie Packs, 7 Ct, 4.34 Oz Emerald · Nuts/Seeds - Prepared/Processed
- Emerald Nuts, Natural Almonds, 100 Calorie Packs, 10 Ct, 6.2 Oz Emerald · Nuts/Seeds - Prepared/Processed
- Emerald Nuts Honey Glazed Almonds, 1.25 Oz Bag Emerald · Nuts/Seeds - Prepared/Processed
- Emerald Nuts Salt and Pepper Cashews, Single-Serve 1.25 Oz Emerald · Nuts/Seeds - Prepared/Processed
- Emerald Nuts Roasted and Salted Cashews, Single-Serve 1.25 Oz Emerald · Nuts/Seeds - Prepared/Processed
- Emerald Nuts Dill Pickle Cashews, Single-Serve 1.25 Oz Emerald · Nuts/Seeds - Prepared/Processed
- Emerald Nuts Jalapeno Cashews, 1.25 oz Emerald · Nuts/Seeds - Prepared/Processed
- Frollicks Sweet & Spicy Pumpkin Seeds General Mills Sales Inc. · Nuts/Seeds - Prepared/Processed