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Typical levels

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food; these are the closest foods it does test.

Lead: typically 6.98 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 280 g (9.9 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.1 kg (2.4 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
35% of a toddler's daily limit
9% of a adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 13.7 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.1 kg (2.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 5.2 kg (11 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
9% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 4.65 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 1.9 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 6.2 kg (14 lb) a day; an adult at about 29 kg (64 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
2% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Sauce, barbecue: found in 25 of 27, average 10.4, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 2 of 3, average 0.7, highest 1.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Sauce, barbecue: found in 27 of 27, average 12.8, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 20.7, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 3 of 3, average 24.3, highest 26 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Sauce, barbecue: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Sauce, barbecue: found in 22 of 27, average 5.05, highest 9.6 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Sauce, tomato, canned: found in 2 of 3, average 3.1, highest 5.7 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Sauce, tomato, pasta: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Brown gravy, canned or bottled: found in 13 of 20, average 1.69, 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.

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