Peppers

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Typical levels

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

Cadmium: typically 6.6 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.7 kg (3.7 lb) a day; an adult at about 7.9 kg (17 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
6% of a toddler's daily limit
1% of a adult's daily limit
Perchlorate: typically 16 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 240 g (8.5 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.1 kg (2.4 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
41% of a toddler's daily limit
9% 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 Pepper, bell, green, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Pepper, bell, green, raw: found in 27 of 27, average 8.86, highest 24 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Pepper, bell, green, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Pepper, bell, green, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Pepper, sweet, green, raw: found in 18 of 20, average 42.9, highest 201 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.

Jalapeno Powder, Organic D'allesandro · Peppers