Plant Based Milk
1,652 products, 2 with published lab results.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Lead: typically 1.45 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 2.2 L (9¼ cups) a day; an adult at about 8.9 L (37 cups).One serving (1 cup):11% of a toddler's daily limit3% of a adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 2 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 8 L (33¼ cups) a day; an adult at about 37 L (154¼ cups).One serving (1 cup):3% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.4 ppb (FDA, 6 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Beverage, almond (non-dairy): found in 2 of 3, average 1.27, highest 1.9 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Beverage, soy (non-dairy): found in 2 of 3, average 0.7, highest 1.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Beverage, almond (non-dairy): found in 2 of 3, average 0.97, highest 1.6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Beverage, soy (non-dairy): found in 3 of 3, average 2.77, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Beverage, almond (non-dairy): found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Beverage, soy (non-dairy): found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Beverage, almond (non-dairy): found in 2 of 3, average 2.7, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Beverage, soy (non-dairy): found in 2 of 3, average 2.4, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
"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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Almond Breeze Original Almond Milk Unsweetened in Carton | 23 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Oatly Oatmilk Full Fat Chilled in Carton | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |