Pre-Packaged Fruit & Vegetables
6,148 products, 11 with published lab results.
Typical levels
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food; these are the closest foods it does test.
- Cadmium: typically 18.5 ppb (FDA, 108 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 700 g (25 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.3 kg (7.3 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):14% of a toddler's daily limit3% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 2.13 ppb (FDA, 108 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 5 ppb (FDA, 80 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 890 g (31 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.2 kg (9.3 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):11% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 7 of 27, average 1.86, highest 13 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 27 of 27, average 24.8, highest 83 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 27 of 27, average 61.1, highest 200 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 7 of 27, average 1.88, highest 20 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 24 of 27, average 4.99, highest 10 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Grapes, seedless, red/green, raw: found in 16 of 27, average 3.12, highest 9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 8 of 27, average 1.71, highest 9.2 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Apple (red), raw (w/ peel): found in 1 of 20, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Carrot, baby, raw: found in 18 of 20, average 6.68, highest 40 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Grapes (red/green), raw: found in 14 of 20, average 25.8, highest 90.6 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Lettuce, leaf, raw: found in 17 of 20, average 14.7, highest 229 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Driscoll's Non-Organic Strawberries | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Farmer's Market Blueberries | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Good Farms Organic Strawberries | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Pier 39 Farmer's Market Strawberries | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Whole Foods Bananas | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Whole Foods Blueberries | 15 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Whole Foods Lettuce | <10 | 12 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Whole Foods Non-Organic Broccoli | 14 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Whole Foods Organic Bananas | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Whole Foods Organic Broccoli | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Whole Foods Tomatoes | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |