Processed Cereal Products

2,046 products.

Typical levels

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

Cadmium: typically 5.78 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) a day; an adult at about 12 kg (26 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
4% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 1 of 3, average 1.47, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Cereal, granola: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 3 of 3, average 1.27, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cereal, granola: found in 3 of 3, average 16, highest 18 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 4.73, highest 4.9 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 2.2, highest 2.6 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cereal, granola: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cereal, granola: found in 3 of 3, average 16.3, highest 19 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 1.6, highest 4.8 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Oatmeal, plain, quick, cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 1.7, highest 5.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Corn flakes cereal: found in 3 of 20, average 0.2, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Cream of wheat (farina), enriched, cooked: found in 7 of 20, average 0.55, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Oatmeal, plain, cooked: found in 15 of 20, average 1.35, 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.

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