Rice

2,024 products, 122 with published lab results.

Typical levels

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

Cadmium: typically 6.2 ppb (FDA, 54 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.1 kg (4.6 lb) a day; an adult at about 9.6 kg (21 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
5% of a toddler's daily limit
1% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 53.5 ppb (FDA, 54 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Inorganic arsenic: typically 41.6 ppb (FDA, 1 samples, 2019). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 22 g (0.78 oz) a day; an adult at about 100 g (3.5 oz).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
▲ 4.6× a toddler's daily limit
● 99% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 27 of 27, average 7.98, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 27 of 27, average 6.54, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 8 of 27, average 0.36, highest 1.5 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 1 of 27, average 0.05, highest 1.4 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 27 of 27, average 64.3, highest 88 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 27 of 27, average 44.8, highest 75 ppb (2017-2020)
Inorganic arsenic in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 1 of 1, average 41.6, highest 41.6 ppb (2019)
Perchlorate in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 3 of 20, average 0.55, highest 6 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.

How the tested products compare

Each dot is one tested product (its middle sample), on a log scale in ppb; the line is FDA's typical level. Hover or tap a dot for its name.

Arsenic (total) · 80 products

Cadmium · 79 products

Mercury · 34 products

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. Showing 80 of 122; the rest are on the chemical pages.

Product	Arsenic (total)	Cadmium	Mercury	Lead
100% Louisiana Long Grain Brown Rice Cajun Country	157	27.6	–	–
100% White Scented Rice Milagrosa - Extra Fancy Super Quality Jasmine Rice Ti-Machan'n	95.2	2.8	–	2.6
A-1 Premium Long Grain Enriched Rice Roberts	219	30.5	5.2	–
Arborio Rice Sanniti	150	19.9	3.7	–
Arborio Rice Signature Select	148	138	4.4	–
Arborio Rice Kroger	77.3	13.6	–	–
Arborio White Rice 365 Whole Foods Market	204	12.1	4.2	–
Aromatic Kalijira Rice Putul	67.4	50	–	1.3
Arroz - Long Grain Enriched Rice El Mexicano	181	14	–	1.5
Arroz Blanco - Long Grain Rice La Tona	255	6.1	5.4	–
Arroz Rico Rice Long Grain Arroz Rico	111	13.9	–	–
Authentic Arborio White Rice 4 Sisters	158	9.4	4.3	–
Authentic Basmati Rice Royal	57.9	10.8	–	–
Basmati 100% Aged Original Iberia	134	24.6	2.4	1.2
Basmati Naturally Fragrant Rice Mahatma	65.8	24.8	–	–
Basmati Rice Royal	65.5	9.6	–	2
Basmati Rice Krasdale	71.7	25.8	–	7.3
Basmati Rice Signature Select	199	25.1	5.2	1.7
Basmati Rice Kroger	103	108	–	2.4
Basmati Rice (ready-to-heat) Minute	24.6	8.4	–	–
Basmati Rice, Arroz para Diabetico La Constanzera	72.4	10.2	–	2.5
Boil-in-Bag White Rice Enriched Precooked Best Choice	99.3	14.3	1.7	–
Brown Jasmine Rice, Regenerative Organic Certified (ready-to-heat) Lundberg Family Farms	33.5	1.5	–	–
Brown Rice Long Grain Rouses Markets	293	7.5	–	1.3
Brown Rice Long Grain Regenerative Organic Certified Lundberg Family Farms	76.7	12.8	4.6	–
Brown Rice Short Grain Regenerative Organic Certified Lundberg Family Farms	92.1	2.9	0.9	–
Brown Texmati Signature Variety American Style Basmati Rice RiceSelect	522	6.8	–	1.1
Brown Whole Grain Rice Mahatma	192	21.4	2.85	3.3
California Grown Sho-Chiku-Bai Superior Short Grain Sweet Rice Koda Farms	77	5.2	–	–
California Premium Short Grain Select Kagayaki	101	10.6	–	–
California Supreme Rice - California's Original Sushi Rice Kokuho Rose	120	3.1	–	–
Calrose Rice Sadaf	80.3	3.9	0.6	–
Calrose Rice Botan	111	4.7	–	–
Carolina Gold Rice Marsh Hen Mill	301	38.5	2	–
Carolina Gold Rice Carolina Plantation	162	12.7	2.4	1.5
Charleston Gold Rice Andy's	276	105	5.1	2.8
Enriched Calrose Rice Medium Grain 365 Whole Foods Market	95.7	2.7	0.5	–
Enriched Extra Long Grain Rice White Emerald	181	19.7	–	–
Enriched Long Grain Premium Select Rice Adolphus	137	16.5	–	–
Enriched Medium Grain Rice Goya	342	8.6	8.9	–
Enriched Rice Supreme Rice	115	18.9	–	–
Enriched Rice Extra Long Grain Verde Valle	126	22.8	–	–
Enriched White Rice Extra Long Grain Carolina	138	20.7	–	–
Extra Fancy Enriched Long Grain Rice First Street	158	23.4	–	–
Extra Fancy Enriched Long Grain Rice Doguet's	264	17.2	–	2
Extra Long Enriched Rice Mahatma	144	22	4	1.05
Extra Long Grain Enriched Rice Canilla	208	19.5	–	2
Extra Long Grain Enriched Rice Blue Ribbon	138	45	–	–
Extra Long Grain Organic Brown Rice 4 Sisters	254	21	3.6	–
Extra Long Grain, Extra Fancy Enriched Rice La Preferida	153	14.9	4	–
Fancy Extra Long Grain Enriched Rice Faraon	253	14.1	–	–
Glutinous Rice Lam Sheng Kee	101	–	–	–
Indian Basmati - Basmati Riz Chaude Rice Parboiled Ti-Machan'n	57.2	15.1	–	2.8
Indian White Basmati Rice Pride of India	85.4	19	1.6	2.7
Instant Boil-in-Bag Enriched White Rice Harris Teeter	164	14.4	5.6	–
Instant Enriched White Rice Kroger	109	16.4	3.7	–
Instant Rice - Enriched Pre-cooked Long Grain Market Basket	118	18.8	6.4	–
Instant White Rice - Enriched Long Grain Food Club	111	14.5	4.8	–
Instant White Rice Enriched Long Grain Good & Gather	84.4	13.4	3.7	–
Jasmine Brown Rice Dynasty	144	9.1	3.8	1.2
Jasmine Rice Asian Taste	121	5.1	–	–
Jasmine Rice Good & Gather	93.6	3.1	–	–
Jasmine Rice (Gao Ong Dia) Sunlee	125	2.5	4.1	–
Jasmine Rice (Thai Hom Mali Rice) - Milagrosa Extra Super Quality Three Ladies	141	4.7	–	–
Jasmine Thai Fragrant Long Grain Rice Mahatma	99.7	6.9	–	–
Jasmine White Scented Rice Elephant Brand	154	3.8	–	1.6
Long Grain Brown Rice Hannaford	188	12.7	3.9	–
Long Grain Brown Rice Kroger	219	19.3	–	–
Long Grain Brown Rice First Street	317	11.6	–	3
Long Grain Enriched Rice Omega Rice	171	30.6	–	1.1
Long Grain White Rice Clover Valley	130	42	–	–
Medium Grain Rice Specially Selected Nishiki	91.7	2.3	–	–
Mixed Rice C.H. Trading Co	84.9	8.8	–	4.6
Morelos Enriched Rice Verde Valle	114	47	7.2	–
Naturally Aromatic Basmati Rice Bombay Market	72.3	41.8	–	3.1
New Orleans Style Long Grain Rice Enriched Parboiled Zatarain's	218	14.4	–	7.1
Organic Arborio Risotto Rice Seggiano	213	27.7	3.7	–
Organic Basmati Rice Royal	41.1	43.1	1	1.1
Organic Basmati Rice from India Trader Joe's	48.6	48.8	–	1.5
Organic California Sushi Gourmet Rice Lundberg Family Farms	74.2	6.45	0.9	–