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Typical levels

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

Lead: typically 7.48 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 270 g (9.5 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.1 kg (2.4 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
38% of a toddler's daily limit
9% of a adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 16.2 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 940 g (33 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.4 kg (9.7 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
11% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 4.35 ppb (FDA, 36 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Perchlorate: typically 1.51 ppb (FDA, 59 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 5.2 kg (11 lb) a day; an adult at about 24 kg (53 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
2% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 5.83, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Sauce, barbecue: found in 25 of 27, average 10.4, highest 23 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Ketchup, tomato: found in 3 of 3, average 20.7, highest 22 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 34.7, highest 38 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 3 of 3, average 19.7, highest 21 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Sauce, barbecue: found in 27 of 27, average 12.8, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Sauce, barbecue: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Ketchup, tomato: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Mustard, yellow, plain: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Salsa, tomato, bottled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Sauce, barbecue: found in 22 of 27, average 5.05, highest 9.6 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Tomato catsup: found in 3 of 20, average 0.22, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Tomato salsa, bottled: found in 19 of 20, average 4.93, highest 19 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Yellow mustard: found in 10 of 19, average 0.88, highest 2 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.

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