Vegetarian Frozen Meats
284 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Lead: typically 5.1 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 630 g (22 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.5 kg (5.5 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):16% of a toddler's daily limit4% of a adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 17 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 880 g (31 oz) a day; an adult at about 4.1 kg (9 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):11% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 5.7 ppb (FDA, 3 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 Veggie burger: found in 2 of 3, average 3.47, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3, average 17, highest 21 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Veggie burger: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Veggie burger: found in 3 of 3, average 5.4, highest 5.9 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.
Products
None of these has published lab results yet.
- Turkey Flame Broiled Meatballs, Turkey Harris Teeter · Vegetarian Frozen Meats
- Meatless Chicken Style Breasts Wegmans · Vegetarian Frozen Meats
- Meatless Chicken Style Nuggets, Chicken Style Wegmans · Vegetarian Frozen Meats
- Meatless Beef Style Crumbles, Meatless Beef Style Wegmans · Vegetarian Frozen Meats
- Meatless Sausage-style Don't Be Piggy Breakfast Patties, Meatless Sausage-style Wegmans · Vegetarian Frozen Meats
- Meatless Beef Style Meatballs Wegmans · Vegetarian Frozen Meats
- Spicy Don't Be Meatless Chicken-style Patty, Spicy Wegmans · Vegetarian Frozen Meats
- Meatless Plant-based Breakfast Patties 365 Whole Foods Market · Vegetarian Frozen Meats