Yogurt
6,087 products, 5 with published lab results.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Perchlorate: typically 6 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.8 kg (4 lb) a day; an adult at about 8.4 kg (19 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):6% of a toddler's daily limit1% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Yogurt, lowfat, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Yogurt, lowfat, vanilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Yogurt, lowfat, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Yogurt, lowfat, vanilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Yogurt, lowfat, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Yogurt, lowfat, vanilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Yogurt, lowfat, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Yogurt, lowfat, vanilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Yogurt, lowfat, fruit-flavored: found in 20 of 20, average 5.86, highest 9.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chobani Greek Yogurt Nonfat Plain | 18.7 | <10 | <10 | <5 | 14.2 | <5 |
| Chobani Whole Milk Plain Greek Yogurt | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Straus Organic Plain Nonfat Greek Yogurt | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |
| Straus Organic Whole Milk European Style Plain Yogurt | 15.8 | <10 | <10 | <5 | 21.4 | <5 |
| Straus Organic Whole Milk Plain Greek Yogurt | <10 | <10 | <10 | <5 | <10 | <5 |