Organic Quinoa
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- Lab tests3 chemicals measured in this product. See results
- RecallsNo barcode on file, so recalls can't be matched to it.
- AdditivesNo ingredient list on file.
- TypicalFDA's tests of grains show what's typical. See levels
- Others44 other grains products have lab results. Compare them
Lab results for this product
Measured in this product Healthy Babies Bright Futures (2025), via detectlead.com (2025)
- Lead: 3.6 ppb (found in 1 of 1, highest 3.6).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 610 g (22 oz) a day of this; an adult at about 2.4 kg (5.3 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):16% of a toddler's daily limit4% of a adult's daily limitAmong tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others22 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 2.2 ppb. This one is higher than about 81% of them.
- Arsenic (total): 7.8 ppb (found in 1 of 1, highest 7.8).
No US agency limit we can cite.
Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others35 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 4.4 ppb. This one is higher than about 82% of them.
- Cadmium: 59.9 ppb (found in 1 of 1, highest 59.9).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 250 g (8.8 oz) a day of this; an adult at about 1.2 kg (2.6 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):40% of a toddler's daily limit9% of a adult's daily limitAmong tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others45 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 23.9 ppb. This one is the highest.
ppb = parts per billion. "Below the lab's limit" means the lab could not measure it reliably, not that it is absent.
Barcoded products this likely is: Organic Quinoa, Organic Quinoa (matched by brand and name).
Typical for grains
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 6.51 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2 kg (4.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 9.4 kg (21 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):5% of a toddler's daily limit1% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 50.7 ppb (FDA, 57 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 Quinoa, cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 3.67, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
- 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 Quinoa, cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 11.2, highest 19 ppb (2018-2020)
- 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 Quinoa, cooked: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- 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 Quinoa, cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 3.33, highest 10 ppb (2018-2020)
- 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.
Not tested
No published results for this product cover: Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.