Whole Foods Organic Boneless Beef Ribeye Steak Grass Fed

Lab tests18 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 meat show what's typical. See levels
Others4 other meat products have lab results. Compare them

Lab results for this product

Measured in this product PlasticList (2024)

DMP (dimethyl phthalate): 7.6 ppb (found in 2 of 3, highest 11.1). No US agency limit we can cite. 5 tested products of this kind: the middle one is below the lab's limit. This one is the highest.
DEHP: 20.6 ppb (found in 2 of 3, highest 23). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 15 kg (33 lb) a day of this; an adult at about 68 kg (150 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit

Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
5 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 15 ppb. This one is higher than about 75% of them.
DEP (diethyl phthalate): found in 1 of 3 samples (highest 20.2 ppb). Even at the highest sample, a toddler would need more than 100 kg a day to reach EPA's daily limit; an adult more than 100 kg.
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
5 tested products of this kind: the middle one is below the lab's limit. This one is the lowest.
DBP (di-n-butyl phthalate): found in 1 of 3 samples (highest 11 ppb). Even at the highest sample, a toddler would need more than 100 kg a day to reach EPA's daily limit; an adult more than 100 kg.
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
5 tested products of this kind: the middle one is below the lab's limit. This one is the lowest.
DEHT (DOTP): 1,045 ppb (found in 3 of 3, highest 1,150). No US agency limit we can cite.
Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
5 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 1,045 ppb. This one is higher than about 50% of them.
DEHA: found in 1 of 3 samples (highest 180 ppb). Even at the highest sample, a toddler would need about 50 kg (110 lb) a day to reach EPA's daily limit; an adult more than 100 kg.
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
5 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 11 ppb. This one is the lowest.
BPA (bisphenol A): found in 1 of 3 samples (highest 1.7 ppb). Even at the highest sample, a toddler would need more than 100 kg a day to reach EPA's daily limit; an adult more than 100 kg.
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
5 tested products of this kind: the middle one is below the lab's limit. This one is the lowest.
BPS (bisphenol S): found in 1 of 3 samples (highest 4.1 ppb). No US agency limit we can cite. 5 tested products of this kind: the middle one is below the lab's limit. This one is the lowest.

Not found above the lab's limit: DIBP (diisobutyl phthalate), DINP (diisononyl phthalate), DNOP (di-n-octyl phthalate), DCHP (dicyclohexyl phthalate), DNHP (di-n-hexyl phthalate), DIDP (diisodecyl phthalate), BBP (benzyl butyl phthalate), DINCH, DIDA (diisodecyl adipate), BPF (bisphenol F).

ppb = parts per billion. "Below the lab's limit" means the lab could not measure it reliably, not that it is absent.

Typical for meat

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

Arsenic (total): typically 4.55 ppb (FDA, 54 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Lead in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Mercury in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, oven-roasted: found in 25 of 27, average 5.56, highest 21 ppb (2017-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Beef, ground, pan-cooked: found in 24 of 27, average 4.06, highest 8.5 ppb (2017-2020)
Perchlorate in Beef steak, loin/sirloin, broiled: found in 2 of 20, average 0.4, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Beef, ground, regular, pan-cooked: found in 1 of 20, average 0.05, highest 1 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: Metals, Perchlorate. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

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