Candy

Haribo Goldbears

Lab results for this product

Measured in this product PlasticList (2024-07-22)

• DBP (di-n-butyl phthalate): 16 ppb (found in 3 of 3, highest 17). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 94 kg (210 lb) a day of this; an adult at 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
  3 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 12 ppb. This one is the highest.
• DEHP: 17 ppb (found in 3 of 3, highest 19). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 18 kg (40 lb) a day of this; an adult at about 82 kg (180 lb).
  One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):

  under 1% of a toddler's daily limit

  under 1% of a adult's daily limit
  3 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 17 ppb. This one is higher than about 50% of them.
• DIBP (diisobutyl phthalate): found in 1 of 3 samples (highest 11 ppb). No US agency limit we can cite. 3 tested products of this kind: the middle one is below the lab's limit. This one is the lowest.
• DEHT (DOTP): 68 ppb (found in 3 of 3, highest 100). No US agency limit we can cite. 3 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 68 ppb. This one is higher than about 50% of them.

Not found above the lab's limit: BBP (benzyl butyl phthalate), DEP (diethyl phthalate), DMP (dimethyl phthalate), DINP (diisononyl phthalate), DNOP (di-n-octyl phthalate), DCHP (dicyclohexyl phthalate), DNHP (di-n-hexyl phthalate), DIDP (diisodecyl phthalate), DEHA, DINCH, DIDA (diisodecyl adipate), BPS (bisphenol S), BPF (bisphenol F), BPA (bisphenol A).

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

Typical for candy

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

• Arsenic (total): typically 5.37 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
• Perchlorate: typically 4.62 ppb (FDA, 39 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.2 kg (4.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 10 kg (22 lb).
  One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):

  5% of a toddler's daily limit

  under 1% of a adult's daily limit
• Lead, Cadmium, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

• Lead in Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
• Lead in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 7.93, highest 8.3 ppb (2018-2020)
• Lead in Candy, hard: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 3 of 3, average 20, highest 26 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Candy, hard: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 1 of 3, average 0.57, highest 1.7 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Candy, hard: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 2 of 3, average 2.13, highest 3.3 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Candy, hard: found in 3 of 3, average 13, highest 15 ppb (2018-2020)
• Perchlorate in Candy bar, milk chocolate, plain: found in 19 of 20, average 8.92, highest 15 ppb (2008-2012)
• Perchlorate in Candy, hard, any flavor: found in 1 of 19, average 0.47, highest 9 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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