Cocoa Powder from 1952 Korean War Rations

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 has no comparable food in its tests.
Others8 other historical samples (decades old) products have lab results. Compare them

Lab results for this product

Measured in this product PlasticList (2024)

DIBP (diisobutyl phthalate): 40.5 ppb (found in 2 of 2, highest 65). No US agency limit we can cite.
Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
9 tested products of this kind: the middle one is below the lab's limit. This one is higher than about 75% of them.
DEP (diethyl phthalate): 12,211 ppb (found in 2 of 2, highest 20,398). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 980 g (35 oz) a day of this; an adult at about 4.6 kg (10 lb).
One serving (1 teaspoon):
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
9 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 135 ppb. This one is higher than about 88% of them.
DMP (dimethyl phthalate): 857 ppb (found in 2 of 2, highest 988). No US agency limit we can cite.
Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
9 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 14 ppb. This one is higher than about 88% of them.
DEHP: 874 ppb (found in 2 of 2, highest 1,483). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 340 g (12 oz) a day of this; an adult at about 1.6 kg (3.5 lb).
One serving (1 teaspoon):
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
9 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 210 ppb. This one is higher than about 88% of them.
DBP (di-n-butyl phthalate): 60,000 ppb (found in 2 of 2, highest over 60,000). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 25 g (0.88 oz) a day of this; an adult at about 120 g (4.2 oz).
One serving (1 teaspoon):
12% of a toddler's daily limit
3% of a adult's daily limit

Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
9 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 177 ppb. This one is higher than about 88% of them.
BBP (benzyl butyl phthalate): found in 1 of 2 samples (highest 19 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 (1 teaspoon):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
9 tested products of this kind: the middle one is below the lab's limit. This one is higher than about 25% of them.
DCHP (dicyclohexyl phthalate): found in 1 of 2 samples (highest over 30,000 ppb). No US agency limit we can cite. 9 tested products of this kind: the middle one is below the lab's limit. This one is higher than about 13% of them.
DEHA: found in 1 of 2 samples (highest 12 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 (1 teaspoon):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
9 tested products of this kind: the middle one is below the lab's limit. This one is higher than about 38% of them.

Not found above the lab's limit: DINP (diisononyl phthalate), DNOP (di-n-octyl phthalate), DNHP (di-n-hexyl phthalate), DIDP (diisodecyl phthalate), DINCH, DIDA (diisodecyl adipate), DEHT (DOTP), 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 historical samples (decades old)

FDA's Total Diet Study has no food close enough to this one to give a fair typical level.

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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