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Canned Meat · barcode 00037600000017

Classic Canned Meat

Spam · Hormel Foods Corporation

  • Lab testsA lab tested a product with this brand and name. See results
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
  • TypicalFDA's tests of canned meat show what's typical. See levels

Lab results for a matching product

Likely this product: the lab recorded its brand and name but not its barcode, so we matched it by brand and name. Package size and recipe may differ.

Spam Canned Meat

Measured in this product PlasticList (2024)

  • DBP (di-n-butyl phthalate): found in 1 of 3 samples (highest 13 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 in 100 g (3½ oz)under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
    under 1% of a adult's daily limit in 100 g (3½ oz)under 1% of a adult's daily limit
  • DEHT (DOTP): 121 ppb (found in 3 of 3, highest 149). No US agency limit we can cite.
    Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
    1001,00010,000belowlimitWhole Foods Organic Boneless Beef Ribeye Steak Grass Fed: 1,045 ppbWhole Foods Boneless Beef Ribeye Steak Pasture Raised: 280 ppbWhole Foods Boneless Beef Ribeye Steak Grass Fed: 2,220 ppbBoneless Beef Ribeye Steak from Local Butcher: 2,060 ppbSpam Canned Meat: 121 ppb
  • BPA (bisphenol A): 17 ppb (found in 3 of 3, highest 20). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 44 kg (97 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 in 100 g (3½ oz)under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
    under 1% of a adult's daily limit in 100 g (3½ oz)under 1% of a adult's daily limit

Not found above the lab's limit: DEHP, BBP (benzyl butyl phthalate), DIBP (diisobutyl 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).

Typical for canned 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.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 1 of 3, average 2.2, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 6.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 3 of 3, average 2.4, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 3.2, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 3.87, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 4.03, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20, average 112, highest 1,557 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Chili con carne w/ beans, canned: found in 18 of 20, average 2.39, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Luncheon meat (ham): found in 18 of 20, average 20.6, highest 56.4 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.

Ingredients (from the label)

PORK WITH HAM, SALT, WATER, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, SUGAR, SODIUM NITRITE

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-06-29. Labels change; check the package.

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