Measured in this productHealthy Babies Bright Futures (2025), via detectlead.com (2025)
Lead: 5.5 ppb(found in 3 of 3, highest 6.5).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 400 g (14 oz) a day of this; an adult at about 1.6 kg (3.5 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
25% of a toddler's daily limit
6% of a adult's daily limit
Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
Arsenic (total): 129 ppb(found in 3 of 3, highest 181).
No US agency limit we can cite.
Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
Cadmium: 50.5 ppb(found in 3 of 3, highest 50.7).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 300 g (11 oz) a day of this; an adult at about 1.4 kg (3.1 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
34% of a toddler's daily limit
7% of a adult's daily limit
Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
Mercury: 1.55 ppb(found in 2 of 2, highest 1.9).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 970 g (34 oz) a day of this; an adult at about 4.5 kg (9.9 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
10% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of a adult's daily limit
Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
✓ US (FDA): AllowedFDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
! EU: Allowed with warning labelAllowed as E102, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
◐ California: Banned in school mealsfrom 2027-12-31Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source
✕ West Virginia: Bannedfrom 2028-01-01Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
◐ West Virginia: Banned in school mealsfrom 2025-08-01Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
! Texas: Warning label requiredfrom 2027-01-01Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
◐ Louisiana: Banned in school mealsfrom 2028-2029 school yearBanned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
! Louisiana: Warning label requiredfrom 2028-01-01Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
✕ US (FDA): Authorization revokedfrom 2027-01-15FDA revoked its approval for food; food makers must stop using it by January 15, 2027 (ingested drugs by January 18, 2028). (90 FR 4628 (2025)) Source
✓ EU: AllowedOn the EU's list of approved additives as E127. Only in cocktail and candied cherries and bigarreaux cherries. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
✕ California: Bannedfrom 2027-01-01Banned in food made, sold or distributed in California after January 1, 2027. (AB 418 (2023)) Source
✕ West Virginia: Bannedfrom 2028-01-01Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
◐ West Virginia: Banned in school mealsfrom 2025-08-01Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source
! Texas: Warning label requiredfrom 2027-01-01Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
◐ Louisiana: Banned in school mealsfrom 2028-2029 school yearBanned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
! Louisiana: Warning label requiredfrom 2028-01-01Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
Typical for rice
Compared with FDA's white rice, cooked: what FDA found when it bought and tested it across the US. These are not tests of this product.
Cadmium: typically 5.2 ppb(FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.3 kg (5.1 lb) a day; an adult at about 11 kg (24 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
4% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 43 ppb(FDA, 27 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 Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
Cadmium in Rice, white, enriched, cooked: found in 27 of 27, average 6.54, highest 23 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 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.
Ingredients (from the label)
ENRICHED RICE (NIACIN, IRON (FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE), THIAMIN MONONITRATE, FOLIC ACID), DEHYDRATED VEGETABLES (ONION, RED & GREEN BELL PEPPERS, TOMATO), SALT. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: GARLIC, CORN MEAL, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN (FROM CORN), HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, DEHYDRATED CHICKEN, SPICES, SAFFRON, SODIUM ALUMINOSILICATE (ANTI-CAKING AGENT), ARTIFICIAL COLOR (INCLUDING F.D.&C. YELLOW NO.5, F.D.&C. RED NO.3), CELERY EXTRACT.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.