Other Grains & Seeds · barcode 00185814000184
Organic Quinoa
Truroots · The J.M. Smucker Company
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- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
- TypicalFDA's tests of other grains & seeds show what's typical. See levels
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Organic Quinoa
Measured in this product Healthy Babies Bright Futures (2025), via detectlead.com (2025)
- Lead: 3.6 ppb (found in 1 of 1, highest 3.6).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 610 g (22 oz) a day of this; an adult at about 2.4 kg (5.3 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):16% of a toddler's daily limit4% of a adult's daily limitAmong tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
- Arsenic (total): 7.8 ppb (found in 1 of 1, highest 7.8).
No US agency limit we can cite.
Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
- Cadmium: 59.9 ppb (found in 1 of 1, highest 59.9).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 250 g (8.8 oz) a day of this; an adult at about 1.2 kg (2.6 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):40% of a toddler's daily limit9% of a adult's daily limitAmong tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
Typical for other grains & seeds
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Cadmium: typically 34.3 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 400 g (14 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.9 kg (4.2 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):25% of a toddler's daily limit5% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 52.4 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Quinoa, cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 3.67, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 0 of 3, all below 5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Quinoa, cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 11.2, highest 19 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 27 of 27, average 7.98, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 3 of 3, average 333, highest 400 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Quinoa, cooked: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 8 of 27, average 0.36, highest 1.5 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3, average 0.43, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Quinoa, cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 3.33, highest 10 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 27 of 27, average 64.3, highest 88 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Sunflower seeds (shelled), roasted, salted: found in 7 of 20, average 0.56, highest 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: Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.
Ingredients (from the label)
ORGANIC QUINOA.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-02-26. Labels change; check the package.