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Kinds of food

Cooking Oils and Fats

5 products.

Typical levels

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Butter, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Margarine, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Oil, olive: found in 0 of 3, all below 5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Oil, vegetable: found in 0 of 3, all below 5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Butter, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Margarine, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Oil, olive: found in 0 of 3, all below 2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Oil, vegetable: found in 0 of 3, all below 2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Butter, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Margarine, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Oil, olive: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Oil, vegetable: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Butter, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Margarine, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Oil, olive: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Oil, vegetable: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Butter, regular (salted): found in 2 of 20, average 0.15, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Margarine, regular (salted): found in 1 of 20, average 0.1, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Olive oil: found in 1 of 20, average 0.1, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Vegetable oil: found in 3 of 20, average 0.85, highest 13 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.

Products

None of these has published lab results yet.