Deli and Chilled Foods
2 products.
Typical levels
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food; these are the closest foods it does test.
- Cadmium: typically 2.33 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 4.7 kg (10 lb) a day; an adult at about 22 kg (49 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):2% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.83 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 16 ppb (FDA, 40 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 160 g (5.6 oz) a day; an adult at about 740 g (26 oz).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):● 63% of a toddler's daily limit14% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- 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)
- Lead in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 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)
- Cadmium in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3, average 3.87, highest 6 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)
- Mercury in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 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)
- Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, turkey: found in 3 of 3, average 7.83, highest 9 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20, average 112, highest 1,557 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.
Products
None of these has published lab results yet.
- Southern Ocean New Zealand King Salmon Smoked Slices 100g Southern Ocean · Deli and Chilled Foods
- Howler Hotdogs Gluten Free Hot Dogs x 4 400g Howler Hotdogs · Deli and Chilled Foods