Frozen Desserts

• Lead in Ice cream, vanilla: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
• Lead in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.1, highest 6.3 ppb (2018-2020)
• Lead in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
• Lead in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26 samples, average 0.15, highest 4 ppb (2017-2020)
• Cadmium in Ice cream, vanilla: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
• Cadmium in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2.83, highest 3 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
• Mercury in Ice cream, vanilla: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
• Mercury in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 0 of 26 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Ice cream, vanilla: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Sorbet, fruit-flavored: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Yogurt, frozen, vanilla: found in 1 of 26 samples, average 0.13, highest 3.3 ppb (2017-2020)
• Perchlorate in Ice cream, regular, vanilla: found in 19 of 19 samples, average 6.81, highest 12 ppb (2008-2012)
• Perchlorate in Popsicle, fruit-flavored: found in 3 of 19 samples, average 0.16, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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.