Frozen Pies/Savouries

4 products.

Typical levels

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

Cadmium: typically 7.93 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.8 kg (4 lb) a day; an adult at about 8.4 kg (19 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
6% of a toddler's daily limit
1% of a adult's daily limit
Perchlorate: typically 2.67 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 4 kg (8.8 lb) a day; an adult at about 19 kg (42 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
2% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 3 of 3, average 5.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3, average 6.63, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 3 of 3, average 10.5, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 3 of 3, average 7.73, highest 8.8 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Pie, apple, fresh/frozen: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Pie, pumpkin, fresh/frozen: found in 1 of 3, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Apple pie, fresh/frozen: found in 2 of 20, average 0.1, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 14 of 20, average 1.97, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Pumpkin pie, fresh/frozen: found in 19 of 20, average 5.8, highest 15 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.

Leader Crumbed Lasagne Toppas 1kg Leader · Frozen Pies/Savouries
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