Frozen Snack
2 products.
Typical levels
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food; these are the closest foods it does test.
- Cadmium: typically 28.8 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 490 g (17 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.3 kg (5.1 lb).One serving (100 g, a standard portion):21% of a toddler's daily limit4% of an adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 44.7 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 4 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2 kg (4.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 9.1 kg (20 lb).One serving (100 g, a standard portion):5% of a toddler's daily limit1% of an 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 Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.16, highest 4.3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 1 of 27 samples, average 0.56, highest 15 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 5.7, highest 8.3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 12, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 57.9, highest 100 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 7.13, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 4 of 27 samples, average 0.56, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 757, highest 810 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Potatoes, French fries, fast-food: found in 23 of 27 samples, average 3.97, highest 6.4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Chicken nuggets, fast-food: found in 13 of 20 samples, average 3.42, highest 12.5 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Fish sticks or patty, frozen, oven-cooked: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 6.03, highest 51 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Potato, french-fried, fast-food: found in 14 of 20 samples, average 6.68, highest 19 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.
- Yarrows Almond Croissant 6pk 420g Frozen Snack
- Leader Mac & Cheese Bites 1kg Frozen Snack