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Kinds of food

Fruits - Unprepared/Unprocessed (Shelf Stable)

3 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 Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Banana, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Orange, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Pear, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Banana, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Orange, raw: found in 1 of 27, average 0.04, highest 1.2 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pear, with peel, raw: found in 12 of 27, average 0.8, highest 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Banana, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Orange, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Pear, with peel, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Apple, red, with peel, raw: found in 7 of 27, average 1.88, highest 20 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Banana, raw: found in 1 of 27, average 0.12, highest 3.2 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Orange, raw: found in 2 of 27, average 0.37, highest 6.7 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pear, with peel, raw: found in 18 of 27, average 3.94, highest 9.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Apple (red), raw (w/ peel): found in 1 of 20, average 0.05, highest 1 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Banana, raw: found in 5 of 20, average 0.48, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Orange (navel/Valencia), raw: found in 17 of 20, average 3.87, highest 19 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Pear, raw (w/ peel): found in 4 of 20, average 0.76, highest 11 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.