Pastry
1 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Lead: typically 3.76 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 710 g (25 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.8 kg (6.2 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):14% of a toddler's daily limit4% of a adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 13.6 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.1 kg (2.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 5.1 kg (11 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):9% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.85 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 2 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2 kg (4.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 9.4 kg (21 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):5% of a toddler's daily limit1% of a adult's daily limit
- Mercury: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 18 of 27, average 3.8, highest 9.2 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 3 of 3, average 12.8, highest 16 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27, average 14.3, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Pie crust: found in 3 of 3, average 8.63, highest 9.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cinnamon roll, iced: found in 27 of 27, average 5.32, highest 8.9 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Breakfast tart/toaster pastry: found in 17 of 20, average 5.2, highest 49 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.
- Signature Range Flaky Puff Pastry 780g Signature Range · Pastry