Pickles, Relishes and Vinegar

7 products.

Typical levels

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

Lead: typically 4 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 480 g (17 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.9 kg (4.2 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
21% of a toddler's daily limit
5% of a adult's daily limit
Cadmium: typically 1.1 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 13 kg (29 lb) a day; an adult at about 62 kg (140 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
under 1% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Perchlorate: typically 2 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 3.3 kg (7.3 lb) a day; an adult at about 15 kg (33 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
3% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of a adult's daily limit
Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 3 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 2 of 3, average 4.6, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 3 of 3, average 1.13, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Dill cucumber pickles: found in 17 of 20, average 3.19, highest 13 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.

Golden Sun Roasted Red Peppers in Oil 680g Golden Sun · Pickles, Relishes and Vinegar
Golden Sun Sour Sweet Gherkins 680g Golden Sun · Pickles, Relishes and Vinegar
Golden Sun Sliced Jalapeo Peppers 360g Golden Sun · Pickles, Relishes and Vinegar
Golden Sun Cornichons 350g Golden Sun · Pickles, Relishes and Vinegar
Cranberries Westland Cranberry Relish Lime & Cardamom 250g Cranberries Westland · Pickles, Relishes and Vinegar
Living Goodness Heart Beet Kraut Green & Red Cabbage Beetroot 500g Living Goodness · Pickles, Relishes and Vinegar
The Kiwi Artisan Manuka Smoked Olives 150g The Kiwi Artisan · Pickles, Relishes and Vinegar