Popcorn (Shelf Stable)
4 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Cadmium: typically 6.1 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.5 kg (5.5 lb) a day; an adult at about 12 kg (26 lb).One serving (100 g, a standard portion):4% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 5 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.03, highest 6.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.45, highest 5 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.
- Annies Popcorn White Chdr General Mills Sales Inc. · Popcorn (Shelf Stable)
- Annies Popcorn White Chdr General Mills Sales Inc. · Popcorn (Shelf Stable)
- ORVILLE Kettle Korn Classic Bag ConAgra Foods Inc. · Popcorn (Shelf Stable)
- Conagra Brands ORVILLE REDENBACHERS Kettle Korn Popcorn Popcorn (Shelf Stable)