Spoon Scout

Kinds of food

Puddings and desserts

5 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 Gelatin dessert, strawberry: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 1 of 3, average 1.43, highest 4.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Gelatin dessert, strawberry: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 3 of 3, average 4.87, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Gelatin dessert, strawberry: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Gelatin dessert, strawberry: found in 1 of 3, average 1.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pudding, ready-to-eat, chocolate: found in 1 of 3, average 1.07, highest 3.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Gelatin dessert, any flavor: found in 1 of 20, average 0.15, highest 3 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.