Snack Foods - Dried Fruit
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Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Lead: typically 7.8 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 230 g (8.1 oz) a day; an adult at about 910 g (32 oz).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):44% of a toddler's daily limit11% of a adult's daily limit
- Mercury: typically 1.3 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.1 kg (2.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 5.3 kg (12 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):9% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 23 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 4 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.4 kg (5.3 lb) a day; an adult at about 11 kg (24 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):4% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Raisins: found in 3 of 3, average 9.7, highest 16 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Raisins: found in 1 of 3, average 0.33, highest 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Raisins: found in 3 of 3, average 1.33, highest 1.6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Raisins: found in 3 of 3, average 22.7, highest 32 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Raisins: found in 15 of 20, average 4.4, highest 12 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.
- Woolworths Yummy Mix 500g Woolworths · Snack Foods - Dried Fruit