Snack Foods - Nuts
7 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Arsenic (total): typically 6.21 ppb (FDA, 29 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Almonds, shelled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Cashews, salted: found in 0 of 1, all below 1 ppb (2020)
- Lead in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Walnuts, shelled: found in 1 of 22, average 0.25, highest 5.6 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Almonds, shelled: found in 3 of 3, average 15, highest 21 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Cashews, salted: found in 0 of 1, all below 1 ppb (2020)
- Cadmium in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 3 of 3, average 40.7, highest 45 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Walnuts, shelled: found in 2 of 22, average 0.1, highest 1.1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Almonds, shelled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Cashews, salted: found in 0 of 1, all below 1 ppb (2020)
- Mercury in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Walnuts, shelled: found in 0 of 22, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Almonds, shelled: found in 3 of 3, average 8.7, highest 12 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Cashews, salted: found in 1 of 1, average 3.5, highest 3.5 ppb (2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 3, average 3.3, highest 5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Walnuts, shelled: found in 21 of 22, average 5.81, highest 11 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Peanuts, dry roasted, salted: found in 2 of 20, average 0.15, highest 2 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.
- Mother Earth Deluxe Mixed Nuts Blueberry & Macadamia 140g Mother Earth · Snack Foods - Nuts
- Pure Delish Bircher Porridge Creamy Chia 400g Pure Delish · Snack Foods - Nuts
- Pure Delish Bircher Porridge Dark Chocolate & Almond 400g Pure Delish · Snack Foods - Nuts
- Pure Delish Bircher Porridge Wild Blueberry 400g Pure Delish · Snack Foods - Nuts
- Pure Delish Luxe Nuts Cashew Lime & Chilli Coconut 110g Pure Delish · Snack Foods - Nuts
- Creative Cooking Superseed Crackers Original Garlic & Rosemary 120g Creative Cooking · Snack Foods - Nuts
- Golden Hive Mixed Nuts with Honey 250g Golden Hive · Snack Foods - Nuts