Tofu
1 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Cadmium: typically 12 ppb (FDA, 1 samples, 2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 5.8 kg (13 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):8% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Tofu, firm, plain, drained solids: found in 0 of 1, all below 4 ppb (2020)
- Cadmium in Tofu, firm, plain, drained solids: found in 1 of 1, average 12, highest 12 ppb (2020)
- Mercury in Tofu, firm, plain, drained solids: found in 0 of 1, all below 1 ppb (2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Tofu, firm, plain, drained solids: found in 0 of 1, all below 3 ppb (2020)
"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.
- Pams Plant Based Tofu Firm 450g Pams Plant Based · Tofu