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Kinds of food

Turkey - Unprepared/Unprocessed

2 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 Turkey breast, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Lead in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Turkey breast, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 15 of 27, average 0.85, highest 2.3 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Turkey breast, oven-roasted: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Turkey breast, oven-roasted: found in 12 of 27, average 2.18, highest 9.6 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Turkey, ground, pan-cooked: found in 14 of 27, average 5.54, highest 48 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Turkey breast, oven-roasted: found in 7 of 20, average 4.85, highest 37.1 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.