Vegetables Unprepared/Unprocessed (Frozen)
6 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Cadmium: typically 6.42 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.7 kg (3.7 lb) a day; an adult at about 7.9 kg (17 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):6% of a toddler's daily limit1% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Broccoli, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Corn, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Peas, green, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Broccoli, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 27 of 27, average 16.5, highest 84 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Corn, frozen, boiled: found in 26 of 27, average 2.49, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 3 of 3, average 5.07, highest 6.7 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Peas, green, frozen, boiled: found in 2 of 3, average 1.57, highest 3.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Broccoli, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Corn, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Peas, green, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Broccoli, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Corn, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 3 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Peas, green, frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Broccoli, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 14 of 20, average 10.7, highest 102 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Corn, fresh/frozen, boiled: found in 0 of 20, all below 1 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Mixed vegetables, frozen, boiled: found in 10 of 20, average 1.23, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Peas, green, frozen, boiled: found in 3 of 20, average 0.25, 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.
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