Vegetables Unprepared/Unprocessed (Shelf Stable)
5 products.
Typical levels
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.
- Cadmium: typically 23.3 ppb (FDA, 87 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 600 g (21 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.8 kg (6.2 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):17% of a toddler's daily limit4% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 3.02 ppb (FDA, 87 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Garlic, raw: found in 0 of 6, all below 4 ppb (2019-2020)
- Lead in Onion, mature, raw: found in 1 of 27, average 0.27, highest 7.4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Lead in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 9 of 27, average 2.32, highest 12 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Garlic, raw: found in 6 of 6, average 20.7, highest 40 ppb (2019-2020)
- Cadmium in Onion, mature, raw: found in 27 of 27, average 7.6, highest 26 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 27 of 27, average 24.8, highest 42 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 27 of 27, average 43, highest 66 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Garlic, raw: found in 0 of 6, all below 1 ppb (2019-2020)
- Mercury in Onion, mature, raw: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Garlic, raw: found in 6 of 6, average 8.73, highest 14 ppb (2019-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Onion, mature, raw: found in 17 of 27, average 3.9, highest 15 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 2 of 27, average 0.32, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Potato, with peel, baked: found in 19 of 27, average 4.31, highest 18 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Onion, mature, raw: found in 9 of 20, average 1.8, highest 12 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Potato, baked (w/ peel): found in 5 of 20, average 0.53, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Potato, boiled (w/out peel): found in 5 of 20, average 0.38, 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.
- Birds Eye Steamfresh Mixed Vegetables, Frozen Vegetables, 19 oz. Family Size Bag Birds Eye · Vegetables Unprepared/Unprocessed (Shelf Stable)
- Heirloom Bean Blend D'allesandro · Vegetables Unprepared/Unprocessed (Shelf Stable)
- Beans, Pinto, Dry WestStar · Vegetables Unprepared/Unprocessed (Shelf Stable)
- Beans, Pinto, Dry WestStar · Vegetables Unprepared/Unprocessed (Shelf Stable)
- Farmer Girl USDA Low Sodium Pinto Beans 6/10 Case Farmer Girl · Vegetables Unprepared/Unprocessed (Shelf Stable)