Cream of Wheat Instant Original Flavor
What stands out
Bars show one serving: 100 g, a standard portion.
- Measured in this product
Lab tests of this product found lead: 21.8 ppb in 1 sample. Details
● 99% of a toddler's daily limit25% of an adult's daily limit - Measured in this product
Lab tests of this product found cadmium: 36.7 ppb in 1 sample. Details
24% of a toddler's daily limit5% of an adult's daily limit - Measured in this product
Lab tests of this product found arsenic (total): 19.5 ppb in 1 sample. Details
- Lab tests3 chemicals measured in this product. See results
- RecallsNo barcode on file, so recalls can't be matched to it.
- AdditivesNo ingredient list on file.
- TypicalFDA's tests of baby food and drinks show what's typical. See levels
- Others965 other baby food and drinks products have lab results. Compare them
Lab results for this product
Measured in this product Healthy Babies Bright Futures (2019), via detectlead.com (2019)
- Lead: 21.8 ppb (found in 1 of 1 sample, highest 21.8).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 100 g (3.5 oz) a day of this; an adult at about 400 g (14 oz).
One serving (100 g, a standard portion):● 99% of a toddler's daily limit25% of an adult's daily limit
FDA action level for lead in baby food: 10 ppb for packaged baby foods for children under 2: fruits, vegetables (except carrots or sweet potatoes on their own), mixtures, yogurts, custards and single-ingredient meats. SourceAmong tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one othersEach dot stands for up to 14 products. Hover over or tap a column for its count.
789 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 2.57 ppb. This one is higher than about 98% of them. - Arsenic (total): 19.5 ppb (found in 1 of 1 sample, highest 19.5).
No US agency limit we can cite.
Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
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864 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 3.8 ppb. This one is higher than about 94% of them. - Cadmium: 36.7 ppb (found in 1 of 1 sample, highest 36.7).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 410 g (14 oz) a day of this; an adult at about 1.9 kg (4.2 lb).
One serving (100 g, a standard portion):24% of a toddler's daily limit5% of an adult's daily limitAmong tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
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790 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 4 ppb. This one is higher than about 99% of them.
ppb = parts per billion. "Below the lab's limit" means the lab could not measure it reliably, not that it is absent.
Typical for baby food and drinks
FDA's averages for this kind of food (this product has its own lab results above)
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 10.6 ppb (FDA, 24 samples, 2018-2020). 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).
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Baby food, applesauce: found in 0 of 8 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Baby food, carrots: found in 11 of 14 samples, average 7.28, highest 14 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Baby food, cereal, oatmeal, dry, prepared with water: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 4 ppb (2018)
- Lead in Baby food, infant formula, milk-based, powdered, prepared with water: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 4 ppb (2018)
- Cadmium in Baby food, applesauce: found in 0 of 8 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Baby food, carrots: found in 14 of 14 samples, average 20.4, highest 41 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Baby food, cereal, oatmeal, dry, prepared with water: found in 1 of 1 sample, average 2.1, highest 2.1 ppb (2018)
- Cadmium in Baby food, infant formula, milk-based, powdered, prepared with water: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 1 ppb (2018)
- Mercury in Baby food, applesauce: found in 0 of 8 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Baby food, carrots: found in 0 of 14 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Baby food, cereal, oatmeal, dry, prepared with water: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 1 ppb (2018)
- Mercury in Baby food, infant formula, milk-based, powdered, prepared with water: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 1 ppb (2018)
- Arsenic (total) in Baby food, applesauce: found in 0 of 8 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Baby food, carrots: found in 2 of 14 samples, average 0.5, highest 3.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Baby food, cereal, oatmeal, dry, prepared with water: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 3 ppb (2018)
- Arsenic (total) in Baby food, infant formula, milk-based, powdered, prepared with water: found in 0 of 1 sample, all below 3 ppb (2018)
- Perchlorate in Baby food, applesauce: found in 0 of 20 samples, all below 1 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Baby food, carrots: found in 19 of 20 samples, average 10.4, highest 74 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Baby food, cereal, oatmeal, dry, prepared w/ water: found in 14 of 20 samples, average 2.39, highest 24 ppb (2008-2012)
Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.
"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.
Not tested
No published results for this product cover: Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.