Nespresso Medium Roast Black Capsule Coffee
- Lab tests18 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 coffee show what's typical. See levels
- Others10 other coffee products have lab results. Compare them
Lab results for this product
Measured in this product PlasticList (2024-07-23)
- DEHP: 15 ppb (found in 3 of 3, highest 18).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 20 L (83¼ cups) a day of this; an adult at about 93 L (387½ cups).
One serving (1 cup):1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limitAmong tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others11 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 11.4 ppb. This one is higher than about 70% of them.
- DMP (dimethyl phthalate): 5.6 ppb (found in 2 of 3, highest 6.1). No US agency limit we can cite. 11 tested products of this kind: the middle one is below the lab's limit. This one is higher than about 90% of them.
- DBP (di-n-butyl phthalate): found in 1 of 3 samples (highest 17 ppb).
Even at the highest sample, a toddler would need about 88 L (366¾ cups) a day to reach EPA's daily limit; an adult more than 100 liters.
11 tested products of this kind: the middle one is 17 ppb. This one is higher than about 10% of them.One serving (1 cup):under 1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- DEHT (DOTP): 130 ppb (found in 3 of 3, highest 240).
No US agency limit we can cite.
Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others11 tested products of this kind: the middle one is below the lab's limit. This one is the highest.
Not found above the lab's limit: BBP (benzyl butyl phthalate), DEP (diethyl phthalate), DNOP (di-n-octyl phthalate), DIBP (diisobutyl phthalate), DIDP (diisodecyl phthalate), DNHP (di-n-hexyl phthalate), DINP (diisononyl phthalate), DCHP (dicyclohexyl phthalate), DEHA, DINCH, DIDA (diisodecyl adipate), BPS (bisphenol S), BPF (bisphenol F), BPA (bisphenol A).
ppb = parts per billion. "Below the lab's limit" means the lab could not measure it reliably, not that it is absent.
Typical for coffee
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 1 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Coffee, brewed from ground: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Coffee, brewed from ground: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Coffee, brewed from ground: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Coffee, brewed from ground: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Coffee, from ground: found in 0 of 20, all below 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.
Not tested
No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.