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Gerber Baby Food Organic Carrot in Glass

Baby food and drinks

What stands out

Bars show one serving: 100 g, a standard portion.

  • Measured in this product

    Lab tests of this product found DEHP in 1 of 2 samples, highest 13.4 ppb. Details

    under 1% of a toddler's daily limit in 100 g, a standard portionunder 1% of a toddler's daily limit
    under 1% of an adult's daily limit in 100 g, a standard portionunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
  • Measured in this product

    Lab tests of this product found DBP (di-n-butyl phthalate) in 1 of 2 samples, highest 11 ppb. Details

    under 1% of a toddler's daily limit in 100 g, a standard portionunder 1% of a toddler's daily limit
    under 1% of an adult's daily limit in 100 g, a standard portionunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
  • Measured in this product

    Lab tests of this product found DEP (diethyl phthalate) in 1 of 2 samples, highest 24 ppb. Details

    under 1% of a toddler's daily limit in 100 g, a standard portionunder 1% of a toddler's daily limit
    under 1% of an adult's daily limit in 100 g, a standard portionunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
  • 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 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 PlasticList (2024)

Not found above the lab's limit: DIBP (diisobutyl phthalate), DMP (dimethyl phthalate), DNOP (di-n-octyl phthalate), DCHP (dicyclohexyl phthalate), DINP (diisononyl phthalate), DIDP (diisodecyl phthalate), BBP (benzyl butyl phthalate), DNHP (di-n-hexyl phthalate), DEHA, DIDA (diisodecyl adipate), DINCH, BPA (bisphenol A), BPF (bisphenol F), BPS (bisphenol S).

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: Metals, Perchlorate. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

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