Canned Meat · barcode 00000003760234
Spam, Meat Spread
Spam · Hormel Foods Corporation
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
- TypicalFDA's tests of canned meat show what's typical. See levels
Typical for canned meat
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Cadmium: typically 3.43 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 3.8 kg (8.4 lb) a day; an adult at about 18 kg (40 lb).One serving (1 teaspoon):under 1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 2.23 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Perchlorate: typically 11.3 ppb (FDA, 60 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 230 g (8.1 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.1 kg (2.4 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):43% of a toddler's daily limit9% of a adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 1 of 3, average 2.2, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 6.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 3 of 3, average 2.4, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 3.2, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 3.87, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, bologna: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Luncheon meat, ham: found in 3 of 3, average 4.03, highest 5.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Bologna (beef/pork): found in 15 of 20, average 112, highest 1,557 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Chili con carne w/ beans, canned: found in 18 of 20, average 2.39, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Luncheon meat (ham): found in 18 of 20, average 20.6, highest 56.4 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, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.
Ingredients (from the label)
PORK, MECHANICALLY SEPARATED CHICKEN, HAM, SALT, SUGAR, WATER, WATER, SPICES, SODIUM NITRITE.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.