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Grains/Flour · barcode 00030000072103

Quaker Quick Pearled Barley 11 Ounce Paper Box

Quaker · Pepsico Inc.

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  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
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Lab results for a matching product

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Pearled Barley - Quick

Measured in this product Healthy Babies Bright Futures (2025), via detectlead.com (2025)

  • Cadmium: 15.9 ppb (found in 1 of 1, highest 15.9). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 940 g (33 oz) a day of this; an adult at about 4.4 kg (9.7 lb).
    One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
    11% of a toddler's daily limit in 100 g (3½ oz)11% of a toddler's daily limit
    2% of a adult's daily limit in 100 g (3½ oz)2% of a adult's daily limit
    Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
    110100belowlimitFDA typicalBulghur #3 Coarse: 29.6 ppbCouscous Pearl: 26.3 ppbOrganic Italian Pearled Farro: 8.8 ppbOrganic Hulled Barley: 10.9 ppbHulled Barley: 18.4 ppbOrganic Couscous: 13.8 ppbQuinoa: 17.5 ppbOrganic Premium Quinoa: 20.6 ppbBrown Buckwheat Organic: 28.8 ppbMillet Organic Whole Grain: 34.2 ppbOrganic Whole Grain Bulgur Wheat: 31.7 ppbBulgur Wheat Organic: 5 ppbPearl Couscous Toasted Israeli-Style Pasta: 23.8 ppbPremium Quality Pearl Barley: 18.2 ppbCoarse Bulgur #3: 8.5 ppbOrganic Buckwheat Groats, Hulled, Gluten Free: 31.3 ppbPearled Barley: 16.7 ppbHulled Barley Organic: 11.2 ppbWhite Buckwheat Organic: 27.2 ppbCouscous Original: 43.7 ppbCouscous Moroccan-Style Pasta: 41.8 ppbHulled Barley: 23.9 ppbOrganic Farro: 33.6 ppbOrganic Italian Farro: 26.8 ppbAncient Grains Farro: 44.8 ppbWhite Quinoa: 16.5 ppbOrganic Whole Grain Buckwheat: 24.6 ppbBulgur Wheat: 44.9 ppbWhole Grain Red Bulgur: 20.7 ppbTri-color Pearl Couscous: 40.9 ppbMillet Organic: 40.5 ppbGolden Couscous: 43.2 ppbOrganic Millet Whole Grain Hulled: 37.6 ppbOrganic Quinoa: 59.9 ppbPearled Barley: 9.3 ppbCouscous: 9.4 ppbQuinoa: 18.2 ppbBuckwheat Organic Whole Grain: 38 ppbGluten Free Traditional Quinoa: 17.7 ppbOrganic Millet Seeds: 9.4 ppbPearl Barley - orge perlee: 19.5 ppbWhole Grain Millet: 47.1 ppbRed Quinoa: 18 ppbOrganic Quinoa: 27.3 ppbPearled Barley - Quick: 15.9 ppb

Typical for grains/flour

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 1 of 3, average 1.63, highest 4.9 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Quinoa, cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 3.67, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 3 of 3, average 42.3, highest 45 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Quinoa, cooked: found in 3 of 3, average 11.2, highest 19 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 27 of 27, average 7.98, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Quinoa, cooked: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 8 of 27, average 0.36, highest 1.5 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 3 of 3, average 3.53, highest 3.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Quinoa, cooked: found in 1 of 3, average 3.33, highest 10 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Rice, brown, cooked: found in 27 of 27, average 64.3, highest 88 ppb (2017-2020)

"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.

Ingredients (from the label)

PEARLED BARLEY

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.

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