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Organic Whole Grain Amaranth, Whole Grain

Bob's Red Mill · Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods, Inc.

FDA recalls

• 2022-08-31 · Class II · Terminated Potential to be contaminated with Salmonella.Bob's Red Mill Natural Foods, Inc.: Organic Amaranth Grain Gluten Free, Bob's Red Mill brand, packaged in Standup Pouch (24oz). Each case consists of 4/24 oz. pouches. RETAIL Pouch UPC 0 39978 02910 2. RETAIL Case UPC 10039978029109. Organic Amaranth Grain Gluten Free, Organic Amaranth Grain, packaged in Kraft paper bulk bags (25 lbs). BULK bag UPC 0 39978 10910 1. The RETAIL label is read in parts: "***BASIC COOKING INSTRUCTIONS: Pifaf: Bring 1 1/2 cups water and 1/4 tsp salt to a boil in a medium pot. Add 1 cup amaranth, reduce heat and simmer, covered until liquid is absorbed, about 20 minutes***Cereal: Bring 2 1/2 cups water and 1/2 tsp salt to a boil in a medium pot. Add 1 cup amaranth, reduce heat and simmer, covered until liquid is absorbed, about 25 minutes***". The BULK label is read in parts: "***Basic Cooking Instructions: Bring 3 cups water to a boil in a pot. Add 1 cup amaranth. Cover, reduce heat and simmer until water is absorbed, about 20 minutes***". FDA record F-1580-2022

Typical for other grains & seeds

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 34.3 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 400 g (14 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.9 kg (4.2 lb).
  One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):

  25% of a toddler's daily limit

  5% of a adult's daily limit
• Arsenic (total): typically 52.4 ppb (FDA, 33 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
• Lead, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

• 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)
• Lead in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 0 of 3, all below 5 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)
• Cadmium in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 3 of 3, average 333, highest 400 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)
• Mercury in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3, average 0.43, highest 1.3 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)
• Arsenic (total) in Seeds, sunflower, shelled, salted, roasted: found in 1 of 3, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
• Perchlorate in Sunflower seeds (shelled), roasted, salted: found in 7 of 20, average 0.56, highest 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.

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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)

ORGANIC WHOLE GRAIN AMARANTH.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-11-16. Labels change; check the package.

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