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Harvest Hill Maple & Brown Sugar Instant Oatmeal, Maple & Brown Sugar

Bektrom Foods, Inc · Cereal · barcode 00074026988833

What stands out

Bars show one serving: 1 packet, 43 g, from the label.

  • Likely this product

    A lab test of a product with this brand and name found lead: 8.1 ppb in 1 sample (matched by name; the lab recorded no barcode). Details

    16% of a toddler's daily limit in 1 packet, 43 g, from the label16% of a toddler's daily limit
    4% of an adult's daily limit in 1 packet, 43 g, from the label4% of an adult's daily limit
  • Likely this product

    A lab test of a product with this brand and name found cadmium: 5.8 ppb in 1 sample (matched by name; the lab recorded no barcode). Details

    2% of a toddler's daily limit in 1 packet, 43 g, from the label2% of a toddler's daily limit
    under 1% of an adult's daily limit in 1 packet, 43 g, from the labelunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
  • Likely this product

    A lab test of a product with this brand and name found arsenic (total): 13.5 ppb in 1 sample (matched by name; the lab recorded no barcode). Details

  • Lab testsA lab tested a product with this brand and name. See results
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
  • TypicalFDA's tests of cereal show what's typical. See levels
  • Others2 other cereal products have lab results. Compare them

Lab results for a matching product

Likely this product: the lab recorded its brand and name but not its barcode, so we matched it by brand and name. Package size and recipe may differ.

Harvest Hill Instant Oatmeal, Maple & Brown Sugar

Measured in this product Healthy Babies Bright Futures (2019), via detectlead.com (2019)

  • Lead: 8.1 ppb (found in 1 of 1 sample, highest 8.1). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 270 g (9.5 oz) a day of this; an adult at about 1.1 kg (2.4 lb).
    One serving (1 packet, 43 g, from the label):
    16% of a toddler's daily limit in 1 packet, 43 g, from the label16% of a toddler's daily limit
    4% of an adult's daily limit in 1 packet, 43 g, from the label4% of an adult's daily limit

    FDA action level for lead in baby food: 10 ppb for packaged baby foods for children under 2: fruits, vegetables (except carrots or sweet potatoes on their own), mixtures, yogurts, custards and single-ingredient meats. Source
    Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
    0.11101001,00010,00034 products below the lab's limitbelowlimit3 products from 0.1 to 0.147 ppb: cerebelly Apple Kale Smart Bars 5 Pack; cerebelly Strawberry Beet Smart Bars 5 Pack; cerebelly Sweet Potato Blueberry Banana Smart Bars2 products from 0.147 to 0.215 ppb: cerebelly Carrot Date Smart Bars 5 Pack; Kroger Simple Truth Simple Truth Organic Pear, Carrot & Blueberry Baby Food Puree10 products from 0.215 to 0.316 ppb16 products from 0.316 to 0.464 ppb10 products from 0.464 to 0.681 ppb81 products from 0.681 to 1 ppb56 products from 1 to 1.47 ppb135 products from 1.47 to 2.15 ppb126 products from 2.15 to 3.16 ppb116 products from 3.16 to 4.64 ppb103 products from 4.64 to 6.81 ppb45 products from 6.81 to 10 ppb, this product among them22 products from 10 to 14.7 ppb12 products from 14.7 to 21.5 ppb7 products from 21.5 to 31.6 ppb3 products from 31.6 to 46.4 ppb: Sprout Organic Quinoa Puffs Baby Cereal Snack - Apple Kale; Yumi Berry & Sweet Pea Rice Free Puffs- Canister; NurturMe Organic Quinoa Cereals - Quinoa + Sweet Potato + Raisin5 products from 46.4 to 68.1 ppb: SOBISK Breakfast Biscuits - Golden Oats; Infant Formula (brand not recorded); Healthy Times Organic Brown Rice Cereal - 4+ months; Yumi Strawberry & Basil Rice Free Puffs; Yumi Apple Broccoli Rice Free Puffs- Canister1 product from 68.1 to 100 ppb: Babylife Organics Raspberry & Fig Oat Bar1 product from 1,468 to 2,154 ppb: Tomato Puree (brand not recorded)1 product from 3,162 to 4,642 ppb: Apple and Cinnamon Fruit Puree (brand not recorded)FDA level 10 ppbthis one

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  • Arsenic (total): 13.5 ppb (found in 1 of 1 sample, highest 13.5). No US agency limit we can cite.
    Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
    0.11101001,0008 products below the lab's limitbelowlimit6 products from 0.1 to 0.136 ppb4 products from 0.136 to 0.185 ppb: piko Okinawan Sweet Potato; piko Okinawan Sweet Potato, Banana & Taro; piko Poi; piko Kabocha, Pineapple & Breadfruit2 products from 0.251 to 0.341 ppb: cerebelly Butternut Squash White Bean; cerebelly White Bean Pumpkin Apple7 products from 0.341 to 0.464 ppb8 products from 0.464 to 0.631 ppb7 products from 0.631 to 0.858 ppb22 products from 0.858 to 1.17 ppb17 products from 1.17 to 1.58 ppb75 products from 1.58 to 2.15 ppb137 products from 2.15 to 2.93 ppb151 products from 2.93 to 3.98 ppb140 products from 3.98 to 5.41 ppb99 products from 5.41 to 7.36 ppb66 products from 7.36 to 10 ppb39 products from 10 to 13.6 ppb, this product among them17 products from 13.6 to 18.5 ppb12 products from 18.5 to 25.1 ppb7 products from 25.1 to 34.1 ppb7 products from 34.1 to 46.4 ppb5 products from 46.4 to 63.1 ppb: Parent’s Choice (Walmart) Little Hearts Strawberry Yogurt Cereal Snack - Stage 3, 9+ months; Meijer Apple Rice Rusks Baked Rice Snack; Plum Organics Little Teethers Organic Multigrain Teething Wafers - Banana with Pumpkin - Baby Crawler; Gerber Teether Wheels - Apple Harvest - Crawlers; GERBER ® Teether Wheels Apple Harvest12 products from 63.1 to 85.8 ppb6 products from 85.8 to 117 ppb4 products from 117 to 158 ppb: Earth’s Best Whole Grain Rice Cereal; Healthy Times Organic Brown Rice Cereal - 4+ months; Beech-Nut Rice Single Grain Baby Cereal - Stage 1, from about 4 months; Happy Baby Teethers Pea & Spinach Teethers1 product from 215 to 293 ppb: HappyBABY Superfood Puffs - Apple & Broccoli Organic Grain Snack - for crawling baby4 products from 293 to 398 ppb: O Organics (Albertson/Safeway) Organic Puffs - Apple Strawberry; BioKinetics Brown Rice Organic Sprouted Whole Grain Baby Cereal; Simple Truth Organic (Kroger) Whole Grain Puffs Broccoli & Spinach; HappyBABY Superfood Puffs Organic Grain Snack - Sweet Potato & Carrot1 product from 398 to 541 ppb: HappyBABY Organic Rice Cakes Puffed Rice Snack - AppleFDA typicalthis one

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  • Cadmium: 5.8 ppb (found in 1 of 1 sample, highest 5.8). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.6 kg (5.7 lb) a day of this; an adult at about 12 kg (26 lb).
    One serving (1 packet, 43 g, from the label):
    2% of a toddler's daily limit in 1 packet, 43 g, from the label2% of a toddler's daily limit
    under 1% of an adult's daily limit in 1 packet, 43 g, from the labelunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
    Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
    0.010.111010046 products below the lab's limitbelowlimit8 products from 0.018 to 0.025 ppb2 products from 0.025 to 0.034 ppb: piko Okinawan Sweet Potato; piko Poi1 product from 0.086 to 0.117 ppb: Kroger Simple Truth Simple Truth Organic Pear, Carrot & Blueberry Baby Food Puree5 products from 0.215 to 0.293 ppb: Earth's Best Banana Orange; cerebelly Sweet Potato Mango; Earth's Best Banana Apple Blueberry; cerebelly Spinach Strawberry Banana Smoothie; amara Banana4 products from 0.293 to 0.398 ppb: Earth's Best Apple Peach Oatmeal; cerebelly Black Bean Sweet Potato; cerebelly Sweet Potato Peach Smoothie; cerebelly Sweet Potato Chicken Broth12 products from 0.398 to 0.541 ppb14 products from 0.541 to 0.736 ppb33 products from 0.736 to 1 ppb23 products from 1 to 1.36 ppb32 products from 1.36 to 1.85 ppb87 products from 1.85 to 2.51 ppb101 products from 2.51 to 3.41 ppb92 products from 3.41 to 4.64 ppb97 products from 4.64 to 6.31 ppb, this product among them71 products from 6.31 to 8.58 ppb59 products from 8.58 to 11.7 ppb40 products from 11.7 to 15.8 ppb26 products from 15.8 to 21.5 ppb21 products from 21.5 to 29.3 ppb11 products from 29.3 to 39.8 ppb4 products from 39.8 to 54.1 ppb: Sprout Organic Quinoa Puffs Baby Cereal Snack - Apple Kale; Ready Set Food Stage 3 - 15 Day; Gerber Whole Wheat Whole Grain Cereal - Sitter 2nd Foods; Gerber Carrot - Supported Sitter 1st Foods1 product from 54.1 to 73.6 ppb: Sprout Organics Smash Bar Made with Banana, Plant-Based Protein, and Sunflower ButterFDA typicalthis one

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Typical for cereal

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 17.3 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 720 g (25 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.4 kg (7.5 lb).
  • Arsenic (total): typically 49.5 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
  • Lead, Mercury: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.47, highest 4.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.5, highest 4.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cereal, oat ring: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.6, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 1.27, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 21.7, highest 39 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cereal, oat ring: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 20, highest 25 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 39.7, highest 57 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 2.37, highest 4.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cereal, oat ring: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cereal, corn flakes: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 170, highest 210 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cereal, oat ring: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 29, highest 35 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Cereal, shredded wheat, frosted: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.1, highest 3.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Inorganic arsenic in Cereal, crisped rice: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 93.1, highest 103 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Corn flakes cereal: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.2, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Crisped rice cereal: found in 4 of 20 samples, average 0.45, highest 3 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Oat ring cereal: found in 20 of 20 samples, average 4.9, highest 9 ppb (2008-2012)

Left out of the summary above: Inorganic arsenic, Perchlorate. FDA measured them 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: Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

Ingredients (from the label)

ROLLED OATS, SUGAR, BROWN SUGAR (SUGAR, MOLASSES), SALT, CALCIUM CARBONATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, SOYBEAN OIL, CINNAMON, SILICON DIOXIDE TO REDUCE CAKING, CARAMEL COLOR, GUAR GUM, WHEY, FERRIC ORTHOPHOSPHATE, WHEAT FLOUR, CELLULOSE GUM, WHOLE EGG SOLIDS, SOY LECITHIN, NIACINAMIDE, PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE, RIBOFLAVIN, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, FOLIC ACID.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-02-16. Labels change; check the package.

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