Ancient Harvest Basil & Garlic Organic Polenta, Basil & Garlic
Quinoa Corporation · Entrees, Sides & Small Meals · barcode 00659201102039
What stands out
- Recall
1 FDA recall names this barcode (2017, closed): Date coding ink was being printed directly on the food contact surface of…. Details
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- Recalls1 FDA recall names this barcode (2017, closed). Details
- AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
- TypicalFDA's tests of entrees, sides & small meals show what's typical. See levels
FDA recalls
- 2017-11-15 · Class III · Terminated Date coding ink was being printed directly on the food contact surface of packaging, allowing the ink to be in direct contact with the product. The ink is not approved for food use.San Gennaro Foods, Inc: Basil Garlic Organic Polenta, Ancient Harvest brand, Pre-cooked ready-to-heat, 12/18 oz packages UPC# 6-59201-10203-9 Traditional Organic Polenta, Trader Joe's brand, Pre-cooked ready-to-heat and serve, 12/18oz package UPC# 0079-7177 Basil Garlic Organic Polenta, Frieda's brand, Pre-cooked just heat & serve, 12/16 oz packages UPC# 0-37842-04157-1 Basil Garlic Organic Polenta, Italissima brand, Ready to heat and serve, 12/16 oz packages UPC# 7-78518-00761-2 Ingredients: Water, Organic Yellow Corn Meal, Organic Dehydrated Garlic, Salt, Organic Basil, Tartaric Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Beta Carotene Recall F-0121-2018 details
Typical for entrees, sides & small meals
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 6.65 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 2.2 kg (4.9 lb) a day; an adult at about 10 kg (22 lb).One serving (2 half inch slices, 100 g, from the label):5% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Perchlorate: typically 2 ppb (FDA, 80 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 5.2 kg (11 lb) a day; an adult at about 24 kg (53 lb).One serving (2 half inch slices, 100 g, from the label):2% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.2, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Pork and beans, canned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.63, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 11.1, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pork and beans, canned: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.13, highest 3.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pork and beans, canned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.87, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pork and beans, canned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 14 of 20 samples, average 1.97, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Chili con carne w/ beans, canned: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 2.39, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from box mix: found in 19 of 20 samples, average 3.5, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Pork and beans, canned: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.16, highest 1.3 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)
COOKED ORGANIC YELLOW CORN MEAL (WATER, ORGANIC YELLOW CORN MEAL), ORGANIC DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SALT, ORGANIC BASIL, TARTARIC ACID*, ASCORBIC ACID (VITAMIN C), BETA CAROTENE (VITAMIN A).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-11-16. Labels change; check the package.