Wholesome Snacks · barcode 00692752105012

Lightly Sweetened Coconut, Classic

Nutiva · Nutiva, Inc.

FDA recalls

• 2015-04-15 · Class I · Terminated Contract manufacturer notified Nutiva that a positive lab result for Salmonella was found in desiccated coconut flakes used to manufacture a confectionery coconut bar product . This issue was initially identified during the daily lab testing of the finished product.Nutiva: Nutiva O'Coconut Lightly Sweetened Coconut Treat - Classic Sold in 8 - x 0.5 oz. individually wrapped pieces, UPC 6-92752-10557-9 and Singles of 24 - 0.5 oz, per box - UPC 6-92752-10500-5. - 24 singles x 6 caddies per shipping case - 144 individual units. Certified Organic, Fair Trade Certified. Manufactured for: Nutiva, 213 W. Cutting Blvd, Richmond, CA 94904. FDA record F-1920-2015

Typical for wholesome snacks

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 7.47 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.8 kg (4 lb) a day; an adult at about 8.6 kg (19 lb).
  One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):

  5% of a toddler's daily limit

  1% of a adult's daily limit
• Arsenic (total): typically 12.7 ppb (FDA, 9 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 Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
• Lead in Cereal, granola: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
• Lead in Granola bar: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Cereal, granola: found in 3 of 3, average 16, highest 18 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Granola bar: found in 3 of 3, average 8.47, highest 11 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Cereal, granola: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Granola bar: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Candies, fruit snacks: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Cereal, granola: found in 3 of 3, average 16.3, highest 19 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Granola bar: found in 3 of 3, average 21.7, highest 28 ppb (2018-2020)

"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: 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 TAPIOCA SYRUP, *FAIR TRADE ORGANIC DESICCATED COCONUT, *FAIR TRADE ORGANIC COCONUT FLOUR, SWEET MIX (ORGANIC INULIN, MONKFRUIT), ORGANIC SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, ORGANIC COCONUT FLAVOR, HIMALAYAN SEA SALT

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.

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