Woolworths Classic Potato Mash with Butter & Cream 475g
Woolworths New Zealand Limited · Potato - Instant Meals · barcode 09400597033862
What stands out
Nothing stands out: no published lab test names this product, no FDA recall lists its barcode and no ingredient on file is banned anywhere we track. Not tested is not the same as clean.
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
- TypicalFDA's tests of potato - instant meals show what's typical. See levels
Typical for potato - instant 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 25 ppb (FDA, 27 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 600 g (21 oz) a day; an adult at about 2.8 kg (6.2 lb).One serving (118 g, from the label):20% of a toddler's daily limit4% of an adult's daily limit
- Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 27 of 27 samples, average 24.8, highest 42 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 0 of 27 samples, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Potato, peeled, boiled: found in 2 of 27 samples, average 0.32, highest 4.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Potato, boiled (w/out peel): found in 5 of 20 samples, average 0.38, highest 2 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)
Potato, Butter, Milk, Cream, Whole Milk Powder (Contains Milk, Soy), Salt, Preservative (Nisin)
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-05-23. Labels change; check the package.