Golden Sun Sour Sweet Gherkins 680g
Acton International Marketing Limited · Pickles, Relishes and Vinegar · barcode 09415472138396
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 pickles, relishes and vinegar show what's typical. See levels
Typical for pickles, relishes and vinegar
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Lead: typically 4 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 480 g (17 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.9 kg (4.2 lb).One serving (32 g, from the label):7% of a toddler's daily limit2% of an adult's daily limit
- Cadmium: typically 1.1 ppb (FDA, 3 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 13 kg (29 lb) a day; an adult at about 62 kg (140 lb).One serving (32 g, from the label):under 1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Perchlorate: typically 2 ppb (FDA, 20 samples, 2008-2012).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 3.3 kg (7.3 lb) a day; an adult at about 15 kg (33 lb).One serving (32 g, from the label):under 1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% of an adult's daily limit
- Mercury, Arsenic (total): usually below 3 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 4.6, highest 9.8 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 1.13, highest 1.3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pickles, dill, cucumber: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Dill cucumber pickles: found in 17 of 20 samples, average 3.19, highest 13 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)
Gherkins, Water, Sugar, Salt, Dill, Yellow Mustard Seeds, Firming Agent (Calcium Chloride )
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-05-23. Labels change; check the package.