Your Herbs And Spices Might Contain Arsenic Cadmium Lead Cr's herb and spice test results. consumer reports tested 126 herbs and spices from 38 brands for arsenic, cadmium, and lead. (we did not test spices that tend to be used in baking, such as. Consumer reports tested bottles of 126 dried herbs and spices for the presence of arsenic, lead, cadmium, mercury and salmonella. the assorted spices included multiple brands of basil, black pepper, chili powder, coriander, cumin, curry powder, garlic powder, ginger, oregano, paprika, saffron, sesame seed, thyme, turmeric and white pepper.
The Trouble With Spices вђ Consumer Reports Spices Meal Time Instant Dried herbs and spices added to food can be a “surprising and worrisome” source of heavy metals for kids and adults, a consumer reports investigation published on tuesday found. when the. One third of the brand name herbs and spices cr tested had high enough levels of arsenic, lead, and cadmium combined, on average, to pose a health concern for children. most raised concern for adults, too. fortunately, many individual spices performed well in cr’s tests and contained heavy metals below our threshold for concern. issues food. The fda noted that, as a point of comparison, the international standard setting body, codex, is currently considering 2.5 ppm as a maximum cutoff for lead in bark spices, including cinnamon. 00:00 01:19. consumer reports finds dangerous chemicals in common herbs and spices. before you reach for that oregano, thyme and other popular herbs and spices, consumer reports just released a.
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