Ikea mug with blue & red floral design, made in Thailand. Item 15199: Lead-free, Cadmium-free, Arsenic-free, Antimony-free.

When tested with an XRF instrument this mug had the following readings:

#1.) on the plain white glazed components of the mug

• Barium (Ba): 2,594 +/- 381 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 23,500 +/- 900 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 383 +/- 93 ppm 
• Bismuth (Bi): 125 +/- 44 ppm

#2.) on the blue decorated components

• Barium (Ba): 3,818 +/- 534 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 22,000 +/- 1,000 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 295 +/- 124 ppm 
• Bismuth (Bi): 107 +/- 61 ppm

#3.) on the red glazed components

• Barium (Ba): 2,946 +/- 406 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 21,000 +/- 800 ppm
• Copper (Cu): 176 +/- 107 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 5,958 +/- 314 ppm 
• Bismuth (Bi): 104 +/- 51 ppm

#4.) on the black bottom mark of the mug

• Barium (Ba): 2,486 +/- 523 ppm
• Zinc (Zn): 23,100 +/- 1,000 ppm
• Iron (Fe): 380 +/- 116 ppm 
• Bismuth (Bi): 108 +/- 56 ppm

Some additional reading that may be of interest:

• More Ikea items I have tested – link
• More Ikea mugs I have tested – link
• More mugs (from all brands and countries of origin) that I have tested – link
• Some background on the testing I do that is reported on this blog – link

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Tamara Rubin
#LeadSafeMama