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Published: May 20, 2024 — Monday
- We are publishing this short article as a companion piece to our overview article, which discusses (in great detail) the contamination issues with similar flour based products we have tested.
- This article simply has our social media graphic (above) sharing the toxicant (heavy metals) levels we found in this product with laboratory testing, as well as the actual lab report from the testing completed on this product (bottom of the page).
- To read the comprehensive ad-free article (discussing considerations and alternative safer snack choices), click the first link in the “additional reading” section directly below.
- We will be publishing a follow-up piece about this product (and other products we tested in our second batch of laboratory testing completed in May 2024) shortly.
Some additional reading that may be of interest:
- Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s initial batch of food testing (March 2024), including Serenity Kids Puffs, Siete Cassava Chips, Lesser Evil Puffs, and Happy Baby Puffs products
- Lesser Evil’s response to our testing
- Serenity Kids’ response to our testing
- Test results for Bob’s Red Mill Cassava Flour
- Test results for Otto’s Naturals Cassava Flour
- Test results for Quay Naturals Cassava Flour
- Test results for Terrasoul Superfoods Organic Cassava Flour
- Initial email exchange with Terrasoul Superfoods about their Cassava Flour
- Follow-up email to Terrasoul Superfoods regarding the (questionable) “COA” they share with customers
- How to send your own food samples into a lab for testing (the cost is $195 per single food sample tested for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic)
- The Food category of articles here on Lead Safe Mama dot com — there are currently 34 articles in this category
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Laboratory Testing Report for This Product:
I would love to hear your opinion on why you think these snacks have these levels of Cadmium and Arsenic. Is it the rice, or do you think it’s in the peas, or is it unintentionally added during processing? How does it compare to a fresh snap pea? Would love to get your take on this to help us be able to make more general convulsions since we can’t know the analysis of every product. I wouldn’t eat these because of the canola oil, but I wouldn’t have thought of heavy metals for this item. If rice is the source, with it not being the main ingredient, then thar would be good to know to help generalize for other products. Thank you!
All varieties of rice, even organic are contaminated with arsenic no matter the country of origin. Some are lower than others, but those most sensitive (susceptible to harm) should avoid eating rice. So how on earth can rice-centric populations have lower incidence of many chronic illnesses?
Numerous practitioners (functional and integrative MDs among others) advise the elimination of gluten because it is inflammatory, right? Have earnestly dodged products containing rice as a top ingredient for more than a decade and just spent two years consuming a few cassava-based products. Bam! Those are now gone.
Your inquiry about pea protein prompted me to check as I recently started using what I perceived to be a squeaky clean monkfruit-sweetened protein powder, Truvani. Yikes! No more pea protein for me. https://www.zenprinciple.com/blogs/news/pea-protein-dangers#:~:text=Heavy%20metals%20are%20the%20leading,high%20levels%20of%20heavy%20metals.
I appreciate your comment about the canola oil-made me wonder if heavy metals results for solvent-extracted seed oils can further help to publicly demonize these toxic ingredients. (Yes, they contain heavy metals.)
I suggest that you indicate that clicking on the heading of the article will take you to the report.