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Published: June 30, 2024
Sunday
MORE good news, Everyone!
- One Degree Organic Gluten Free Sprouted Rolled Oats is now officially the SECOND food product we have tested and reported on that resulted in “Non-Detect” for the four metals of concern we are looking at during this testing.
- Here is our affiliate link for the exact product we tested: https://amzn.to/3VNsfnv.
- What these test results mean is that this product tested “effectively negative” for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic.
- We say “effectively negative” because, as with all laboratory testing, there is a “low threshold of detection” the testing is capable of — and within the context of this low threshold of detection for the testing we completed, this product did not test positive for these four toxic heavy metals.
- While the product could possibly still have heavy metals at trace (very low) levels BELOW our laboratory’s low threshold of detection, it is very important to note that NOT ONLY did this product test non-detect for heavy metals (given our lab’s low threshold of detection), but our lab’s low threshold of detection for the testing and reporting done on this product ALSO falls well below the Action Levels for toxic heavy metals recommended by the scientific and medical community in the proposed Baby Food Safety Act of 2021.
- The MOST IMPORTANT piece of information to share here (the MOST IMPORTANT outcome of testing this product) is that it serves as yet another piece of SOLID EVIDENCE (clearly-demonstrated scientific evidence) that the proposed Action Levels (included in the Baby Food Safety Act of 2021) are ACHIEVABLE. This is useful information in challenging all the food companies (Lesser Evil, Serenity Kids, Cerebelly, Selina Naturally, and others) that are defending the unsafe levels of heavy metals we have found in their “healthy” or “Purity Award Winning,” and otherwise touted as “safer,” products.
Here’s the affiliate link again for this product: https://amzn.to/3VNsfnv.
Links to Laboratory Test Reports for Other Cereal/ Breakfast Food Products we Have Tested
- Cascadian Farm Organics Purely O’s
- LoVEBiRD Grain Free Cereal
- Cerebelly Blueberry Smart Bars (cereal bars)
Some additional reading & links that may be of interest:
- The Lead Safe Mama affiliate link to purchase the test kits we used for this testing.
- Our landing page with links to all the food test results for products we have tested.
- Here’s 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) or collaborate with Lead Safe Mama, LLC on the food testing we are doing.
- The Food category of articles here on Lead Safe Mama dot com.
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That’s great, I just started using these! I wonder how Bobs Red Mill organic gluten free oats, which I’ve used for years, would test?
Hi Penni!
Please check out this link if you would like to nominate a food that has not yet been tested:
https://tamararubin.com/2024/05/how-to-test-food-yourself-via-a-lab-submission-for-lead-cadmium-arsenic-and-mercury/
Also – if you want to stay on top of what has been tested and what is pending, this link has that information as well:
https://tamararubin.com/2024/06/food-testing-fundraising-campaigns-update-june-21-2024-batch-3-of-lead-safe-mama-llc-food-testing/
Thank you for commenting!
I’m so relieved! We eat their oats every morning plus also grind it into oat flour.
Yes! We do also and so happy to see these test results too!
Love this news! I eat these three times a week. Thanks!
I am so happy to see this! Thank you!!! I use their sprouted quick oats and their granola too…