Comparative Chart of Independent, Third-Party Laboratory Test Results for Cheese Cracker Products

A Quick Note from Tamara Rubin

January 13, 2026
Tuesday

The chart above compares the independent, third-party laboratory test results of the three different popular cheese cracker products marketed for consumption by children — all of the products in this product category that we have tested to date through the Lead Safe Mama, LLC Community Collaborative Laboratory Testing Initiative.

Links to the product-specific articles — which include the full original lab report for each of these products — are below, please scroll down to “Section #2” for those links.

We will be publishing the Simple Mills Pop MMMs lab report shortly. The Simple Mills product was not tested to sufficiently low threshold of detection to determine if it meets the proposed safety thresholds for products intended for consumption by children. We will be sending this product to a different lab as soon as possible for a retest — to see if we can get a more accurate test results set (with lower thresholds of detection).

Section #1) Links with more info about the Lead Safe Mama, LLC Community Collaborative Laboratory Testing Initiative

Here’s our Lab-Tested Safer Choices List: https://tamararubin.com/safer-choices/

Here’s our landing page, linking nearly all of the product lab reports we’ve published to date — we will be updating this page shortly, making it a good bookmark to check back on periodically:
https://tamararubin.com/lab-reports/

Here’s how to nominate a product for testing and reporting:
https://tamararubin.com/nominate/

Here’s our budget for testing and reporting on each item:
https://tamararubin.com/budget/

Here’s our Patreon channel link, where you can join us on Patreon and be among the first to see our lab reports as they are published (you can join for FREE or with a small monthly contribution supporting the Lead Safe Mama, LLC Community Collaborative Laboratory Testing Initiative):
https://www.patreon.com/leadsafemama/membership

Here’s the link to make a contribution in support of our work*:
https://gofund.me/7a38f3fe1

Section #2) Articles with Cheese Cracker Lab Reports

1.) Goldfish Crackers by Pepperidge Farm
https://tamararubin.com/2024/10/goldfish-crackers/
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2.) Annie’s Organic Cheddar Bunnies
https://tamararubin.com/2024/08/annies-organic-cheddar-bunnies/

Thanks for reading!
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Thank you also for sharing this information in your communities. 

Tamara Rubin — Owner of Lead Safe Mama, LLC
& The Lead Safe Mama Team

*Please note: Lead Safe Mama, LLC is not a 501(c)3 nonprofit, so while your contributions are very much appreciated, they are not tax-deductible charitable gifts. Thank you! — 501(c)3 nonprofit organizations are too vulnerable to corporate attacks (which we often face as a response to our independent, third-party testing) — so the 501(c)3 business model does not work well for Lead Safe Mama, LLC’s work. While we are not a 501(c)3 nonprofit, we operate very much like a nonprofit organization, as we rely on both community participation in our work and community financial support. Thank you! To learn more about Lead Safe Mama, LLC;s business model, click here.