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HiPP Bio Combiotik Infant Formula Powder – Stage 1 (imported): November 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: MORE GOOD NEWS! Yet Another Safer Infant Formula! (Scroll down to see lab report for this product). Please check out our open/ not-yet-funded campaigns on GoFundMe if you would like to support some of our additional independent, crowd-funded, third-party laboratory testing. Thank you! For those new to the Lead…
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Bobbie Whole Milk (Grass-Fed) Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder with Iron: November 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: MORE GOOD NEWS! Another Safer Infant Formula! (Scroll down to see lab report for this product). Here’s the Amazon link for this product too: https://amzn.to/3ZlAaeJ – To see more products that we have tested from this brand, click here. Note: funding to test this product was fully covered by…
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Once Upon A Farm Organic Dairy-Free Smoothie in Strawberry Banana Swirl Flavor (Pouch): November 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: GOOD NEWS! (Scroll down to see lab report for this product). Here’s the Amazon link for this product too! https://amzn.to/3CPMbAw – to see more products that we have tested from this brand, click here. Please check out our open/ not-yet-funded campaigns on GoFundMe if you would like to support…
2024 | 2024 Article | 2024 Food Article | 2024 Laboratory Testing | Food | Food Testing | Gluten Free
Lead Safe Mama’s “Safer Swaps” for Snacks! #SwapDrama2024
11/26/2024 – Tuesday Quick note from Tamara Rubin: I don’t know if you saw the “swap drama” on social media over the weekend. It was a bit annoying. Several “influencers” in the “food space” recommended a list of toxic products as “safer choices” — nearly EVERY recommendation on their lists was for a…
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Pillsbury Best All Purpose Flour (Bleached, Enriched – Not Organic) tested positive for an unsafe level of Cadmium: November 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: As anticipated, Pillsbury All Purpose Flour tested positive for an unsafe level of Cadmium (“unsafe” when considered as a product that may be consumed by young children). For more information about the standards we are using as a metric to determine safety, continue reading below. To quote Star Wars…
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Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour tested positive for unsafe levels of Arsenic & Cadmium: November 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: As anticipated, Bob’s Red Mill Gluten Free 1 to 1 Baking Flour tested positive for unsafe levels of Arsenic and Cadmium (“unsafe” when considered as a product that may be consumed by young children). For more information about the standards we are using as a metric to determine safety,…
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Little Spoon Purple Carrot BabyBlend tests positive for Cadmium & for traces of Arsenic: November 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This is the seventh Little Spoon brand baby food product that we are reporting on. To see the other Little Spoon products we have tested — along with the lab reports for those products — click here (the full original lab report is always at the bottom of every…
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Little Spoon Organic Kale Apple Curls with Ancient Grains Meltable Baby Puffs Test Positive for unsafe levels of Lead & Cadmium: 2024 Lab Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This is the sixth Little Spoon brand baby food product that we are reporting on. To see the other Little Spoon products and their lab reports, click here. Unfortunately this product tested positive for unsafe levels of Lead and Cadmium (with the context we note for all of the…
2024 Shopping Guide: Lead Safe Mama’s Favorite LOVELY Lead-Free Holiday Gifts for MOM!
Hi all! Because you (Lead Safe Mama community members) have asked us for Lead-Free holiday gift ideas, we have created articles with ideas for different age groups / demographics. Note: We’re paying to promote these write-ups on Facebook so more people see them. – The list below is the “Lovely Gifts for Mom” gift…
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Little Spoon BabyBlend in Kale, Carrot + Pear Flavor: November 2024 Laboratory Report
Rather Long Quick note from Tamara Rubin: The text in the next section below is the text we shared with our FIRST Little Spoon product article published yesterday. To simplify things, we are duplicating it (unedited) here as all of the information applies to this product as well. This article is our FIFTH report…
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Little Spoon BabyBlend in Butternut Squash + Blueberry Flavor: November 2024 Laboratory Report
Rather Long Quick note from Tamara Rubin: The text in the next section below is the text we shared with our FIRST Little Spoon product article published yesterday. To simplify things, we are duplicating it (unedited) here as all of the information applies to this product as well. This article is our FOURTH report…
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Little Spoon BabyBlend in Sweet Potato Flavor: November 2024 Laboratory Report
Rather Long Quick note from Tamara Rubin: The text in the next section below is the text we shared with our FIRST Little Spoon product article published yesterday. To simplify things, we are duplicating it (unedited) here as all of the information applies to this product as well. This article is our THIRD report…
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Little Spoon BabyBlend in Sweet Potato + Carrot Flavor: November 2024 Laboratory Report
Rather Long Quick note from Tamara Rubin: The text in the next section below is the text we shared with our FIRST Little Spoon product article published yesterday. To simplify things, we are duplicating it (unedited) here as all of the information applies to this product as well. This article is our SECOND report…
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Little Spoon BabyBlend in Banana Pitaya Flavor: November 2024 Laboratory Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Exciting news everyone! This Little Spoon BabyBlend in Banana Pitaya flavor (pitaya is also known as dragon fruit) tested “non-detect” for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic with a low threshold of detection of 5 parts per billion (ppb) for each of the four metals (see lab report below)! To…
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Lead Safe Mama dot com just passed 2 MILLION unique individual visitors to the website for the 2024 calendar year! WOOT! Thank you!
The graphic below was published on Instagram & Facebook November 19, 2024 Wooooot! Woooooot! We did it! We passed TWO MILLION unique individual readers on the website for the year! Woot! This is only the second time this has happened. It happened once before in 2019 when our article about toxicants (Lead, Mercury, Arsenic, and…
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Kendamil Goat Toddler Milk Formula (not Organic) Tests Positive for Trace Arsenic (Level Considered Safe by all Standards): November 2024 Laboratory Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: While this Kendamil brand formula (the “Goat Toddler Milk” version from this brand) tested positive for traces of Arsenic, each of the other three versions we have tested (both goat milk and cow milk-based powders, organic and not organic) from this brand have tested “non-detect” for toxicants (with a…
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November 2024 Laboratory Report for Kendamil Goat Infant Formula (Not Organic)
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: More good news (again)! Yet another “Infant Formula” product tested “non-detect” for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic! Scroll down to see the full lab report for the product pictured. We have added this product to our list of cleaner foods below! You may be able to buy this product…
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November 2024 Laboratory Report for Bobbie Organic Gentle Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder with Iron
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: More good news! This product tested “non-detect” for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, and Arsenic! Scroll down to see the full lab report for the product pictured. We will be adding this product to our list of cleaner foods below! Here’s the link to purchase it from Amazon: https://amzn.to/3YYb849 Note: funding…
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365 Whole Foods Market Organic Italian Balsamic Vinegar Tests Positive for Lead & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This is the second vinegar product we have tested. The first was the Bragg Organic Apple Cider Vinegar (lab report here). As anticipated this Balsamic vinegar did test positive for a higher level of Lead than the Apple Cider Vinegar. We intend to test more vinegar products as we…
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365 Whole Foods Market Organic Sea Salt Potato Chips Test Positive for Cadmium, & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This is the second type of organic potato chips we have tested. The organic chips are testing positive for toxicants consistent with the levels found in non-organic potato chips. You can see more of the test results for the potato chips we have tested here on this link. Please…
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Organic Humble Potato Chips in Sea Salt & Cider Vinegar Flavor Test Positive for Cadmium & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: We were really excited to test our first organic potato chips. We had high hopes tihs product would test better than the non-organic versions, but this wasn’t to be the case. Scroll down to see the full lab report for this product. Please check out our open/ not-yet-funded campaigns…
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Lead Safe Mama dot com just passed 6 MILLION unique page views for the year! WOOT! Thank you!
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CauliPuffs Cauliflower Snack in White Cheddar Flavor Tests Positive for Lead, Cadmium, & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Given this is a partially rice-based product (see the ingredient panel above), these test results are not surprising (see a full lab report below, as well as a sharable graphic showing an assessment of the levels when compared to the proposed safety thresholds for products that young children may…
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One Degree Organic Gluten Free Sprouted Brown Rice Crisps Test Positive for Lead, Cadmium, Mercury, & Arsenic: 2024 Laboratory Report
Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Did you have this for breakfast? I hope not! Yikes. This is sad and more-than-a-bit upsetting. We were so thrilled with our independent, third-party lab test results for the One Degree Organic Oats (linked here), that I am sure there were many holding out for the possibility this breakfast…