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Jovial Organic Chickpeas, Product of Italy: 2024 Lab Report – Testing For Lead, Mercury, Cadmium, & Arsenic

December 16, 2024December 16, 2024

Quick note from Tamara Rubin: I was very happy to learn that this product tested non-detect for toxicants! My youngest son Charlie loves these rinsed and then soaked in a little red wine vinegar! He will eat them by the jar-ful. You can see the full lab report for this product if you scroll…

Jovial Organic Sourdough Einkorn Crackers in Sea Salt Flavor Test Positive for Lead: 2024 Laboratory Report

October 29, 2024December 20, 2024

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Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Given the Lead level found in this product (through community-funded, third-party, independent laboratory testing), these crackers should not be considered safe for children to eat. More information below (including context for the concern for the specific level of Lead found in this product). The low threshold of detection for…

Jovial Organic Brown Rice Pasta (Italy) tests positive for unsafe levels of Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic — August 2024 lab report

August 21, 2024December 20, 2024

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Quick summary: The chart above shows where the Jovial Organic Brown Rice pasta falls in relation to six other products we have tested that also tested positive for Lead, Cadmium, and Arsenic. Of the products on the above chart, the Amara Smoothie Melts have the highest Lead level (many times the Lead level of…

Jovial Organic Grain Free Cassava Pasta tests positive for unsafe levels of Lead. Read the laboratory report here.

July 5, 2024July 9, 2024

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For those new to the Lead Safe Mama website: Tamara Rubin is a multiple-federal-award-winning independent advocate for childhood Lead poisoning prevention and consumer goods safety, and a documentary filmmaker. She is also a mother of Lead-poisoned children (two of her four sons were acutely Lead-poisoned in 2005). Tamara owns and runs Lead Safe Mama,…