Peanut Butter

Peanut Butter Perfect Bar: November 2024 Lab Report

December 6, 2024December 16, 2024

Quick note from Tamara Rubin: This is the second Perfect Bar product we have tested to date. You can see the lab report for the first product that we tested from this brand by clicking this link. Given the fact that the first of these that we tested was also positive for both Cadmium…

Costco Kirkland Organic Creamy Peanut Butter (packaged in plastic jars) tests positive for Cadmium, Lead, & Arsenic: November 2024 Laboratory Report

November 2, 2024December 20, 2024

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Quick note from Tamara Rubin: I have been informing readers about the concern for toxicants in this particular product for more than five years now, prompted initially when I was house-sitting for my friend Carissa and saw this product on the counter in her kitchen and decided to test the jar for toxicants using…

Justin’s Organic Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups test positive for unsafe levels of Lead & Cadmium: 2024 Laboratory Report

October 31, 2024December 10, 2024

Quick note from Tamara Rubin: Most of the Halloween-type candies we have tested have come back positive for very high levels of Cadmium, in addition to many also testing positive for concerning levels of Lead and Arsenic. Cadmium has been documented as a known carcinogen for more than three decades. While some parents might…

Skout Organic Kids Snack Bars in Chocolate Peanut Butter Flavor Test Positive for Arsenic, Cadmium, & Lead: October 2024 Laboratory Report

October 27, 2024December 10, 2024

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Quick note from Tamara Rubin: With the levels of toxicants found in this product, this snack bar should not be considered a safe food for young children. This is especially concerning given the fact that the product is expressly marketed as being a healthy snack for kids. Cadmium is a known carcinogen. Specifically given…

Perfect Bar Minis in Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Flavor Test Positive for Arsenic, Cadmium, & Lead: October 2024 Laboratory Report

October 27, 2024December 10, 2024

Quick note from Tamara Rubin: With the levels of toxicants found in this product, this snack bar should not be considered a safe food for young children. Cadmium is a known carcinogen. Specifically given the significant level of Cadmium found in this product, it may not be prudent for anyone with a history of…

#NLR (Not Lead-Related): Please don’t ever buy peanut butter packaged in plastic “jars”

December 28, 2019April 12, 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,…

Plastic Jar for “365” Whole Foods Brand Almond Butter: 195 ppm Antimony

December 4, 2018December 4, 2018

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This post is a companion post to several other pieces published earlier. For background and context, please read the two other posts. The overall focus of these posts is that I advise avoiding purchasing nut-butters packaged in plastic jars. To see all of the related posts, click here. Below are the XRF test results for the…

Antimony (Sb) Found in Wild Harvest Organic Peanut Butter Spread Plastic Jar

October 21, 2018

This post is a companion post to two other pieces published earlier. For background and context, please read the two other posts. Thank you. To see all of the related posts, click here. XRF Test Result (test duration, 180.6 seconds/3 minutes): Antimony (Sb): 35 +/- 18 ppm As always, please let me know if you…

Antimony (Sb) Found in Kirkland (Costco) Organic Peanut Butter Plastic Jars

October 21, 2018December 20, 2024

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After publishing THIS POST (which has since unexpectedly gone viral!) simply recommending that folks not purchase peanut butter in plastic jars & instead purchase peanut butter in glass whenever possible, a lot of people responded with links and information either supporting or attempting to dismiss or refute my concerns. One of my readers posted several…