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Heavy metals in Baby Cereals Dry

Lead, cadmium, total arsenic, inorganic arsenic and total mercury in baby Cereals Dry: monitoring results, studies, references by form and basis, limits, testing and controls.

Quick read

Baby Cereals Dry in the HMI library has 83 reported results for lead, cadmium, total arsenic, inorganic arsenic, dimethylarsinic acid, total mercury, chromium and tin from 5 sources.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →2Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives · 2022Cadmium: dietary exposure assessmentWHO Food Additives Series, No. 82 (Safety evaluation of certain contaminants in food, prepared by the 91st meeting of JECFA)Read source →3European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) · 2014Dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic in the European populationEFSA Journal 2014;12(3):3597Read source →4EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) · 2012Scientific Opinion on the Risk for Public Health Related to the Presence of Mercury and Methylmercury in FoodEFSA Journal 2012;10(12):2985Read source →5EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) · 2014Scientific Opinion on the risks to public health related to the presence of chromium in food and drinking waterEFSA Journal 2014;12(3):3595Read source →

Baby Cereals Dry overview

Baby Cereals Dry in the HMI library has 83 reported results for lead, cadmium, total arsenic, inorganic arsenic, dimethylarsinic acid, total mercury, chromium and tin from 5 sources.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →2Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives · 2022Cadmium: dietary exposure assessmentWHO Food Additives Series, No. 82 (Safety evaluation of certain contaminants in food, prepared by the 91st meeting of JECFA)Read source →3European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) · 2014Dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic in the European populationEFSA Journal 2014;12(3):3597Read source →4EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) · 2012Scientific Opinion on the Risk for Public Health Related to the Presence of Mercury and Methylmercury in FoodEFSA Journal 2012;10(12):2985Read source →5EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) · 2014Scientific Opinion on the risks to public health related to the presence of chromium in food and drinking waterEFSA Journal 2014;12(3):3595Read source → WHO GEMS/Food submissions reported lead in baby Cereals Dry, as sold from 3,154 results in 4 reporting regions, with subgroup medians from 27 to 275 µg/kg.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source → For cadmium, GEMS/Food gave subgroup medians from 3 to 100 µg/kg from 3,001 results.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →

Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives 2022 reported cadmium at 13.4 µg/kg (mean) in baby Cereals Dry, as sold from GEMS/Food contaminants database.2Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives · 2022Cadmium: dietary exposure assessmentWHO Food Additives Series, No. 82 (Safety evaluation of certain contaminants in food, prepared by the 91st meeting of JECFA)Read source → European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) 2014 reported inorganic arsenic at 15.3 µg/kg (mean) in baby Cereals Dry, as sold from European dietary-survey occurrence data.3European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) · 2014Dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic in the European populationEFSA Journal 2014;12(3):3597Read source →

For a buyer the practical points are the form bought, the basis a result is reported on, where the baby Cereals Dry came from and the laboratory’s reporting limit. Testing finds contamination but does not remove it.

What counts as baby Cereals Dry

This page covers baby Cereals Dry, as sold (83 results).1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →2Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives · 2022Cadmium: dietary exposure assessmentWHO Food Additives Series, No. 82 (Safety evaluation of certain contaminants in food, prepared by the 91st meeting of JECFA)Read source →3European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) · 2014Dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic in the European populationEFSA Journal 2014;12(3):3597Read source →4EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) · 2012Scientific Opinion on the Risk for Public Health Related to the Presence of Mercury and Methylmercury in FoodEFSA Journal 2012;10(12):2985Read source →5EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) · 2014Scientific Opinion on the risks to public health related to the presence of chromium in food and drinking waterEFSA Journal 2014;12(3):3595Read source →

Results stay on the basis each source reports: as sold or fresh weight, dry weight, or unstated. Dry-weight, as-sold and unstated results are never pooled, and no moisture conversion is applied.

Heavy metal contamination profile of baby Cereals Dry

The table holds every extracted baby Cereals Dry result: one row for each statistic a source reports for a form, group and metal, 83 rows in all, grouped by metal and form; percentiles, ranges and maxima for the same samples as a mean or median are shown on that row.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →2Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives · 2022Cadmium: dietary exposure assessmentWHO Food Additives Series, No. 82 (Safety evaluation of certain contaminants in food, prepared by the 91st meeting of JECFA)Read source →3European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) · 2014Dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic in the European populationEFSA Journal 2014;12(3):3597Read source →4EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) · 2012Scientific Opinion on the Risk for Public Health Related to the Presence of Mercury and Methylmercury in FoodEFSA Journal 2012;10(12):2985Read source →5EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) · 2014Scientific Opinion on the risks to public health related to the presence of chromium in food and drinking waterEFSA Journal 2014;12(3):3595Read source → Monitoring medians are HMI calculations from individual submissions; non-detects remain intervals between zero and the reporting limit and are never read as zero.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →

24 rows can be rated against an HMI reference for the same form and basis, 5 rows have a direct same-study comparison, and the rest stay unrated with the reason recorded.

Comparison methods and scope

Each row is one statistic a source reports for one form of baby cereals dry, group and metal; percentiles, ranges and maxima reported for the same samples as a mean or median are shown on that row. Different forms and preparation states are kept apart, and dry-weight results never share a reference with as-sold or fresh-weight results. Ratings place a result against an HMI reference built from monitoring results and ordinary-setting medians for the same form and basis. Same-study contrasts compare a contaminated or treated site with its control, targeted with random sampling, a prepared form with the unprocessed one, or one group of a study with the median of its other groups. Held rows failed a check against their own source and are shown but not compared.

About this table
Food formCollection scopeFindingComparisonEvidence
Baby Cereals Dry findings from monitoring programmes, total diet studies and every extracted field, market and contaminated-site study, in µg/kg with each source’s form, basis, statistic and censoring retained.
Food formCollection scopeFinding (µg/kg)ComparisonEvidence
18 findings · 1 study
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEMRO2020median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2003–2019median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2011–2019median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2003–2017median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2012median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodPAHO2006–2010median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodPAHO2003–2019median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodPAHO2000–2019median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodPAHO2000–2019median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2016median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2016–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2016–2021median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2016median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2012–2013median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2009–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2016–2021median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO1998–2016median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodPAHO2017–2018Dry weightmedian.
13 findings · 2 studies
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2003–2019median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2011–2019median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2003–2017median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2012median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodPAHO2003–2010median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodPAHO2011–2019median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodPAHO2011–2021median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2016median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2014–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO1998–2016median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEMRO2014–2019Dry weightmedian.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldJoint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives 2022GEMS/Food contaminants database2011Basis not statedmean.
18 findings · 1 study
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2017–2020median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2015–2016median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2018–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2014–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2015median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2017–2022median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2018median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2015–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2016–2022median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2003–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2011–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2010–2018median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2005–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2012–2017median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2016median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2009–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO1998–2016median.
17 findings · 2 studies
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2014–2022median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2020median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2017–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2010–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2014median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2018–2021median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2005–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodPAHO2011–2014median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2020–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2020–2024median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2016median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2017–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2022–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2016median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodPAHO2019–2023Dry weightmedian.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldEuropean Food Safety Authority (EFSA) 2014European dietary-survey occurrence data2003–2013Basis not statedmean.
3 findings · 1 study
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2019median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2015–2019median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2017median.
7 findings · 2 studies · 4 spread figures folded in
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2005–2017median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodEURO2010–2017median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO2014–2023median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO1998–2008median.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldEFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) 2012EU occurrence data2004–2011Basis not statedmedian.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldEFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) 2012EU occurrence data2004–2011Basis not statedmean.Same samples: 11 µg/kg (maximum); 2.7 µg/kg (percentile); 4 µg/kg (percentile); 5 µg/kg (percentile)
2 findings · 1 study
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldEFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) 2014all samples, EFSA FoodEx subgroup, LB2000–2013mean.
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldEFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) 2014all samples, EFSA FoodEx subgroup, UB2000–2013mean.
1 finding · 1 study
Baby Cereals Dry, as soldWHO GEMS/FoodWPRO1998median.
Shared dataset methods and interpretation

Source summaries retain their original statistic, material, basis and censoring. Each source drawer identifies methods and overlapping samples. No matched reference or pooled distribution is inferred.

HMI baby cereals dry Pb reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold

Reference and scope

HMI baby cereals dry Pb reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold. Baby Cereals Dry, as sold; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)Q1MedianQ3
Primary HMI reference≤10≤10≤18
Alternative weighting≤10≤10≤20

92 reference units; 1 sampling family. Counts describe evidence units, not independent studies or certainty.

Contributing familyReference unitsWeight
WHO GEMS/Food92100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for baby cereals dry, as sold on a as sold, as eaten or fresh weight basis: monitoring results summarized as one median per reporting region, sampling type and collection year, total diet composites and printed sample values as single observations, and printed subgroup medians from ordinary farms or markets. Each sampling family has equal total weight. Non-detects stay as zero-to-limit intervals, so quartiles carry lower and upper bounds. Means, ranges and maxima never enter as observations. Other forms, other bases, targeted sampling and results from mining, industrial, wastewater-affected, experimental, fertiliser or manufacturer settings are kept out of this reference.

Inverse weighted empirical CDF; midpoint at exact cumulative-weight boundaries. At least four reference units and a definitely positive Q1 to Q3 spread are required. This is a display eligibility rule, not statistical validation.

Limitations

WHO GEMS/Food is the only compatible sampling family for baby cereals dry, as sold on this basis in the completed baby cereals dry ledger, so this single-family reference cannot represent other markets. Reporting regions and purchase markets are not growing areas. Non-detects with differing limits widen the bounds. A position is descriptive concentration, not a safety or compliance judgment.

Admitted source families

Reference version and interpretation

Frozen evidence selection: 2026-10-22. Method: hmi-pooled-reference-v2.

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:baby-cereals-dry-e1483110ba46:28e162c91871

The reference is computed by HMI from admitted evidence, not copied from a study baseline. It describes the evidence currently in this scope; it is not a worldwide or current-lot benchmark. Source, year and region filters do not change it. Different HMI scopes are not one common ranking.

HMI baby cereals dry Pb reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold, dry weight

Reference and scope

HMI baby cereals dry Pb reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold, dry weight. Baby Cereals Dry, as sold; Dry weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)Q1MedianQ3
Primary HMI reference250275300
Alternative weighting250275300

2 reference units; 1 sampling family. Counts describe evidence units, not independent studies or certainty.

Contributing familyReference unitsWeight
WHO GEMS/Food2100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for baby cereals dry, as sold on a dry weight basis: monitoring results summarized as one median per reporting region, sampling type and collection year, total diet composites and printed sample values as single observations, and printed subgroup medians from ordinary farms or markets. Each sampling family has equal total weight. Non-detects stay as zero-to-limit intervals, so quartiles carry lower and upper bounds. Means, ranges and maxima never enter as observations. Other forms, other bases, targeted sampling and results from mining, industrial, wastewater-affected, experimental, fertiliser or manufacturer settings are kept out of this reference.

Inverse weighted empirical CDF; midpoint at exact cumulative-weight boundaries. At least four reference units and a definitely positive Q1 to Q3 spread are required. This is a display eligibility rule, not statistical validation.

Limitations

WHO GEMS/Food is the only compatible sampling family for baby cereals dry, as sold on this basis in the completed baby cereals dry ledger, so this single-family reference cannot represent other markets. Reporting regions and purchase markets are not growing areas. Non-detects with differing limits widen the bounds. A position is descriptive concentration, not a safety or compliance judgment.

Admitted source families

Reference version and interpretation

Frozen evidence selection: 2026-10-22. Method: hmi-pooled-reference-v2.

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:baby-cereals-dry-04172e77b3c5:8ff57f2972b7

The reference is computed by HMI from admitted evidence, not copied from a study baseline. It describes the evidence currently in this scope; it is not a worldwide or current-lot benchmark. Source, year and region filters do not change it. Different HMI scopes are not one common ranking.

HMI baby cereals dry Cd reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold

Reference and scope

HMI baby cereals dry Cd reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold. Baby Cereals Dry, as sold; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)Q1MedianQ3
Primary HMI reference2.5–4 (bounded)5–10 (bounded)11.8–14 (bounded)
Alternative weighting2.5–4 (bounded)4–9.05 (bounded)11.4–14 (bounded)

56 reference units; 1 sampling family. Counts describe evidence units, not independent studies or certainty.

Contributing familyReference unitsWeight
WHO GEMS/Food56100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for baby cereals dry, as sold on a as sold, as eaten or fresh weight basis: monitoring results summarized as one median per reporting region, sampling type and collection year, total diet composites and printed sample values as single observations, and printed subgroup medians from ordinary farms or markets. Each sampling family has equal total weight. Non-detects stay as zero-to-limit intervals, so quartiles carry lower and upper bounds. Means, ranges and maxima never enter as observations. Other forms, other bases, targeted sampling and results from mining, industrial, wastewater-affected, experimental, fertiliser or manufacturer settings are kept out of this reference.

Inverse weighted empirical CDF; midpoint at exact cumulative-weight boundaries. At least four reference units and a definitely positive Q1 to Q3 spread are required. This is a display eligibility rule, not statistical validation.

Limitations

WHO GEMS/Food is the only compatible sampling family for baby cereals dry, as sold on this basis in the completed baby cereals dry ledger, so this single-family reference cannot represent other markets. Reporting regions and purchase markets are not growing areas. Non-detects with differing limits widen the bounds. A position is descriptive concentration, not a safety or compliance judgment.

Admitted source families

Reference version and interpretation

Frozen evidence selection: 2026-10-22. Method: hmi-pooled-reference-v2.

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:baby-cereals-dry-4774d8ea3eec:c50a56ba26b0

The reference is computed by HMI from admitted evidence, not copied from a study baseline. It describes the evidence currently in this scope; it is not a worldwide or current-lot benchmark. Source, year and region filters do not change it. Different HMI scopes are not one common ranking.

HMI baby cereals dry Cd reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold, dry weight

Reference and scope

HMI baby cereals dry Cd reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold, dry weight. Baby Cereals Dry, as sold; Dry weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)Q1MedianQ3
Primary HMI reference≤12≤12≤12
Alternative weighting≤12≤12≤12

2 reference units; 1 sampling family. Counts describe evidence units, not independent studies or certainty.

Contributing familyReference unitsWeight
WHO GEMS/Food2100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for baby cereals dry, as sold on a dry weight basis: monitoring results summarized as one median per reporting region, sampling type and collection year, total diet composites and printed sample values as single observations, and printed subgroup medians from ordinary farms or markets. Each sampling family has equal total weight. Non-detects stay as zero-to-limit intervals, so quartiles carry lower and upper bounds. Means, ranges and maxima never enter as observations. Other forms, other bases, targeted sampling and results from mining, industrial, wastewater-affected, experimental, fertiliser or manufacturer settings are kept out of this reference.

Inverse weighted empirical CDF; midpoint at exact cumulative-weight boundaries. At least four reference units and a definitely positive Q1 to Q3 spread are required. This is a display eligibility rule, not statistical validation.

Limitations

WHO GEMS/Food is the only compatible sampling family for baby cereals dry, as sold on this basis in the completed baby cereals dry ledger, so this single-family reference cannot represent other markets. Reporting regions and purchase markets are not growing areas. Non-detects with differing limits widen the bounds. A position is descriptive concentration, not a safety or compliance judgment.

Admitted source families

Reference version and interpretation

Frozen evidence selection: 2026-10-22. Method: hmi-pooled-reference-v2.

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:baby-cereals-dry-98cbbeae6a84:2b4647082169

The reference is computed by HMI from admitted evidence, not copied from a study baseline. It describes the evidence currently in this scope; it is not a worldwide or current-lot benchmark. Source, year and region filters do not change it. Different HMI scopes are not one common ranking.

HMI baby cereals dry tAs reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold

Reference and scope

HMI baby cereals dry tAs reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold. Baby Cereals Dry, as sold; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)Q1MedianQ3
Primary HMI reference≤2311.4–39 (bounded)39–70 (bounded)
Alternative weighting≤2912–50 (bounded)39–86 (bounded)

53 reference units; 1 sampling family. Counts describe evidence units, not independent studies or certainty.

Contributing familyReference unitsWeight
WHO GEMS/Food53100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for baby cereals dry, as sold on a as sold, as eaten or fresh weight basis: monitoring results summarized as one median per reporting region, sampling type and collection year, total diet composites and printed sample values as single observations, and printed subgroup medians from ordinary farms or markets. Each sampling family has equal total weight. Non-detects stay as zero-to-limit intervals, so quartiles carry lower and upper bounds. Means, ranges and maxima never enter as observations. Other forms, other bases, targeted sampling and results from mining, industrial, wastewater-affected, experimental, fertiliser or manufacturer settings are kept out of this reference.

Inverse weighted empirical CDF; midpoint at exact cumulative-weight boundaries. At least four reference units and a definitely positive Q1 to Q3 spread are required. This is a display eligibility rule, not statistical validation.

Limitations

WHO GEMS/Food is the only compatible sampling family for baby cereals dry, as sold on this basis in the completed baby cereals dry ledger, so this single-family reference cannot represent other markets. Reporting regions and purchase markets are not growing areas. Non-detects with differing limits widen the bounds. A position is descriptive concentration, not a safety or compliance judgment.

Admitted source families

Reference version and interpretation

Frozen evidence selection: 2026-10-22. Method: hmi-pooled-reference-v2.

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:baby-cereals-dry-8c4c823e25b5:1a130a74cf7d

The reference is computed by HMI from admitted evidence, not copied from a study baseline. It describes the evidence currently in this scope; it is not a worldwide or current-lot benchmark. Source, year and region filters do not change it. Different HMI scopes are not one common ranking.

HMI baby cereals dry iAs reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold

Reference and scope

HMI baby cereals dry iAs reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold. Baby Cereals Dry, as sold; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)Q1MedianQ3
Primary HMI reference18–21 (bounded)50.375.6
Alternative weighting3056.876.2

44 reference units; 1 sampling family. Counts describe evidence units, not independent studies or certainty.

Contributing familyReference unitsWeight
WHO GEMS/Food44100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for baby cereals dry, as sold on a as sold, as eaten or fresh weight basis: monitoring results summarized as one median per reporting region, sampling type and collection year, total diet composites and printed sample values as single observations, and printed subgroup medians from ordinary farms or markets. Each sampling family has equal total weight. Non-detects stay as zero-to-limit intervals, so quartiles carry lower and upper bounds. Means, ranges and maxima never enter as observations. Other forms, other bases, targeted sampling and results from mining, industrial, wastewater-affected, experimental, fertiliser or manufacturer settings are kept out of this reference.

Inverse weighted empirical CDF; midpoint at exact cumulative-weight boundaries. At least four reference units and a definitely positive Q1 to Q3 spread are required. This is a display eligibility rule, not statistical validation.

Limitations

WHO GEMS/Food is the only compatible sampling family for baby cereals dry, as sold on this basis in the completed baby cereals dry ledger, so this single-family reference cannot represent other markets. Reporting regions and purchase markets are not growing areas. Non-detects with differing limits widen the bounds. A position is descriptive concentration, not a safety or compliance judgment.

Admitted source families

Reference version and interpretation

Frozen evidence selection: 2026-10-22. Method: hmi-pooled-reference-v2.

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:baby-cereals-dry-70ab92e4e1ee:299bdbf8c69e

The reference is computed by HMI from admitted evidence, not copied from a study baseline. It describes the evidence currently in this scope; it is not a worldwide or current-lot benchmark. Source, year and region filters do not change it. Different HMI scopes are not one common ranking.

HMI baby cereals dry iAs reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold, dry weight

Reference and scope

HMI baby cereals dry iAs reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold, dry weight. Baby Cereals Dry, as sold; Dry weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)Q1MedianQ3
Primary HMI reference3943.145.8
Alternative weighting3943.145.8

4 reference units; 1 sampling family. Counts describe evidence units, not independent studies or certainty.

Contributing familyReference unitsWeight
WHO GEMS/Food4100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for baby cereals dry, as sold on a dry weight basis: monitoring results summarized as one median per reporting region, sampling type and collection year, total diet composites and printed sample values as single observations, and printed subgroup medians from ordinary farms or markets. Each sampling family has equal total weight. Non-detects stay as zero-to-limit intervals, so quartiles carry lower and upper bounds. Means, ranges and maxima never enter as observations. Other forms, other bases, targeted sampling and results from mining, industrial, wastewater-affected, experimental, fertiliser or manufacturer settings are kept out of this reference.

Inverse weighted empirical CDF; midpoint at exact cumulative-weight boundaries. At least four reference units and a definitely positive Q1 to Q3 spread are required. This is a display eligibility rule, not statistical validation.

Limitations

WHO GEMS/Food is the only compatible sampling family for baby cereals dry, as sold on this basis in the completed baby cereals dry ledger, so this single-family reference cannot represent other markets. Reporting regions and purchase markets are not growing areas. Non-detects with differing limits widen the bounds. A position is descriptive concentration, not a safety or compliance judgment.

Admitted source families

Reference version and interpretation

Frozen evidence selection: 2026-10-22. Method: hmi-pooled-reference-v2.

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:baby-cereals-dry-3cbd36388577:1be367f3f9f1

The reference is computed by HMI from admitted evidence, not copied from a study baseline. It describes the evidence currently in this scope; it is not a worldwide or current-lot benchmark. Source, year and region filters do not change it. Different HMI scopes are not one common ranking.

HMI baby cereals dry DMA reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold

Reference and scope

HMI baby cereals dry DMA reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold. Baby Cereals Dry, as sold; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)Q1MedianQ3
Primary HMI reference≤16≤2039
Alternative weighting≤1819.5–29.5 (bounded)42.8

5 reference units; 1 sampling family. Counts describe evidence units, not independent studies or certainty.

Contributing familyReference unitsWeight
WHO GEMS/Food5100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for baby cereals dry, as sold on a as sold, as eaten or fresh weight basis: monitoring results summarized as one median per reporting region, sampling type and collection year, total diet composites and printed sample values as single observations, and printed subgroup medians from ordinary farms or markets. Each sampling family has equal total weight. Non-detects stay as zero-to-limit intervals, so quartiles carry lower and upper bounds. Means, ranges and maxima never enter as observations. Other forms, other bases, targeted sampling and results from mining, industrial, wastewater-affected, experimental, fertiliser or manufacturer settings are kept out of this reference.

Inverse weighted empirical CDF; midpoint at exact cumulative-weight boundaries. At least four reference units and a definitely positive Q1 to Q3 spread are required. This is a display eligibility rule, not statistical validation.

Limitations

WHO GEMS/Food is the only compatible sampling family for baby cereals dry, as sold on this basis in the completed baby cereals dry ledger, so this single-family reference cannot represent other markets. Reporting regions and purchase markets are not growing areas. Non-detects with differing limits widen the bounds. A position is descriptive concentration, not a safety or compliance judgment.

Admitted source families

Reference version and interpretation

Frozen evidence selection: 2026-10-22. Method: hmi-pooled-reference-v2.

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:baby-cereals-dry-00ca72664edc:1e253f1dc9e0

The reference is computed by HMI from admitted evidence, not copied from a study baseline. It describes the evidence currently in this scope; it is not a worldwide or current-lot benchmark. Source, year and region filters do not change it. Different HMI scopes are not one common ranking.

HMI baby cereals dry tHg reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold

Reference and scope

HMI baby cereals dry tHg reference · Baby Cereals Dry, as sold. Baby Cereals Dry, as sold; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)Q1MedianQ3
Primary HMI reference≤2≤5≤10
Alternative weighting≤2≤5≤10

21 reference units; 1 sampling family. Counts describe evidence units, not independent studies or certainty.

Contributing familyReference unitsWeight
WHO GEMS/Food21100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for baby cereals dry, as sold on a as sold, as eaten or fresh weight basis: monitoring results summarized as one median per reporting region, sampling type and collection year, total diet composites and printed sample values as single observations, and printed subgroup medians from ordinary farms or markets. Each sampling family has equal total weight. Non-detects stay as zero-to-limit intervals, so quartiles carry lower and upper bounds. Means, ranges and maxima never enter as observations. Other forms, other bases, targeted sampling and results from mining, industrial, wastewater-affected, experimental, fertiliser or manufacturer settings are kept out of this reference.

Inverse weighted empirical CDF; midpoint at exact cumulative-weight boundaries. At least four reference units and a definitely positive Q1 to Q3 spread are required. This is a display eligibility rule, not statistical validation.

Limitations

WHO GEMS/Food is the only compatible sampling family for baby cereals dry, as sold on this basis in the completed baby cereals dry ledger, so this single-family reference cannot represent other markets. Reporting regions and purchase markets are not growing areas. Non-detects with differing limits widen the bounds. A position is descriptive concentration, not a safety or compliance judgment.

Admitted source families

Reference version and interpretation

Frozen evidence selection: 2026-10-22. Method: hmi-pooled-reference-v2.

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:baby-cereals-dry-0219daf42eb4:1990527af5ba

The reference is computed by HMI from admitted evidence, not copied from a study baseline. It describes the evidence currently in this scope; it is not a worldwide or current-lot benchmark. Source, year and region filters do not change it. Different HMI scopes are not one common ranking.

1 dataset

How metals reach baby Cereals Dry

No study in the library compared baby Cereals Dry from contaminated and ordinary settings, so the routes by which metals reach it are not measured here.

Which forms and regions measured lower

The HMI reference for lead in baby Cereals Dry, as sold pools 92 subgroup units from 1 sampling family, with a median of below 10 µg/kg and a middle half spanning below 10 (lower quartile) and below 18 µg/kg (upper quartile).1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source → For cadmium in baby Cereals Dry, as sold, the reference median was between 5 and 10 µg/kg, with a middle half from between 2.5 and 4 to between 11.8 and 14 µg/kg across 56 units.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source → For total arsenic in baby Cereals Dry, as sold, the reference median was between 11.4 and 39 µg/kg, with a middle half from below 23 to between 39 and 70 µg/kg across 53 units.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →

Among GEMS/Food reporting regions, baby Cereals Dry, as sold had the lowest lead subgroup median in EMRO (27 µg/kg) and the highest in PAHO (275 µg/kg); reporting regions are markets, not growing areas.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source → For cadmium, the lowest regional median was in PAHO (3 µg/kg) and the highest in WPRO (31 µg/kg).1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source → For total arsenic, the lowest regional median was in WPRO (5 µg/kg) and the highest in EURO (60 µg/kg).1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →

Targeted baby Cereals Dry, as sold samples in WPRO had cadmium higher at 100 µg/kg, against 31 µg/kg for WPRO in the same study.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source → In another study, targeted baby Cereals Dry, as sold samples in WPRO had total arsenic higher at 70 µg/kg, against 5 µg/kg for WPRO in the same study.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →

Processing, cooking and preparation

No processing study for metals in this food is in the library yet.

Mitigation for baby Cereals Dry

Lot testing against the applicable limit is the check that can be verified.

No measured way to lower metals in this food is in the library yet.

Trade-offs and limits of controls

Metals do not move together, so a lot that passes a lead limit says little about cadmium, arsenic or nickel unless those are tested as well.

Testing baby Cereals Dry for metals

Results depend on the method and its reporting limit. Reporting limits for lead ranged from 2 µg/kg (WHO GEMS/Food) to 4,000 µg/kg (WHO GEMS/Food), so a non-detect from a less sensitive method says much less.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source → Reporting limits for cadmium ranged from 2 µg/kg (WHO GEMS/Food) to 200 µg/kg (WHO GEMS/Food), so a non-detect from a less sensitive method says much less.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source → Reporting limits for total arsenic ranged from 3 µg/kg (WHO GEMS/Food) to 10,100 µg/kg (WHO GEMS/Food), so a non-detect from a less sensitive method says much less.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →

A useful lot result names the form, the basis and a quantification limit well below the limit that applies.

Buying and verifying baby Cereals Dry

No maximum level for metals in baby Cereals Dry was verified from primary text for this page; buyers should confirm the limit that applies in the destination market.

Exposure from baby Cereals Dry

No source in the library converted baby Cereals Dry concentrations into a verified estimate of intake for a defined population. Concentrations describe the food, not individual risk.

Evidence review and remaining gaps

Every source record that names baby Cereals Dry was decided on its content: 5 occurrence extracted, 5 records in all. The occurrence table renders every extracted result; held values remain visible with their reason.

References identify the sources used in these answers. The Sources index preserves additional discovery links; inclusion there does not mean a source has been reviewed for this assessment. Corrections, completed searches, new direct evidence and changes in requirements should reopen the relevant answer.

Baby Cereals Dry FAQs

What heavy metals are found in baby Cereals Dry?

The library reports lead, cadmium, total arsenic, inorganic arsenic, dimethylarsinic acid, total mercury, chromium and tin in baby Cereals Dry, most often lead, cadmium and total arsenic.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →2Joint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives · 2022Cadmium: dietary exposure assessmentWHO Food Additives Series, No. 82 (Safety evaluation of certain contaminants in food, prepared by the 91st meeting of JECFA)Read source →3European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) · 2014Dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic in the European populationEFSA Journal 2014;12(3):3597Read source →4EFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) · 2012Scientific Opinion on the Risk for Public Health Related to the Presence of Mercury and Methylmercury in FoodEFSA Journal 2012;10(12):2985Read source → WHO GEMS/Food submissions reported lead in baby Cereals Dry, as sold from 3,154 results in 4 reporting regions, with subgroup medians from 27 to 275 µg/kg.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →

Which regions report the lowest levels in baby Cereals Dry?

Among GEMS/Food reporting regions, baby Cereals Dry, as sold had the lowest lead subgroup median in EMRO (27 µg/kg) and the highest in PAHO (275 µg/kg); reporting regions are markets, not growing areas.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source → For cadmium, the lowest regional median was in PAHO (3 µg/kg) and the highest in WPRO (31 µg/kg).1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →

How much of the arsenic in baby Cereals Dry is inorganic?

Inorganic arsenic, the more toxic form, was measured in 17 results from 2 sources, far fewer than total arsenic.1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →3European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) · 2014Dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic in the European populationEFSA Journal 2014;12(3):3597Read source → European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) 2014 reported inorganic arsenic at 15.3 µg/kg (mean) in baby Cereals Dry, as sold from European dietary-survey occurrence data.3European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) · 2014Dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic in the European populationEFSA Journal 2014;12(3):3597Read source →

References

Works cited on this page, in citation-number order. See Sources for this page’s source inventory. Each title links to a source record with bibliographic details, reported findings, and document provenance.

  1. GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsWorld Health Organization · GEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment Programme · 2026 · extranet.who.intDataset
  2. Cadmium: dietary exposure assessmentJoint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives · WHO Food Additives Series, No. 82 (Safety evaluation of certain contaminants in food, prepared by the 91st meeting of JECFA) · 2022 · www.who.intGovernment
  3. Dietary exposure to inorganic arsenic in the European populationEuropean Food Safety Authority (EFSA) · EFSA Journal 2014;12(3):3597 · 2014 · doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2014.3597Government
  4. Scientific Opinion on the Risk for Public Health Related to the Presence of Mercury and Methylmercury in FoodEFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) · EFSA Journal 2012;10(12):2985 · 2012 · doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2012.2985Government
  5. Scientific Opinion on the risks to public health related to the presence of chromium in food and drinking waterEFSA Panel on Contaminants in the Food Chain (CONTAM) · EFSA Journal 2014;12(3):3595 · 2014 · doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2014.3595Government

Sources

Browse Baby Cereals Dry Sources for sources cited on this page and additional discovery candidates. The searchable index distinguishes verified citation use from discovery relationships whose relevance has not been established.

Update history

22 October 2026: Rebuilt from every baby cereals dry record in the library: 5 occurrence sources, references by form and basis, same-study contrasts.