Heavy metals in Canned fruit cocktail

Quick read

Canned fruit cocktail in the HMI library has 43 reported results for lead, cadmium, total arsenic, inorganic arsenic, total mercury, nickel, chromium, tin, uranium, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn from 5 sources.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →}^{2U.S. Food and Drug Administration · 2022FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical ResultsFDA Total Diet StudyRead source →}^{3Spungen JH, et al. · 2024Infants’ and young children’s dietary exposures to lead and cadmium: FDA total diet study 2018-2020Food Additives & Contaminants: Part ARead source →}^{4Alsabagh AAA · 2025Assessment of heavy metal and nitrate contamination in canned products from local markets in BaghdadAlnakhla Journal of ScienceRead source →}^{5Trandafir I, Nour V, Ionica ME · 2012Determination of Tin in Canned Foods by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass SpectrometryPolish Journal of Environmental StudiesRead source →}

Metals measured:
Lead, cadmium, total arsenic, inorganic arsenic, total mercury and nickel and others, in 43 results from 5 sources.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →}^{2U.S. Food and Drug Administration · 2022FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical ResultsFDA Total Diet StudyRead source →}^{3Spungen JH, et al. · 2024Infants’ and young children’s dietary exposures to lead and cadmium: FDA total diet study 2018-2020Food Additives & Contaminants: Part ARead source →}^{4Alsabagh AAA · 2025Assessment of heavy metal and nitrate contamination in canned products from local markets in BaghdadAlnakhla Journal of ScienceRead source →}
Main drivers:
Form, basis and where the canned fruit cocktail was sampled; reporting limits decide how many results are non-detects.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →}^{2U.S. Food and Drug Administration · 2022FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical ResultsFDA Total Diet StudyRead source →}^{3Spungen JH, et al. · 2024Infants’ and young children’s dietary exposures to lead and cadmium: FDA total diet study 2018-2020Food Additives & Contaminants: Part ARead source →}^{4Alsabagh AAA · 2025Assessment of heavy metal and nitrate contamination in canned products from local markets in BaghdadAlnakhla Journal of ScienceRead source →}
Practical framing:
Ask for lot results with a quantification limit well below the limit that applies in the destination market.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →}^{2U.S. Food and Drug Administration · 2022FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical ResultsFDA Total Diet StudyRead source →}^{3Spungen JH, et al. · 2024Infants’ and young children’s dietary exposures to lead and cadmium: FDA total diet study 2018-2020Food Additives & Contaminants: Part ARead source →}^{4Alsabagh AAA · 2025Assessment of heavy metal and nitrate contamination in canned products from local markets in BaghdadAlnakhla Journal of ScienceRead source →}

Canned fruit cocktail overview

Canned fruit cocktail in the HMI library has 43 reported results for lead, cadmium, total arsenic, inorganic arsenic, total mercury, nickel, chromium, tin, uranium, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn from 5 sources.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →}^{2U.S. Food and Drug Administration · 2022FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical ResultsFDA Total Diet StudyRead source →}^{3Spungen JH, et al. · 2024Infants’ and young children’s dietary exposures to lead and cadmium: FDA total diet study 2018-2020Food Additives & Contaminants: Part ARead source →}^{4Alsabagh AAA · 2025Assessment of heavy metal and nitrate contamination in canned products from local markets in BaghdadAlnakhla Journal of ScienceRead source →}^{5Trandafir I, Nour V, Ionica ME · 2012Determination of Tin in Canned Foods by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass SpectrometryPolish Journal of Environmental StudiesRead source →} WHO GEMS/Food submissions reported lead in canned fruit cocktail, as sold from 138 results in 4 reporting regions, with subgroup medians from 5.25 to 310 µg/kg.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →} In the US Total Diet Study, canned fruit cocktail, canned had a median lead result of 5 µg/kg across 3 composites from 2018–2020.^{2U.S. Food and Drug Administration · 2022FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical ResultsFDA Total Diet StudyRead source →}

Spungen et al. 2024 reported lead at 4.2 µg/kg (mean) in canned fruit cocktail, canned from all samples.^{3Spungen JH, et al. · 2024Infants’ and young children’s dietary exposures to lead and cadmium: FDA total diet study 2018-2020Food Additives & Contaminants: Part ARead source →}

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

What counts as canned fruit cocktail

This page covers canned fruit cocktail in 3 forms kept separate in every comparison: canned fruit cocktail, canned (25 results), canned fruit cocktail, as sold (17 results) and canned fruit cocktail, juice (1 result).^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →}^{2U.S. Food and Drug Administration · 2022FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical ResultsFDA Total Diet StudyRead source →}^{3Spungen JH, et al. · 2024Infants’ and young children’s dietary exposures to lead and cadmium: FDA total diet study 2018-2020Food Additives & Contaminants: Part ARead source →}^{4Alsabagh AAA · 2025Assessment of heavy metal and nitrate contamination in canned products from local markets in BaghdadAlnakhla Journal of ScienceRead source →}^{5Trandafir I, Nour V, Ionica ME · 2012Determination of Tin in Canned Foods by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass SpectrometryPolish Journal of Environmental StudiesRead 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 canned fruit cocktail

The table holds every extracted canned fruit cocktail result: one row for each statistic a source reports for a form, group and metal, 43 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 →}^{2U.S. Food and Drug Administration · 2022FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical ResultsFDA Total Diet StudyRead source →}^{3Spungen JH, et al. · 2024Infants’ and young children’s dietary exposures to lead and cadmium: FDA total diet study 2018-2020Food Additives & Contaminants: Part ARead source →}^{4Alsabagh AAA · 2025Assessment of heavy metal and nitrate contamination in canned products from local markets in BaghdadAlnakhla Journal of ScienceRead source →}^{5Trandafir I, Nour V, Ionica ME · 2012Determination of Tin in Canned Foods by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass SpectrometryPolish Journal of Environmental StudiesRead 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 →}

6 rows can be rated against an HMI reference for the same form and basis, 0 rows have a direct same-study comparison, and the rest stay unrated with the reason recorded. 2 values from 1 source failed a check against their own source and are shown but not compared.^{4Alsabagh AAA · 2025Assessment of heavy metal and nitrate contamination in canned products from local markets in BaghdadAlnakhla Journal of ScienceRead source →}

Comparison methods and scope

Each row is one statistic a source reports for one form of canned fruit cocktail, 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

Canned fruit cocktail 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 form	Collection scope	Finding (µg/kg)

4 findings · 3 studies
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedFDA Total Diet Study	1 collection regions2018–2020	median.
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedSpungen et al. 2024	all samples2018–2020	mean.
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedAlsabagh 2025	Malaysia origin, 15.2% dry solids, Baghdad marketCollection date unreportedDry weight	sample value.
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedAlsabagh 2025	Thailand origin, 18.8% dry solids, Baghdad marketCollection date unreportedDry weight	sample value.
12 findings · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	EURO2011–2016	median.
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	EURO2007	median.
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	PAHO2000–2017	median.
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	PAHO2015–2016	median.
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	PAHO2013	median.
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	PAHO2013	median.
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	PAHO2013–2014	median.
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	SEARO2010–2011	median.
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	SEARO2013–2014	median.
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	SEARO2013–2014	median.
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	SEARO2014	median.
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	WPRO2012–2016	median.

4 findings · 3 studies
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedFDA Total Diet Study	1 collection regions2018–2020	median.
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedSpungen et al. 2024	all samples2018–2020	not detected.
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedAlsabagh 2025	Malaysia origin, 15.2% dry solids, Baghdad marketCollection date unreportedDry weight	sample value.
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedAlsabagh 2025	Thailand origin, 18.8% dry solids, Baghdad marketCollection date unreportedDry weight	sample value.
2 findings · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	EURO2006–2016	median.
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	PAHO2003–2017	median.
1 finding · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, juiceWHO GEMS/Food	PAHO2014	median.

1 finding · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedFDA Total Diet Study	1 collection regions2018–2020	median.
2 findings · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	EURO2015	median.
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	EURO2015	median.

1 finding · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	PAHO2012–2013	median.

1 finding · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedFDA Total Diet Study	1 collection regions2018–2020	median.

1 finding · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedFDA Total Diet Study	1 collection regions2018–2020	median.

1 finding · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedFDA Total Diet Study	1 collection regions2018–2020	median.

2 findings · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedTrandafir et al. 2012	single product; solid (fruit/vegetable/fish)Collection date unreported	mean.
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedTrandafir et al. 2012	single product; syrup/liquidCollection date unreported	mean.

1 finding · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedFDA Total Diet Study	1 collection regions2018–2020	median.

2 findings · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedAlsabagh 2025	Malaysia origin, 15.2% dry solids, Baghdad marketCollection date unreportedDry weight	sample value.
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedAlsabagh 2025	Thailand origin, 18.8% dry solids, Baghdad marketCollection date unreportedDry weight	sample value.

2 findings · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedAlsabagh 2025	Malaysia origin, 15.2% dry solids, Baghdad marketCollection date unreportedDry weight	sample value.
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedAlsabagh 2025	Thailand origin, 18.8% dry solids, Baghdad marketCollection date unreportedDry weight	sample value.

2 findings · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedAlsabagh 2025	Malaysia origin, 15.2% dry solids, Baghdad marketCollection date unreportedDry weight	sample value.
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedAlsabagh 2025	Thailand origin, 18.8% dry solids, Baghdad marketCollection date unreportedDry weight	sample value.

2 findings · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedAlsabagh 2025	Malaysia origin, 15.2% dry solids, Baghdad marketCollection date unreportedDry weight	sample value.
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedAlsabagh 2025	Thailand origin, 18.8% dry solids, Baghdad marketCollection date unreportedDry weight	sample value.

2 findings · 1 study
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedAlsabagh 2025	Malaysia origin, 15.2% dry solids, Baghdad marketCollection date unreportedDry weight	sample value.
Canned fruit cocktail, cannedAlsabagh 2025	Thailand origin, 18.8% dry solids, Baghdad marketCollection date unreportedDry weight	sample value.

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 canned fruit cocktail Pb reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail Pb reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned. Canned fruit cocktail, canned; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	≤4	5	5.5
Alternative weighting	≤4	5	5.5

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

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
FDA Total Diet Study	3	100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, canned 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

FDA Total Diet Study is the only compatible sampling family for canned fruit cocktail, canned on this basis in the completed canned fruit cocktail 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

FDA Total Diet Study

Reference version and interpretation

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

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:canned-fruit-cocktail-657d232989b4:f64d16dfee9c

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 canned fruit cocktail Pb reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned, dry weight

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail Pb reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned, dry weight. Canned fruit cocktail, canned; Dry weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	1200	2000	2800
Alternative weighting	1200	2000	2800

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

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
Alsabagh 2025	2	100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, canned 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

Alsabagh 2025 is the only compatible sampling family for canned fruit cocktail, canned on this basis in the completed canned fruit cocktail 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

Alsabagh 2025

Reference version and interpretation

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

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:canned-fruit-cocktail-7d1f639b552a:1725b0d6f165

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 canned fruit cocktail Pb reference · Canned fruit cocktail, as sold

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail Pb reference · Canned fruit cocktail, as sold. Canned fruit cocktail, as sold; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	2.5–9 (bounded)	9.25–11.3 (bounded)	12.5–17 (bounded)
Alternative weighting	2.5–9 (bounded)	9.5–10.5 (bounded)	12–17 (bounded)

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

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
WHO GEMS/Food	34	100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, 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 canned fruit cocktail, as sold on this basis in the completed canned fruit cocktail 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

WHO GEMS/Food

Reference version and interpretation

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

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:canned-fruit-cocktail-895571873a1c:b1d1ac818f96

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 canned fruit cocktail Cd reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail Cd reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned. Canned fruit cocktail, canned; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	≤1	≤1	≤1
Alternative weighting	≤1	≤1	≤1

4 reference units; 2 sampling families. Counts describe evidence units, not independent studies or certainty.

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
FDA Total Diet Study	3	50%
Spungen et al. 2024	1	50%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, canned 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

2 sampling families with different designs; none is a probability sample of world supply. 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:canned-fruit-cocktail-b54e5b7bd96c:123ad5ea388d

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 canned fruit cocktail Cd reference · Canned fruit cocktail, as sold

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail Cd reference · Canned fruit cocktail, as sold. Canned fruit cocktail, as sold; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	≤2	1–2 (bounded)	1–10 (bounded)
Alternative weighting	≤2	1–2 (bounded)	1–10 (bounded)

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

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
WHO GEMS/Food	19	100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, 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 canned fruit cocktail, as sold on this basis in the completed canned fruit cocktail 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

WHO GEMS/Food

Reference version and interpretation

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

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:canned-fruit-cocktail-ec6513e2dbfe:0d842a4104dd

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 canned fruit cocktail Cd reference · Canned fruit cocktail, juice

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail Cd reference · Canned fruit cocktail, juice. Canned fruit cocktail, juice; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	≤2	≤2	≤2
Alternative weighting	≤2	≤2	≤2

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

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
WHO GEMS/Food	1	100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, juice 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 canned fruit cocktail, juice on this basis in the completed canned fruit cocktail 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

WHO GEMS/Food

Reference version and interpretation

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

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:canned-fruit-cocktail-04476d94549c:f8001d4ae1af

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 canned fruit cocktail tAs reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail tAs reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned. Canned fruit cocktail, canned; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	≤3	≤3	≤3
Alternative weighting	≤3	≤3	≤3

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

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
FDA Total Diet Study	3	100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, canned 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

FDA Total Diet Study is the only compatible sampling family for canned fruit cocktail, canned on this basis in the completed canned fruit cocktail 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

FDA Total Diet Study

Reference version and interpretation

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

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:canned-fruit-cocktail-ae38697ac8f7:094cb569d84a

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 canned fruit cocktail tAs reference · Canned fruit cocktail, as sold

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail tAs reference · Canned fruit cocktail, as sold. Canned fruit cocktail, as sold; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	≤30	≤30	≤30
Alternative weighting	≤30	≤30	≤30

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

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
WHO GEMS/Food	2	100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, 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 canned fruit cocktail, as sold on this basis in the completed canned fruit cocktail 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

WHO GEMS/Food

Reference version and interpretation

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

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:canned-fruit-cocktail-562be4c2f4a8:045de97920f0

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 canned fruit cocktail iAs reference · Canned fruit cocktail, as sold

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail iAs reference · Canned fruit cocktail, as sold. Canned fruit cocktail, as sold; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	≤0.66	≤0.66	≤0.66
Alternative weighting	≤0.66	≤0.66	≤0.66

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

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
WHO GEMS/Food	2	100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, 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 canned fruit cocktail, as sold on this basis in the completed canned fruit cocktail 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

WHO GEMS/Food

Reference version and interpretation

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

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:canned-fruit-cocktail-b3943d2f3abf:157967c8fcc9

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 canned fruit cocktail tHg reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail tHg reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned. Canned fruit cocktail, canned; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	≤1	≤1	≤1
Alternative weighting	≤1	≤1	≤1

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

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
FDA Total Diet Study	3	100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, canned 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

FDA Total Diet Study is the only compatible sampling family for canned fruit cocktail, canned on this basis in the completed canned fruit cocktail 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

FDA Total Diet Study

Reference version and interpretation

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

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:canned-fruit-cocktail-57fd5f0d3280:4035b2caed52

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 canned fruit cocktail Ni reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail Ni reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned. Canned fruit cocktail, canned; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	60	63	69
Alternative weighting	60	63	69

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

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
FDA Total Diet Study	3	100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, canned 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

FDA Total Diet Study is the only compatible sampling family for canned fruit cocktail, canned on this basis in the completed canned fruit cocktail 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

FDA Total Diet Study

Reference version and interpretation

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

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:canned-fruit-cocktail-2b2451f7797f:1b28fc17c4f1

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 canned fruit cocktail Cr reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail Cr reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned. Canned fruit cocktail, canned; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	≤50	55	66
Alternative weighting	≤50	55	66

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

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
FDA Total Diet Study	3	100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, canned 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

FDA Total Diet Study is the only compatible sampling family for canned fruit cocktail, canned on this basis in the completed canned fruit cocktail 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

FDA Total Diet Study

Reference version and interpretation

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

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:canned-fruit-cocktail-7ad90a44822d:9e31a2675dc9

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 canned fruit cocktail U reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail U reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned. Canned fruit cocktail, canned; As sold, as eaten or fresh weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	≤1	1.3	1.4
Alternative weighting	≤1	1.3	1.4

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

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
FDA Total Diet Study	3	100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, canned 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

FDA Total Diet Study is the only compatible sampling family for canned fruit cocktail, canned on this basis in the completed canned fruit cocktail 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

FDA Total Diet Study

Reference version and interpretation

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

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:canned-fruit-cocktail-83fcebc61269:620e315912b8

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 canned fruit cocktail Cu reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned, dry weight

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail Cu reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned, dry weight. Canned fruit cocktail, canned; Dry weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	2300	4450	6600
Alternative weighting	2300	4450	6600

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

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
Alsabagh 2025	2	100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, canned 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

Alsabagh 2025 is the only compatible sampling family for canned fruit cocktail, canned on this basis in the completed canned fruit cocktail 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

Alsabagh 2025

Reference version and interpretation

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

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:canned-fruit-cocktail-10b334a2ea5f:c6ed0d680e39

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 canned fruit cocktail Fe reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned, dry weight

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail Fe reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned, dry weight. Canned fruit cocktail, canned; Dry weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	5600	6650	7700
Alternative weighting	5600	6650	7700

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

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
Alsabagh 2025	2	100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, canned 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

Alsabagh 2025 is the only compatible sampling family for canned fruit cocktail, canned on this basis in the completed canned fruit cocktail 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

Alsabagh 2025

Reference version and interpretation

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

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:canned-fruit-cocktail-c014368a4243:a8f24a932119

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 canned fruit cocktail Zn reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned, dry weight

Reference and scope

HMI canned fruit cocktail Zn reference · Canned fruit cocktail, canned, dry weight. Canned fruit cocktail, canned; Dry weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	9500	13900	18300
Alternative weighting	9500	13900	18300

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

Contributing family	Reference units	Weight
Alsabagh 2025	2	100%

Methods

HMI pools subgroup medians for canned fruit cocktail, canned 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

Alsabagh 2025 is the only compatible sampling family for canned fruit cocktail, canned on this basis in the completed canned fruit cocktail 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

Alsabagh 2025

Reference version and interpretation

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

hmi-pooled-reference-v2:canned-fruit-cocktail-cb0cc8be45ef:5a4ba3332234

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.

How metals reach canned fruit cocktail

No study in the library compared canned fruit cocktail 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 canned fruit cocktail, as sold pools 34 subgroup units from 1 sampling family, with a median of between 9.25 and 11.3 µg/kg and a middle half spanning between 2.5 and 9 (lower quartile) and between 12.5 and 17 µg/kg (upper quartile).^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →} For cadmium in canned fruit cocktail, canned, the reference median was below 1 µg/kg, with a middle half from below 1 to below 1 µg/kg across 4 units.^{2U.S. Food and Drug Administration · 2022FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical ResultsFDA Total Diet StudyRead source →}^{3Spungen JH, et al. · 2024Infants’ and young children’s dietary exposures to lead and cadmium: FDA total diet study 2018-2020Food Additives & Contaminants: Part ARead source →} For cadmium in canned fruit cocktail, as sold, the reference median was between 1 and 2 µg/kg, with a middle half from below 2 to between 1 and 10 µg/kg across 19 units.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →}

Among GEMS/Food reporting regions, canned fruit cocktail, as sold had the lowest lead subgroup median in PAHO (5.25 µg/kg) and the highest in SEARO (310 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 →}

Processing, cooking and preparation

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

Mitigation for canned fruit cocktail

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 canned fruit cocktail for metals

Results depend on the method and its reporting limit. Reporting limits for lead ranged from 1 µg/kg (WHO GEMS/Food) to 3,000 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 1 µg/kg (FDA Total Diet Study) to 1,000 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 →}^{2U.S. Food and Drug Administration · 2022FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical ResultsFDA Total Diet StudyRead source →} Reporting limits for total arsenic ranged from 3 µg/kg (FDA Total Diet Study) to 30 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 →}^{2U.S. Food and Drug Administration · 2022FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical ResultsFDA Total Diet StudyRead source →}

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

Buying and verifying canned fruit cocktail

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

Exposure from canned fruit cocktail

No source in the library converted canned fruit cocktail 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 canned fruit cocktail 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.

Canned fruit cocktail FAQs

What heavy metals are found in canned fruit cocktail?

The library reports lead, cadmium, total arsenic, inorganic arsenic, total mercury, nickel, chromium, tin, uranium, Co, Cu, Fe, Mn and Zn in canned fruit cocktail, most often lead, cadmium and total arsenic.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →}^{2U.S. Food and Drug Administration · 2022FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical ResultsFDA Total Diet StudyRead source →}^{3Spungen JH, et al. · 2024Infants’ and young children’s dietary exposures to lead and cadmium: FDA total diet study 2018-2020Food Additives & Contaminants: Part ARead source →}^{4Alsabagh AAA · 2025Assessment of heavy metal and nitrate contamination in canned products from local markets in BaghdadAlnakhla Journal of ScienceRead source →} WHO GEMS/Food submissions reported lead in canned fruit cocktail, as sold from 138 results in 4 reporting regions, with subgroup medians from 5.25 to 310 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 canned fruit cocktail?

Among GEMS/Food reporting regions, canned fruit cocktail, as sold had the lowest lead subgroup median in PAHO (5.25 µg/kg) and the highest in SEARO (310 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 →}

How much of the arsenic in canned fruit cocktail is inorganic?

Inorganic arsenic, the more toxic form, was measured in 1 result from 1 source, far fewer than total arsenic.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →} WHO GEMS/Food submissions reported inorganic arsenic in canned fruit cocktail, as sold from 4 results in 1 reporting region, with subgroup medians below 0.66 µg/kg, mostly non-detects.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead 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.

GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsWorld Health Organization · GEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment Programme · 2026 · extranet.who.intDataset
FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical ResultsU.S. Food and Drug Administration · FDA Total Diet Study · 2022 · www.fda.govDataset
Infants’ and young children’s dietary exposures to lead and cadmium: FDA total diet study 2018-2020Spungen JH and et al. · Food Additives & Contaminants: Part A · 2024 · doi.org/10.1080/19440049.2024.2396910Peer-reviewed
Assessment of heavy metal and nitrate contamination in canned products from local markets in BaghdadAlsabagh AAA · Alnakhla Journal of Science · 2025 · doi.org/10.63799/AJOS/14.2.7Peer-reviewed
Determination of Tin in Canned Foods by Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass SpectrometryTrandafir I, Nour V, and Ionica ME · Polish Journal of Environmental Studies · 2012 · www.pjoes.comPeer-reviewed

Sources

Browse Canned fruit cocktail 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 canned fruit cocktail record in the library: 5 occurrence sources, references by form and basis, same-study contrasts.

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Heavy metals in Canned fruit cocktail

Canned fruit cocktail overview

What counts as canned fruit cocktail

Heavy metal contamination profile of canned fruit cocktail

How metals reach canned fruit cocktail

Which forms and regions measured lower

Processing, cooking and preparation

Mitigation for canned fruit cocktail

Trade-offs and limits of controls

Testing canned fruit cocktail for metals

Buying and verifying canned fruit cocktail

Exposure from canned fruit cocktail

Evidence review and remaining gaps

Canned fruit cocktail FAQs

References

Sources

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