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Heavy Metal Index
An unmarked bottle and glass of dark carbonated drink illustrating diet cola ingredient context.

Heavy metals in Diet cola

Overview

This provisional ingredient page records source-specific measurements for diet cola. Its population contamination profile has not been synthesized. See Ingredients for the ingredient inventory.

Heavy metal contamination profile

AnalyteCoverageTypical (ppb)ConfidenceKey sources
lead (Pb)pending———
cadmium (Cd)pending———
inorganic arsenic (iAs)pending———
total arsenic (tAs)pending———
total mercury (tHg)pending———
nickel (Ni)pending———
aluminum (Al)pending———
chromium (Cr)pending———
tin (Sn)pending———
uranium (U)pending———

The profile fields remain pending until an evidence synthesis supports a population estimate. Source observations are listed separately below.

References

Works cited in this page’s text, in first-appearance order. See Sources for this page’s source inventory. Each title links to its source record.

  1. FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical ResultsU.S. Food and Drug Administration · FDA Total Diet Study · 2022 · www.fda.govDataset

Sources

Sources catalogued for this page. The last column says how each source is used here.

#CitationYearTypeUsed on this page for
1FDA 2022. FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical Results, FDA Total Diet Study2022Government datasetUS-FDA Pb, Cd, tAs, iAs, tHg, Ni, Cr, U, Sb occurrence in 3276 prepared food, beverage and water composites across 307 TDS foods, FY2018-FY2020 US collections (n=3276)

FDA TDS FY2018–FY2020 source observations

FDA measured the prepared foods named below. Each row describes that food and preparation, not every form of this ingredient. Values are µg/kg (ppb) on the FDA sample basis. ND means not detected; it is not a measured zero. Reporting limits can vary between composites. FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical Results

FDA food and preparationAnalyteCompositesDetectedDetected concentrations (ppb)Reporting limits (ppb)
194: Carbonated beverage, cola, diettAs30ND in all composites1
194: Carbonated beverage, cola, dietCd30ND in all composites1
194: Carbonated beverage, cola, dietCr30ND in all composites25
194: Carbonated beverage, cola, dietPb30ND in all composites1
194: Carbonated beverage, cola, diettHg30ND in all composites1
194: Carbonated beverage, cola, dietNi30ND in all composites20
194: Carbonated beverage, cola, dietU30ND in all composites1

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