Heavy metals in Infant Cereal Ingredients

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Infant Cereal Ingredients in the HMI library has 26 reported results for lead, cadmium, inorganic arsenic, Cu and Zn from 6 sources.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →}^{2German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) · 2018EU maximum levels for cadmium in food for infants and young children sufficient - Exposure to lead should fundamentally be reduced to the achievable minimumBfR Opinion No. 026/2018Read source →}^{3Slepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, Pankiewicz U · 2017Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150Read source →}^{4Depa Keshava R. · 2019Heavy Metals in Baby Foods and Cereal ProductsTurkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics EducationRead source →}^{5Joint 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 →}^{6European Food Safety Authority · 2012Cadmium dietary exposure in the European populationEFSA Journal 2012;10(1):2551Read source →}

Metals measured:
Lead, cadmium, inorganic arsenic, Cu and Zn, in 26 results from 6 sources.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →}^{2German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) · 2018EU maximum levels for cadmium in food for infants and young children sufficient - Exposure to lead should fundamentally be reduced to the achievable minimumBfR Opinion No. 026/2018Read source →}^{3Slepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, Pankiewicz U · 2017Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150Read source →}^{4Depa Keshava R. · 2019Heavy Metals in Baby Foods and Cereal ProductsTurkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics EducationRead source →}
Main drivers:
Infant Cereal Ingredients, flour or meal from conventional had lead higher at 8,730 µg/kg, against 2,070 µg/kg for ecological in the same study.^{3Slepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, Pankiewicz U · 2017Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150Read 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 →}^{2German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) · 2018EU maximum levels for cadmium in food for infants and young children sufficient - Exposure to lead should fundamentally be reduced to the achievable minimumBfR Opinion No. 026/2018Read source →}^{3Slepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, Pankiewicz U · 2017Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150Read source →}^{4Depa Keshava R. · 2019Heavy Metals in Baby Foods and Cereal ProductsTurkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics EducationRead source →}

Infant Cereal Ingredients overview

Infant Cereal Ingredients in the HMI library has 26 reported results for lead, cadmium, inorganic arsenic, Cu and Zn from 6 sources.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →}^{2German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) · 2018EU maximum levels for cadmium in food for infants and young children sufficient - Exposure to lead should fundamentally be reduced to the achievable minimumBfR Opinion No. 026/2018Read source →}^{3Slepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, Pankiewicz U · 2017Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150Read source →}^{4Depa Keshava R. · 2019Heavy Metals in Baby Foods and Cereal ProductsTurkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics EducationRead source →}^{5Joint 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 →}^{6European Food Safety Authority · 2012Cadmium dietary exposure in the European populationEFSA Journal 2012;10(1):2551Read source →} WHO GEMS/Food submissions reported lead in infant Cereal Ingredients, as sold from 3 results in 1 reporting region, with a subgroup median of 7.2 µg/kg.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →} For inorganic arsenic, GEMS/Food gave a subgroup median of 45.4 µg/kg from 41 results.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →}

Slepecka et al. 2017 reported lead at 8,730 µg/kg (mean) in infant Cereal Ingredients, flour or meal from conventional.^{3Slepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, Pankiewicz U · 2017Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150Read source →} Across 4 other studies of ordinary farms and markets, reported cadmium means and medians with the basis not stated ranged from 4.21 µg/kg (Depa 2019) to 12,300 µg/kg (Slepecka et al. 2017).^{3Slepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, Pankiewicz U · 2017Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150Read source →}^{4Depa Keshava R. · 2019Heavy Metals in Baby Foods and Cereal ProductsTurkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics EducationRead source →} Higher results came from contaminated or exposed settings rather than ordinary supply. Infant Cereal Ingredients, flour or meal from ecological had cadmium higher at 12,300 µg/kg, against 120 µg/kg for conventional in the same study.^{3Slepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, Pankiewicz U · 2017Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150Read source →}

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

What counts as infant Cereal Ingredients

This page covers infant Cereal Ingredients in 3 forms kept separate in every comparison: infant Cereal Ingredients, powder or ground (12 results), infant Cereal Ingredients, flour or meal (9 results) and infant Cereal Ingredients, as sold (5 results).^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →}^{2German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) · 2018EU maximum levels for cadmium in food for infants and young children sufficient - Exposure to lead should fundamentally be reduced to the achievable minimumBfR Opinion No. 026/2018Read source →}^{3Slepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, Pankiewicz U · 2017Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150Read source →}^{4Depa Keshava R. · 2019Heavy Metals in Baby Foods and Cereal ProductsTurkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics EducationRead source →}^{5Joint 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 →}^{6European Food Safety Authority · 2012Cadmium dietary exposure in the European populationEFSA Journal 2012;10(1):2551Read 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 infant Cereal Ingredients

The table holds every extracted infant Cereal Ingredients result: one row for each statistic a source reports for a form, group and metal, 26 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 →}^{2German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) · 2018EU maximum levels for cadmium in food for infants and young children sufficient - Exposure to lead should fundamentally be reduced to the achievable minimumBfR Opinion No. 026/2018Read source →}^{3Slepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, Pankiewicz U · 2017Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150Read source →}^{4Depa Keshava R. · 2019Heavy Metals in Baby Foods and Cereal ProductsTurkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics EducationRead source →}^{5Joint 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 →}^{6European Food Safety Authority · 2012Cadmium dietary exposure in the European populationEFSA Journal 2012;10(1):2551Read 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 →}

0 rows can be rated against an HMI reference for the same form and basis, 8 rows have a direct same-study comparison, and the rest stay unrated with the reason recorded. 1 value from 1 source failed a check against their own source and are shown but not compared.^{4Depa Keshava R. · 2019Heavy Metals in Baby Foods and Cereal ProductsTurkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics EducationRead source →}

Comparison methods and scope

Each row is one statistic a source reports for one form of infant cereal ingredients, 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

Infant Cereal Ingredients 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)

6 findings · 1 study
Infant Cereal Ingredients, powder or groundGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) 2018	Germany FCP+Monitoring 2015, medium bound2015As sold / fresh	mean.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, powder or groundGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) 2018	Germany FCP+Monitoring 2015, medium bound2015As sold / fresh	percentile.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, powder or groundGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) 2018	Germany FCP+Monitoring 2015, modified lower bound2015As sold / fresh	mean.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, powder or groundGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) 2018	Germany FCP+Monitoring 2015, modified lower bound2015As sold / fresh	percentile.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, powder or groundGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) 2018	Germany FCP+Monitoring 2015, upper bound2015As sold / fresh	mean.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, powder or groundGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) 2018	Germany FCP+Monitoring 2015, upper bound2015As sold / fresh	percentile.
2 findings · 1 study
Infant Cereal Ingredients, flour or mealSlepecka et al. 2017	conventionalCollection date unreportedBasis not stated	mean.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, flour or mealSlepecka et al. 2017	ecologicalCollection date unreportedBasis not stated	mean.
2 findings · 2 studies
Infant Cereal Ingredients, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	WPRO2016As sold / fresh	median.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, as soldDepa 2019	all samples of typeCollection date unreportedBasis not stated	mean.

6 findings · 1 study
Infant Cereal Ingredients, powder or groundGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) 2018	Germany FCP+Monitoring 2015, medium bound2015As sold / fresh	mean.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, powder or groundGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) 2018	Germany FCP+Monitoring 2015, medium bound2015As sold / fresh	percentile.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, powder or groundGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) 2018	Germany FCP+Monitoring 2015, modified lower bound2015As sold / fresh	mean.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, powder or groundGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) 2018	Germany FCP+Monitoring 2015, modified lower bound2015As sold / fresh	percentile.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, powder or groundGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) 2018	Germany FCP+Monitoring 2015, upper bound2015As sold / fresh	mean.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, powder or groundGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) 2018	Germany FCP+Monitoring 2015, upper bound2015As sold / fresh	percentile.
3 findings · 2 studies
Infant Cereal Ingredients, flour or mealJoint FAO/WHO Expert Committee on Food Additives 2022	GEMS/Food contaminants database2011Basis not stated	mean.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, flour or mealSlepecka et al. 2017	conventionalCollection date unreportedBasis not stated	mean.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, flour or mealSlepecka et al. 2017	ecologicalCollection date unreportedBasis not stated	mean.
2 findings · 2 studies
Infant Cereal Ingredients, as soldDepa 2019	all samples of typeCollection date unreportedBasis not stated	mean.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, as soldEuropean Food Safety Authority 2012	all samples (EU Member State submissions)2003–2011Basis not stated	mean.

1 finding · 1 study
Infant Cereal Ingredients, as soldWHO GEMS/Food	PAHO2019–2022Dry weight	median.

2 findings · 1 study
Infant Cereal Ingredients, flour or mealSlepecka et al. 2017	conventionalCollection date unreportedBasis not stated	mean.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, flour or mealSlepecka et al. 2017	ecologicalCollection date unreportedBasis not stated	mean.

2 findings · 1 study
Infant Cereal Ingredients, flour or mealSlepecka et al. 2017	conventionalCollection date unreportedBasis not stated	mean.
Infant Cereal Ingredients, flour or mealSlepecka et al. 2017	ecologicalCollection date unreportedBasis not stated	mean.

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 infant cereal ingredients Pb reference · Infant Cereal Ingredients, as sold

Reference and scope

HMI infant cereal ingredients Pb reference · Infant Cereal Ingredients, as sold. Infant Cereal Ingredients, 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	7.2	7.2	7.2
Alternative weighting	7.2	7.2	7.2

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 infant cereal ingredients, 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 infant cereal ingredients, as sold on this basis in the completed infant cereal ingredients 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:infant-cereal-ingredients-bc174961b4f6:ec82e3a808b9

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 infant cereal ingredients iAs reference · Infant Cereal Ingredients, as sold, dry weight

Reference and scope

HMI infant cereal ingredients iAs reference · Infant Cereal Ingredients, as sold, dry weight. Infant Cereal Ingredients, as sold; Dry weight, µg/kg; no moisture conversion. Distribution of subgroup median concentration values.

Reference (µg/kg)	Q1	Median	Q3
Primary HMI reference	45.2	49.2	53.2
Alternative weighting	45.2	49.2	53.2

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 infant cereal ingredients, 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 infant cereal ingredients, as sold on this basis in the completed infant cereal ingredients 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:infant-cereal-ingredients-9a2455e66497:45297c33718e

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 infant Cereal Ingredients

The evidence on how metals reach infant Cereal Ingredients comes from studies that compared exposed and ordinary settings. Infant Cereal Ingredients, flour or meal from ecological had cadmium higher at 12,300 µg/kg, against 120 µg/kg for conventional in the same study.^{3Slepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, Pankiewicz U · 2017Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150Read source →}

These are observational comparisons from single studies; the size of the difference depends on the site, metal and distance.

Which forms and regions measured lower

The infant Cereal Ingredients evidence does not yet support a reference-based comparison of forms or regions.

Processing, cooking and preparation

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

Mitigation for infant Cereal Ingredients

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

Avoiding exposed growing areas lowered the metal measured in the studies available, but no study measured the cost or supply effect of doing so.^{3Slepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, Pankiewicz U · 2017Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150Read source →} 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 infant Cereal Ingredients for metals

Results depend on the method and its reporting limit.

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

Buying and verifying infant Cereal Ingredients

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

Exposure from infant Cereal Ingredients

No source in the library converted infant Cereal Ingredients 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 infant Cereal Ingredients was decided on its content: 6 occurrence extracted, 6 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.

Infant Cereal Ingredients FAQs

What heavy metals are found in infant Cereal Ingredients?

The library reports lead, cadmium, inorganic arsenic, Cu and Zn in infant Cereal Ingredients, most often lead, cadmium and inorganic arsenic.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →}^{2German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) · 2018EU maximum levels for cadmium in food for infants and young children sufficient - Exposure to lead should fundamentally be reduced to the achievable minimumBfR Opinion No. 026/2018Read source →}^{3Slepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, Pankiewicz U · 2017Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150Read source →}^{4Depa Keshava R. · 2019Heavy Metals in Baby Foods and Cereal ProductsTurkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics EducationRead source →} WHO GEMS/Food submissions reported lead in infant Cereal Ingredients, as sold from 3 results in 1 reporting region, with a subgroup median of 7.2 µg/kg.^{1World Health Organization · 2026GEMS/Food Contaminants database heavy-metal exportsGEMS/Food Contamination Monitoring and Assessment ProgrammeRead source →}

How do heavy metals get into infant Cereal Ingredients?

In the studies available, infant Cereal Ingredients from contaminated or exposed settings carried more metal than infant Cereal Ingredients from the same study’s control.^{3Slepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, Pankiewicz U · 2017Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150Read source →} Infant Cereal Ingredients, flour or meal from conventional had lead higher at 8,730 µg/kg, against 2,070 µg/kg for ecological in the same study.^{3Slepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, Pankiewicz U · 2017Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsCurrent Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150Read 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
EU maximum levels for cadmium in food for infants and young children sufficient - Exposure to lead should fundamentally be reduced to the achievable minimumGerman Federal Institute for Risk Assessment (BfR) · BfR Opinion No. 026/2018 · 2018 · doi.org/10.17590/20181205-132313-0Government
Evaluation of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper levels in selected ecological cereal food products and their non-ecological counterpartsSlepecka K, Kalwa K, Wyrostek J, and Pankiewicz U · Current Issues in Pharmacy and Medical Sciences 30(3):147-150 · 2017 · doi.org/10.1515/cipms-2017-0027Peer-reviewed
Heavy Metals in Baby Foods and Cereal ProductsDepa Keshava R. · Turkish Journal of Computer and Mathematics Education · 2019 · doi.org/10.61841/turcomat.v10i1.14953Peer-reviewed
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
Cadmium dietary exposure in the European populationEuropean Food Safety Authority · EFSA Journal 2012;10(1):2551 · 2012 · doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2012.2551Government

Sources

Browse Infant Cereal Ingredients 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 infant cereal ingredients record in the library: 6 occurrence sources, references by form and basis, same-study contrasts.

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