Provisional scaffold. This page was created automatically on 2026-05-20 so that an ingested source could route to it. Aliases, category, and the contamination profile have not yet been populated. Content below is minimal until a synthesis pass consolidates the literature for this ingredient.
Reason: fsanz2012-arsenic-apple-pear-juice-australia-nz declares ingredients/pear-juice (4 pear juice samples, all total-arsenic non-detects); ingredient page did not yet exist
Triggering source: Survey of total arsenic and inorganic arsenic in apple and pear juice
Literature scope
The literature corpus for this ingredient is currently thin. Sources route here as ingest proceeds; once enough sources accumulate per the Part 9 synthesis trigger (n_studies ≥ 2 per metal), the synthesis pass will populate the contamination profile.
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 preparation | Analyte | Composites | Detected | Detected concentrations (ppb) | Reporting limits (ppb) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 711: BF, juice, pear | tAs | 8 | 8 | 1.9–3.9 | 1 |
| 711: BF, juice, pear | Cd | 8 | 6 | 1–1.4 | 1 |
| 711: BF, juice, pear | Cr | 8 | 0 | ND in all composites | 25 |
| 711: BF, juice, pear | Pb | 8 | 4 | 1.1–1.2 | 1 |
| 711: BF, juice, pear | tHg | 8 | 0 | ND in all composites | 1 |
| 711: BF, juice, pear | Ni | 8 | 8 | 26–50 | 20 |
| 711: BF, juice, pear | U | 8 | 0 | ND in all composites | 1 |
References
Works cited in this page’s text, in first-appearance order. See Sources for this page’s source inventory. Each title links to a source record with bibliographic details, reported findings, and document provenance.
- Survey of total arsenic and inorganic arsenic in apple and pear juiceGovernment
- FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical ResultsDataset
Sources
Source records associated with this topic. Inclusion does not establish that every finding applies to this product or ingredient. References above identify works cited in the text.
| # | Citation | Year | Type | Used on this page for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | FDA 2022. FY2018-FY2020 TDS Elements Analytical Results, FDA Total Diet Study | 2022 | Government dataset | US-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) |
| 2 | Zealand 2012. Survey of total arsenic and inorganic arsenic in apple and pear juice, Food Standards Australia New Zealand (FSANZ) targeted analytical survey, published February 2013 | 2012 | Government report | AU/NZ tAs, iAs occurrence in 96 apple juice samples (48 Australian-purchased, 48 New Zealand-purchased) plus 4 pear juice samples (all Queensland-purchased, Australia); apple… (n=100) |
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