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Heavy Metal Index
Chunky red tomato salsa with visible tomato, onion and green herb pieces illustrating salsa ingredient context.

Heavy metals in Salsa

Measurements of metals in bottled tomato salsa from the FDA Total Diet Study, with detected concentrations and reporting limits presented separately.

Evidence review in progress. Compare values only when the product form, measurement basis, and metal species match.

0 related source records are associated with this category. This is a coverage count, not a measure of scientific confidence. References identify works cited in the text.

Overview

This provisional ingredient page records source-specific measurements for salsa. 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.

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)
359: Salsa, tomato, bottledtAs30ND in all composites3
359: Salsa, tomato, bottledCd3319–211
359: Salsa, tomato, bottledCr30ND in all composites50
359: Salsa, tomato, bottledPb30ND in all composites4
359: Salsa, tomato, bottledtHg30ND in all composites1
359: Salsa, tomato, bottledNi3363–7940
359: Salsa, tomato, bottledU30ND in all composites1

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.

  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)

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