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Nerds Halloween Strawberry Mini Boxes Candy
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Nerds Halloween Strawberry Mini Boxes Candy

by Nerds

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How Canopy shares data

Heavy Metals Panel, compared across the shelf.

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Health limits that scale with body weight recalculate everywhere below. Kept for this session only — not saved to your account.

Company · Product% of acceptable daily intakeProp 65FDA (child)FDA (women)EFSATrend
HERSHEY Chocolate Bar Snack Size
HERSHEYHERSHEY Chocolate Bar Snack Size0.364 µg/serving
Prop 65FDA (child)FDA (women)EFSA
PassPassPassPassSingle test
Prop 65FDA (child)FDA (women)EFSA
PassPassPassPassSingle test
Prop 65FDA (child)FDA (women)EFSA
PassPassPassPassSingle test
Prop 65FDA (child)FDA (women)EFSA
PassPassPassPassSingle test

Products are graphed and sorted by their share of the acceptable daily intake (ADI) for a serving of the product. Each regulation is its own dashed guidance line — mouse over a line to see how a serving compares to daily intake limits from different organizations. Data is shown on a log scale for better visibility. Each status column compares that intake against one organization's daily intake limit.

A concentration on its own doesn't tell you much — what matters for health is the dose, how much you actually take in. So each bar shows the amount of contaminant in a single serving (the lab's concentration × the labeled serving size, with raw numbers below), measured against daily-intake guidance from several organizations — some of which scales with body weight, so you can enter different weights for yourself or your household. And because we compare products within the same category and subcategory, you can see how similar options stack up and pick a lower-contaminant one.

Why test

Why test for Heavy Metals Panel?

Tests for lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury — metals that build up in the body rather than clearing quickly. Health agencies set intake limits for each, and for lead, U.S. agencies identify no safe level of exposure for children. None of it appears on the label, and levels differ from one product to the next.

Requester’s note

A Florida Department of Health report put arsenic in strawberry Nerds at 450 ppb, and that number has made the rounds online. The report's methods have drawn skepticism. Let's find out for ourselves with a measurement from a qualified lab, down to the ppb level.

— Kendra

Result at a glance

No contaminants detected of 4 screened

Cadmium (Cd)Not detected
Lead (Pb)Not detected
Arsenic (As)Not detected
Mercury (Hg)Not detected
TrendSingle test

More info · Heavy Metals Panel

How the test is performed

The food sample is broken down with acid, then heated into a plasma (an extremely hot gas) that strips the metals into individual atoms. A detector (ICP-MS) then counts each type of metal atom, identifying exactly how much lead, arsenic, cadmium, or mercury is present — even at parts-per-billion levels.

Good foods to test

  • Baby food & infant formula
  • Rice & rice-based products
  • Chocolate & cocoa products
  • Spices (turmeric, cinnamon, oregano)
  • Root vegetables (sweet potatoes, carrots)
  • Fruit juices (apple, grape)
  • Protein powders