Heavy Metals in Carrot and Sweet Potato Baby Food: What Parents Should Know
Why carrots and sweet potatoes can carry more lead and cadmium, and how to keep serving them as part of a balanced rotation.
Journals
Comprehensive research and case studies demonstrating the importance of heavy metal testing in consumer products. Our studies provide valuable insights into product safety and regulatory compliance.
Heavy Metals in Applesauce and Fruit Pouches: What Parents Should Know
What testing shows about applesauce, what happened in the 2023 cinnamon applesauce recall, and how to choose fruit cups and pouches.
Why Parents Look for a Certification Mark on Baby Food
What a certification mark on baby food can tell you, what it can't, and what else is worth checking on the package.
Heavy Metal Tested vs Clean Label Project: What Each Seal Means
Two separate programs, two different seals. A plain comparison of what each one is and how to read it on a package.
Heavy Metals in Toddler Snacks: Which Ones Run Higher and What to Choose
Which toddler snacks tend to be higher in heavy metals, simple swaps, and why snacks fall outside FDA's lead action levels.
Heavy Metals in Baby Puffs and Teething Rusks: What Parents Should Know
Why rice puffs and teething rusks test higher for arsenic, how to read the label, and simple alternatives for snacks and teething.
Heavy Metals in Infant Oatmeal: How It Compares to Rice Cereal
How oatmeal compares to rice cereal on heavy metals, what FDA limits cover, and why rotating grains helps.
Heavy Metals in Baby Food Pouches: What Parents Should Know
Pouches are not higher in heavy metals because they are pouches. It depends on what is inside. How to read the label and find test results.
Heavy Metals in Chocolate: Lead & Cadmium in Dark Chocolate, Explained (2026)
Heavy metals in chocolate: how lead and cadmium get into dark chocolate, what Consumer Reports found, and how to choose bars with lower levels.
Is Aluminum a Heavy Metal? The Real Answer (and Where It Shows Up in Food)
Is aluminum a heavy metal? Technically no: it's a light metal with real toxicity concerns. Where aluminum shows up in food and what regulators say.
Heavy Metals in Protein Powder: Lead Levels, Safest Types & What to Avoid (2026)
Heavy metals in protein powder: what Consumer Reports and Clean Label Project found on lead, which types test lower, and how to pick a safer powder.
Cerebelly Baby Food & Heavy Metals: What Independent Data Shows (2026)
Cerebelly heavy metals review: Clean Label Project award, the truth about the 2023 recall, AB 899 batch data, and what independent testing shows in 2026.
Gerber Baby Food & Heavy Metals: What Testing Shows in 2026
Gerber baby food heavy metals review: 2021 congressional findings, FDA lead action levels, QR-code batch data, and what independent testing shows in 2026.
Beech-Nut Baby Food & Heavy Metals: Test Data, Recall History & 2026 Update
Beech Nut heavy metals review: the 2021 congressional findings, rice cereal recall, lawsuit status, and how to read Beech-Nut's batch test data in 2026.
Heavy Metals in Spices: Lead in Turmeric, Cinnamon & What to Buy Instead
Heavy metals in spices: why lead shows up in turmeric and cinnamon, what the recalls revealed, and how to choose safer spice brands.