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Acrylamide Levels in Dry Cereals

[expressed in parts per billion (ppb)]

Product Wheatena Toasted Wheat Cereal General Mills Cheerios Whole Foods Market 365 Oat Bran Flakes Cereal General Mills Lucky Charms Kellogg's Raisin Bran General Mills Honey Nut Cheerios Health Valley Low-Fat Granola Tropical Fruit Quaker 100% Natural Granola Oats, Honey & Raisins Kellogg's Frosted Mini-Wheats Kellogg's Corn Flakes

MEDIAN

Kellogg's Corn Pops Post Grape-nuts General Mills Cinnamon Toast Crunch Kellogg's Frosted Flakes Breadshop's Sierra Crunch Muesli Kellogg's Rice Krispies Post Selects Great Grains, Raisins, Dates, Pecans Kellogg's M?eslix Cereal with Raisins, Dates & Almonds Heartland Granola Cereal Original Sunbelt Fruit & Nut Granola Cereal, Raisins, Dates & Almonds Familia Original Recipe Swiss Muesli

Acrylamide Content (ppb) 1057

266 189 176 156 146

89 84 78 77

71

71 67 61 52 51 47 44 30 28 20

11

Products in bold print contain levels of acrylamide higher than the median level of products tested by the

Food and Drug Administration.

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Exploratory Data on Acrylamide in Foods and Exploratory Data on Acrylamide in Foods- February 2003 Update.

Acrylamide Levels in Home-Baked French Fries (Unprepared)

[expressed in parts per billion (ppb)]

Product Ore Ida Crispers! Lamb Weston Inland Valley French Fries Lamb Weston Inland Valley Fajita Fries Ore Ida Tater Tots Ore Ida Golden Fries Ore Ida Fast Food Fries

MEDIAN

Ore Ida Golden Crinkles Linden Farms French Fries Shoestring Style Ore Ida Zesties! McCain Crinkle Cut Richfood French Fried Potatoes Ore Ida Golden Twirls

Acrylamide Content (ppb) 218 212 200 199 107

79

77

74 70 67 49 21 20

Products in bold print contain levels of acrylamide higher than the median level of all products tested by the Food and Drug Administration.

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Exploratory Data on Acrylamide in Foods.

Acrylamide Levels in Restaurant French Fries

[expressed in parts per billion (ppb)]

Restaurant Popeyes Fuddruckers Chick-fil-A Checkers

MEDIAN

McDonald's Burger King Arby's Wendy's KFC

Acrylamide Content (ppb) 606 (avg) 399 (avg) 389 332

288

288 262 (avg) 252 228 (avg) 216 (avg)

Products in bold print contain levels of acrylamide higher than the median level of all products tested by the Food and Drug Administration.

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Exploratory Data on Acrylamide in Foods.

Acrylamide Levels in Potato Chips

[expressed in parts per billion (ppb)]

Product Pringles Sweet Mesquite BBQ Flavored Potato Crisps Pringles Ridges Original Potato Crisps Kettle Chips Lightly Salted Natural Gourmet Potato Chips Baked Lay's Potato Crisps Pringles Original Potato Crisps Utz Crisp All Natural Potato Chips Herr's Crisp'N Tasty Potato Chips Lay's WOW! Original Potato Crisps

MEDIAN

Good Health Natural Foods Olive Oil Potato Chips Plain Lay's Classic Potato Chips Ruffles Original Potato Chips Ruffles WOW! Original Potato Crisps Lay's Kettle Cooked Mesquite BBQ Flavored Potato Chips Wavy Lay's Original Potato Chips Grandma Utz's Handcooked Potato Chips Utz's Home Style Kettle-Cooked Potato Chips

Acrylamide Content (ppb) 2510 1286 1265 1096 693 656 (avg) 468 415

400

385 351 (avg) 292 270 198 198 146 117

Products in bold print contain levels of acrylamide higher than the median level of all products tested by the Food and Drug Administration.

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Exploratory Data on Acrylamide in Foods and Exploratory Data on Acrylamide in Foods- February 2003 Update.

Acrylamide Levels in Jarred Baby Food

[expressed in parts per billion (ppb)]

Product Gerber Tender Harvest Organic Sweet Potatoes Beech Nut Stage 2 Vegetables & Chicken Gerber 2nd Foods Sweet Potatoes Gerber 2nd Foods Carrots & Sweet Peas Beech Nut Stage 2 Tender Golden Sweet Potatoes Gerber 2nd Foods Vegetable Chicken Dinner

MEDIAN

Gerber 2nd Foods Green Beans Beech Nut Stage 2 Butternut Squash Beech Nut Stage 2 Carrots & Peas Beech Nut Stage 2 Apples & Cherries Gerber 2nd Foods Apples & Cherries Gerber 2nd Foods Squash

Acrylamide Content (ppb) 92 (avg) 75 68 39 37 30

28

26 22 17 ND ND ND

Products in bold contain levels of acrylamide higher than the median level of all products tested by the Food and Drug Administration.

Source: U.S. Food and Drug Administration. Exploratory Data on Acrylamide in Foods.

Acrylamide Levels in Other Baby Foods: Crackers, Dry Cereals, Others

[expressed in parts per billion (ppb)]

Gerber Finger Food Biter Biscuits

130

Nabisco Arrowroot Biscuit

113

Gerber Graduates for Toddlers Animal Crackers

60

Gerber Finger Foods Fruit Wagon Wheels

20

Nabisco Zwieback Toast

20

MEDIAN

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