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Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain

Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain

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Contaminants · 5

4 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Aluminum14 ppmof 0.2 ppm
Over the limit — 70×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality (secondary/aesthetic), 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.2 mg/L. NOTE: this is a bottled-water level; it is not an FDA limit for aluminum in solid foods, where no comparable federal limit exists.
Measured in: Mineral Sea Salt Fine Grind, 1 lb
Lead114 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 23×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Mineral Sea Salt Fine Grind
Mercury17.9 ppbof 2 ppb
Over the limit — 8.9×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Mineral Sea Salt
Arsenic16.4 ppbof 10 ppb
Over the limit — 1.6×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Mineral Sea Salt
Cadmium2.94 ppbof 5 ppb
59% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Mineral Sea Salt

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Common questions

Is Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain healthy?

Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain scores 0/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in, plus lab results from its product family, Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

What is in Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain?

Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain lists 1 ingredient, starting with Sodium. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain?

Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain is NOVA group 1: unprocessed or minimally processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain compare to other spices & seasonings?

At 0/100 Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain scores worse than most spices & seasonings we have scored. A higher-scoring option in spices & seasonings is Saltix Baja Mineral Sea Salt Fine Grind at 100/100.

Is Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain organic?

Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain is not certified organic in our data.

Has Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Unrefined solar-dehydrated mineral sea salt, fine or natural grain; no additives) with the other products in its family, Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt, and 3 products in its family have been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain contain heavy metals?

Baja Gold Mineral Sea Salt Natural Grain itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected arsenic at 16.4 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Mineral Sea Salt, cadmium at 2.94 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Mineral Sea Salt, lead at 114 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Mineral Sea Salt Fine Grind and mercury at 17.9 ppb against a 2 ppb limit in Mineral Sea Salt. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.

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