Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous

Name: Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous
Brand: Bob's Red Mill

29Avoid

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Cadmium40.9 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 8.2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Tri-Color Pearl Couscous

Lead5.5 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 1.1×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Tri-Color Pearl Couscous

Arsenic7.8 ppbof 10 ppb

78% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Tri-Color Pearl Couscous

Mercury1.1 ppbof 2 ppb

55% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Measured in: Tri-Color Pearl Couscous

Ingredients · 1

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Common questions

Is Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous healthy?

Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous scores 29/100 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, Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous. 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 Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous?

Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous lists 1 ingredient, starting with Wheat Flour. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous’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 Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous?

Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous 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 Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous compare to other pasta & noodles?

At 29/100 Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous scores worse than most pasta & noodles we have scored. A higher-scoring option in pasta & noodles is Rao's Homemade Spaghetti at 100/100.

Is Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous organic?

Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous is not certified organic in our data.

Has Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Wheat flour pearl couscous; colour powders only) with the other products in its family, Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous, and 1 product in its family has 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 Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous contain heavy metals?

Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous 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 7.8 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Tri-Color Pearl Couscous, cadmium at 40.9 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Tri-Color Pearl Couscous, lead at 5.5 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Tri-Color Pearl Couscous and mercury at 1.1 ppb against a 2 ppb limit in Tri-Color Pearl Couscous. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

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Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous

Breakdown

Lab-measured contaminants

Contaminants · 4

Ingredients · 1

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Common questions

Is Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous healthy?

What is in Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous?

Does Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous contain seed oils?

How processed is Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous?

How does Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous compare to other pasta & noodles?

Is Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous organic?

Has Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous been lab tested?

Does Bob's Red Mill Pearl Couscous contain heavy metals?