Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz

Name: Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz
Brand: Bob's Red Mill

73Clean

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit

Measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Lead6 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 1.2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

ArsenicNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

CadmiumNDof 5 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Ingredients · 1

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Common questions

Is Bob's Red Mill Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz healthy?

Bob's Red Mill Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz scores 73/100 on Tallow — our clean band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. 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 Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz?

Bob's Red Mill Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz lists 1 ingredient, starting with Arrowroot Starch. 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 Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Bob's Red Mill Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz’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 Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz?

Bob's Red Mill Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz is NOVA group 2: processed culinary ingredients. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Bob's Red Mill Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz compare to other baking ingredients?

At 73/100 Bob's Red Mill Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz sits in our top band, among the better baking ingredients we have scored. A higher-scoring option in baking ingredients is King Arthur Baking Company Organic Unbleached All-Purpose Flour at 100/100.

Is Bob's Red Mill Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz organic?

Bob's Red Mill Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz is not certified organic in our data.

Has Bob's Red Mill Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz been lab tested?

Yes. 4 substances in Bob's Red Mill Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz have a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Does Bob's Red Mill Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz contain heavy metals?

Yes. A lab detected lead at 6 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Bob's Red Mill Premium Quality Arrowroot Starch/Flour, 16 oz. It also tested for arsenic, cadmium and mercury and found none above its detection limit. Each reading is in the Contaminants section above.

Full methodology: how we score products.