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Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks

Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks

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Contaminants · 13

1 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Gerber Yogurt Melts
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP)19 ppbof 6 ppb
Over the limit — 3.2×US EPA drinking-water MCL, 40 CFR 141.61(c) — 0.006 mg/L. Applied to all foods as the TIGHTEST published DEHP number; the EU food-contact limit is looser (Reg. (EU) 10/2011 as amended by 2023/1442: SML 0.6 mg/kg, plus the 0.6 mg/kg DEHP-equivalent group limit with DBP/BBP/DIBP).
Measured in: Strawberry Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks
Diethylhexyl Adipate0.028 ppmof 18 ppm
<1% of the limitEU food-contact plastics, Reg. (EU) 10/2011 — DEHA (FCM 207) SML 18 mg/kg.
Measured in: Strawberry Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks
Di (2-ethylhexyl) Terephthalate0.042 ppmof 60 ppm
<1% of the limitEU food-contact plastics, Reg. (EU) 10/2011 — DEHT (FCM 798) SML 60 mg/kg, group restriction with DINCH. No tighter published limit exists (EFSA TDI 1 mg/kg bw/day).
Measured in: Strawberry Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks
1h,1h,2h,2h-perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (6:2 Fts)NDnone found
Not detected
Measured in: Strawberry Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks
ArsenicNDof 10 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Strawberry Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks
Bisphenol a (BPA)NDof 1 ppb
Not detectedEU Reg. (EU) 2024/3190 — BPA banned in food-contact materials from 20 Jan 2025 (old 0.05 mg/kg SML repealed); the residual exemptions require NO detectable migration at a 1 ug/kg detection limit. 1 ppb is therefore the tightest published number.
Measured in: Strawberry Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks
CadmiumNDof 5 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Strawberry Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks
Dibutyl PhthalateNDof 120 ppb
Not detectedEU food-contact plastics, Reg. (EU) 10/2011 as amended by 2023/1442 — DBP SML 0.12 mg/kg (cut from 0.3). Also inside the 0.6 mg/kg DEHP-equivalent group limit (DBP x5).
Measured in: Strawberry Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks
Diisobutyl PhthalateNDof 150 ppb
Not detectedEU food-contact plastics, Reg. (EU) 2023/1442 group restriction — DBP x5 + DIBP x4 + BBP x0.1 + DEHP <= 0.6 mg/kg DEHP-equivalents, so DIBP alone may not exceed 0.15 mg/kg. DIBP is not itself an authorised substance.
Measured in: Strawberry Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks
DimethylphthalateNDof 10 ppb
Not detectedDMP is not on the EU Union list of substances authorised in food-contact plastics (Reg. (EU) 10/2011 Annex I), so no migration is permitted. Set at 0.01 mg/kg, the detection limit 10/2011 uses for not-detectable (ND) restrictions.
Measured in: Strawberry Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks
Inorganic ArsenicNDnone found
Not detected
Measured in: Strawberry Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks
LeadNDof 5 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Strawberry Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Strawberry Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks

Ingredients · 12

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Common questions

Is Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks healthy?

Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks 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, Gerber Yogurt Melts. 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 Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks?

Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks lists 12 ingredients, starting with Cultured Reduced Fat Milk, Sugar, Banana Puree, Nonfat Dry Milk and Tapioca Starch. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks’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 Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks?

Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks compare to other baby & toddler snacks?

At 29/100 Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks scores worse than most baby & toddler snacks we have scored. A higher-scoring option in baby & toddler snacks is Amara Organic Yogurt Smoothie Melts Mango Carrot at 100/100.

Is Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks organic?

Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks is not certified organic in our data.

Has Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Cultured reduced-fat milk, sugar, fruit puree, tapioca starch, gelatin; conventional) with the other products in its family, Gerber Yogurt Melts, 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 Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks contain heavy metals?

Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab tested them for arsenic, cadmium, inorganic arsenic, lead and mercury and found none above its detection limit. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Does Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks contain phthalates?

Gerber Banana Vanilla Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks itself has not been tested for phthalates, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected DEHP at 19 ppb against a 6 ppb limit in Strawberry Yogurt Melts Baby & Toddler Snacks. 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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