Gerber Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack

Name: Gerber Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack
Brand: Gerber

0Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 3 contaminants flagged · 1 ingredient to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Gerber Puffs (rice, wheat & oat)

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−64

arsenic−41

cadmium−17

lead−6

Ingredients

−36

natural vanilla flavor−12

rice flour−4

choline bitartrate−4

iron−4

vitamin e−3

3 smaller deductions−9

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Adjustments

What it takes to land on the final number

+10

Minimum score+10

Final score0

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Gerber Puffs (rice, wheat & oat)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Arsenic48.8 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 4.9×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Gerber Puffs Blueberry Puffed Grain Snack

Cadmium14.4 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 2.9×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Gerber Puffs Blueberry Puffed Grain Snack

Lead3.2 ppbof 5 ppb

64% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Gerber Puffs Blueberry Puffed Grain Snack

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Measured in: Gerber Puffs Blueberry Puffed Grain Snack

Ingredients · 15

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Common questions

Is Gerber Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack healthy?

Gerber Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack 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, Gerber Puffs (rice, wheat & oat). 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 Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack?

Gerber Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack lists 15 ingredients, starting with Rice Flour, Whole Wheat Flour, Wheat Starch, Cane Sugar and Whole Grain Oat Flour. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Gerber Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Gerber Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack’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 Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack?

Gerber Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Gerber Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack compare to other baby & toddler snacks?

At 0/100 Gerber Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack 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 Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack organic?

Gerber Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack is not certified organic in our data.

Has Gerber Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Rice flour, whole wheat flour, wheat starch, oat flour, dried apple; conventional) with the other products in its family, Gerber Puffs (rice, wheat & oat), 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 Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack contain heavy metals?

Gerber Non-GMO Baby Food Vanilla Puffs Baby Snack 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 48.8 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Gerber Puffs Blueberry Puffed Grain Snack, cadmium at 14.4 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Gerber Puffs Blueberry Puffed Grain Snack and lead at 3.2 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Gerber Puffs Blueberry Puffed Grain Snack. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

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