Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs

Name: Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs
Brand: Gerber

0Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 4 contaminants flagged · 1 ingredient to avoid

Includes lab results from its product family: Gerber Sorghum Puffs & Teether Wheels

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−67

arsenic−41

cadmium−19

lead−4

mercury−3

Ingredients

−37

natural sweet potato flavor−13

annatto extract color−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

+14

Minimum score+14

Final score0

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Gerber Sorghum Puffs & Teether Wheels

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Arsenic51.5 ppbof 10 ppb

Over the limit — 5.2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Teether Wheels Apple Harvest

Cadmium19.9 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 4×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Banana Puffs Baby Snacks

Lead2.1 ppbof 5 ppb

42% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Teether Wheels Apple Harvest

Mercury0.588 ppbof 2 ppb

29% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Measured in: Teether Wheels Apple Harvest

Ingredients · 12

GoodCautionAvoid

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Common questions

Is Gerber Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs healthy?

Gerber Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs 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 Sorghum Puffs & Teether Wheels. 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 Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs?

Gerber Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs lists 12 ingredients, starting with Whole Grain Sorghum Flour, Cane Sugar, Natural Sweet Potato Flavor, Dried Sweet Potato and Mixed Tocopherols. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Gerber Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Gerber Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs’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 Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs?

Gerber Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Gerber Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs compare to other baby & toddler snacks?

At 0/100 Gerber Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs 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 Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs organic?

Gerber Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs is not certified organic in our data.

Has Gerber Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Whole grain sorghum flour with cane sugar; no rice, cinnamon, cocoa or nut) with the other products in its family, Gerber Sorghum Puffs & Teether Wheels, and 2 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 Gerber Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs contain heavy metals?

Gerber Grain and Grow Sweet Potato Puffs 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 51.5 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Teether Wheels Apple Harvest, cadmium at 19.9 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Banana Puffs Baby Snacks, lead at 2.1 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Teether Wheels Apple Harvest and mercury at 0.588 ppb against a 2 ppb limit in Teether Wheels Apple Harvest. 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.