Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal

Name: Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal
Brand: Gerber

12Avoid

Contaminants · 4

1 at/over limit

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

Cadmium17.5 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 3.5×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Lead2.4 ppbof 5 ppb

48% of the limitFDA 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)

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

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

Ingredients · 20

GoodCautionAvoid

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Common questions

Is Gerber Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal healthy?

Gerber Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal scores 12/100 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. 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 Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal?

Gerber Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal lists 20 ingredients, starting with Water, Potatoes, Skim Milk, Butter and Cream. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Gerber Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Gerber Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal’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 Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal?

Gerber Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Gerber Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal compare to other baby food & purees?

At 12/100 Gerber Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal scores worse than most baby food & purees we have scored. A higher-scoring option in baby food & purees is Beech-Nut Organics Just Apples, Stage 1 at 100/100.

Is Gerber Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal organic?

Gerber Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal is not certified organic in our data.

Has Gerber Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal been lab tested?

Yes. 4 substances in Gerber Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal have a laboratory result on file — see the Contaminants section above for each reading and the limit it was measured against.

Does Gerber Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal contain heavy metals?

Yes. A lab detected lead at 2.4 ppb against a 5 ppb limit and cadmium at 17.5 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Gerber Mashed Potatoes & Gravy with Roasted Chicken and Carrots Toddler Meal. It also tested for arsenic and mercury and found none above its detection limit. Each reading is in the Contaminants section above.

Full methodology: how we score products.