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Gerber Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal

Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal

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Contaminants · 15

4 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Gerber Organic Oatmeal Cereal
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Cadmium15.3 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 3.1×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP)10 ppbof 6 ppb
Over the limit — 1.7×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: Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal
Arsenic12.1 ppbof 10 ppb
Over the limit — 1.2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal
Dimethylphthalate10.2 ppbof 10 ppb
Just over the limitDMP 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: Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal
Lead3.1 ppbof 5 ppb
62% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal
Di (2-ethylhexyl) Terephthalate0.085 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: Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal
1h,1h,2h,2h-perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (6:2 Fts)4.56 ppbfound
Detected · no published limit
Measured in: Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal
Inorganic Arsenic10 ppbfound
Detected · no published limit
Measured in: Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal
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 (EU) 2024/3190 — BPA banned in food-contact materials from 20 Jan 2025 (old 0.05 mg/kg SML repealed); the residual exemptions require NO detectable migration at a 1 ug/kg detection limit. 1 ppb is therefore the tightest published number.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: Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal
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: Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal
Diethylhexyl AdipateNDof 18 ppm
Not detectedEU food-contact plastics, Reg. (EU) 10/2011 — DEHA (FCM 207) SML 18 mg/kg.
Measured in: Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal
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: Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal
Dimethylarsinic AcidNDnone found
Not detected
Measured in: Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal
Monomethylarsonic AcidNDnone found
Not detected
Measured in: Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal

Ingredients · 12

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Common questions

Is Gerber Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal healthy?

Gerber Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal 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 Organic Oatmeal Cereal. 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 Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal?

Gerber Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal lists 12 ingredients, starting with Vitamins and Minerals: Calcium Carbonate, Choline Bitartrate, Vitamin c (Ascorbic Acid), Iron (Electrolytic) and Zinc Sulfate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Gerber Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Gerber Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal’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 Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal?

Gerber Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal is NOVA group 1: unprocessed or minimally processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Gerber Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal compare to other cereal?

At 0/100 Gerber Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal scores worse than most cereal we have scored. A higher-scoring option in cereal is Lovebird Grain Free Honey Breakfast Cereal at 100/100.

Is Gerber Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal organic?

Gerber Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal is not certified organic in our data.

Has Gerber Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Organic whole grain oat flour; no rice, cocoa or nut) with the other products in its family, Gerber Organic Oatmeal Cereal, 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 Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal contain heavy metals?

Gerber Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal 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 12.1 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal, cadmium at 15.3 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal, inorganic arsenic at 10 ppb in Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal and lead at 3.1 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Does Gerber Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal contain phthalates?

Gerber Organic Oatmeal Baby Cereal itself has not been tested for phthalates, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected DEHP at 10 ppb against a 6 ppb limit in Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal and dimethylphthalate at 10.2 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Organic Single Grain Oatmeal Baby Cereal. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

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