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Gerber Stage 1 Rice Baby Cereal

Stage 1 Rice Baby Cereal

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Contaminants · 15

3 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Gerber Rice 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.

Arsenic90.1 ppbof 10 ppb
Over the limit — 9×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz
Cadmium15 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 3×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz
Di(2-ethylhexyl) Phthalate (DEHP)15 ppbof 6 ppb
Over the limit — 2.5×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: Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz
Dimethylphthalate4.2 ppbof 10 ppb
42% of 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: Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz
Diethylhexyl Adipate0.0073 ppmof 18 ppm
<1% of the limitEU food-contact plastics, Reg. (EU) 10/2011 — DEHA (FCM 207) SML 18 mg/kg.
Measured in: Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz
1h,1h,2h,2h-perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (6:2 Fts)7.59 ppbfound
Detected · no published limit
Measured in: Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz
Dimethylarsinic Acid36 ppbfound
Detected · no published limit
Measured in: Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz
Inorganic Arsenic63 ppbfound
Detected · no published limit
Measured in: Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz
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 (EU) 2024/3190 — BPA banned in food-contact materials from 20 Jan 2025 (old 0.05 mg/kg SML repealed); the residual exemptions require NO detectable migration at a 1 ug/kg detection limit. 1 ppb is therefore the tightest published number.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: Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz
Di (2-ethylhexyl) TerephthalateNDof 60 ppm
Not detectedEU 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: Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz
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: Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz
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: Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz
LeadNDof 5 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz
Monomethylarsonic AcidNDnone found
Not detected
Measured in: Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz

Ingredients · 15

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Common questions

Is Gerber Stage 1 Rice Baby Cereal healthy?

Gerber Stage 1 Rice 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 Rice 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 Stage 1 Rice Baby Cereal?

Gerber Stage 1 Rice Baby Cereal lists 15 ingredients, starting with Iron Ferrous Fumarate, Vitamin c (Ascorbic Acid), Zinc Sulfate, Vitamin e (alpha Tocopheryl Acetate) and Niacinamide. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Gerber Stage 1 Rice Baby Cereal contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Gerber Stage 1 Rice 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 Stage 1 Rice Baby Cereal?

Gerber Stage 1 Rice Baby Cereal is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Gerber Stage 1 Rice Baby Cereal compare to other cereal?

At 0/100 Gerber Stage 1 Rice 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 Stage 1 Rice Baby Cereal organic?

Gerber Stage 1 Rice Baby Cereal is not certified organic in our data.

Has Gerber Stage 1 Rice Baby Cereal been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Conventional rice flour baby cereal with soy lecithin; rice present) with the other products in its family, Gerber Rice 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 Stage 1 Rice Baby Cereal contain heavy metals?

Gerber Stage 1 Rice 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 90.1 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz, cadmium at 15 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz and inorganic arsenic at 63 ppb in Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Does Gerber Stage 1 Rice Baby Cereal contain phthalates?

Gerber Stage 1 Rice 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 15 ppb against a 6 ppb limit in Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz and dimethylphthalate at 4.2 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Cereal for Baby Rice, 1st Foods Supported Sitter, 8 oz. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

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