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Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa

Organic Rainbow Quinoa

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Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Good & Gather Organic Quinoa
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Cadmium27.3 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 5.5×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Organic Quinoa
Arsenic14.7 ppbof 10 ppb
Over the limit — 1.5×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Organic Quinoa
Lead4.3 ppbof 5 ppb
86% of the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Organic Quinoa
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Organic Quinoa

Ingredients · 3

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Common questions

Is Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa healthy?

Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa scores 37/100 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, Good & Gather Organic Quinoa. 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 Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa?

Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa lists 3 ingredients, starting with Organic White Quinoa, Organic Red Quinoa and Organic Black Quinoa. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa’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 Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa?

Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa 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 Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa compare to other rice & grains?

At 37/100 Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa scores worse than most rice & grains we have scored. A higher-scoring option in rice & grains is Simple Truth Organic Long Grain White Rice at 100/100.

Is Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa organic?

Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa is not certified organic in our data.

Has Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Dry organic quinoa (white or tricolor); no rice) with the other products in its family, Good & Gather Organic Quinoa, 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 Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa contain heavy metals?

Good & Gather Organic Rainbow Quinoa 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 14.7 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Organic Quinoa, cadmium at 27.3 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Organic Quinoa and lead at 4.3 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Organic Quinoa. 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.

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