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Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee

Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee

70Clean
USDA Organic

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Mount Hagen Organic Instant Coffee
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Arsenic13.6 ppbof 10 ppb
Over the limit — 1.4×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Organic Fairtrade Freeze Dried Medium Roast Instant Coffee
Lead5.58 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 1.1×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Organic Fairtrade Freeze Dried Medium Roast Instant Coffee
CadmiumNDof 5 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Organic Fairtrade Freeze Dried Medium Roast Instant Coffee
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Organic Fairtrade Freeze Dried Medium Roast Instant Coffee

Ingredients · 1

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Common questions

Is Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee healthy?

Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee scores 70/100 on Tallow — our clean 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, Mount Hagen Organic Instant Coffee. 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 Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee?

Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee lists 1 ingredient, starting with Organic Coffee. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee’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 Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee?

Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee 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 Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee compare to other coffee?

At 70/100 Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee sits in our top band, among the better coffee we have scored. A higher-scoring option in coffee is Purity Coffee FLOW Organic Medium Roast Whole Bean Coffee at 100/100.

Is Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee organic?

Yes. Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee carries USDA Organic certification, which is worth +5 points in the score above.

Has Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Organic freeze-dried instant coffee (arabica)) with the other products in its family, Mount Hagen Organic Instant Coffee, 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 Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee contain heavy metals?

Mount Hagen Organic Fairtrade Instant Coffee 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 13.6 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Organic Fairtrade Freeze Dried Medium Roast Instant Coffee and lead at 5.58 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Organic Fairtrade Freeze Dried Medium Roast Instant Coffee. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

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