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Trader Joe's Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon

Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon

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Contaminants · 1

1 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Lead850 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 170×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Organic Ground Cinnamon

Ingredients · 1

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Common questions

Is Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon healthy?

Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon scores 13/100 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, Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon. 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 Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon?

Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon lists 1 ingredient, starting with Organic Ground Cinnamon. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon’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 Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon?

Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon 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 Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon compare to other spices & seasonings?

At 13/100 Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon scores worse than most spices & seasonings we have scored. A higher-scoring option in spices & seasonings is Saltix Baja Mineral Sea Salt Fine Grind at 100/100.

Is Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon organic?

Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon is not certified organic in our data.

Has Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Single-ingredient organic ground cinnamon) with the other products in its family, Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon, 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 Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon contain heavy metals?

Trader Joe's Organic Ground Cinnamon itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected lead at 850 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Organic Ground Cinnamon. 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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