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Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios

Lightly Salted Pistachios

31Avoid
Non-GMO Project Verified

Contaminants · 4

3 at/over limit
From lab tests of this product’s family
Wonderful Pistachios (plain and seasoned)
This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

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

Arsenic37 ppbof 10 ppb
Over the limit — 3.7×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)
Measured in: Roasted & Salted Pistachios
Cadmium12 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 2.4×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Roasted & Salted Pistachios
Lead6 ppbof 5 ppb
Over the limit — 1.2×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L
Measured in: Roasted & Salted Pistachios
MercuryNDof 2 ppb
Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L
Measured in: Roasted & Salted Pistachios

Ingredients · 2

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Common questions

Is Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios healthy?

Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios scores 31/100 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, Wonderful Pistachios (plain and seasoned). 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 Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios?

Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios lists 2 ingredients, starting with Pistachios and Sea Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios’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 Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios?

Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios is NOVA group 3: processed, but not ultra-processed. NOVA runs 1 to 4, where 1 is whole food and 4 is ultra-processed.

How does Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios compare to other nuts & seeds?

At 31/100 Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios scores worse than most nuts & seeds we have scored. A higher-scoring option in nuts & seeds is Aldi Dry Roasted Organic Peanuts at 100/100.

Is Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios organic?

Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios is not certified organic in our data.

Has Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Roasted pistachios, in shell or shelled; salt and seasonings only as flavour; no cocoa, rice or cinnamon) with the other products in its family, Wonderful Pistachios (plain and seasoned), 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 Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios contain heavy metals?

Wonderful Lightly Salted Pistachios 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 37 ppb against a 10 ppb limit in Roasted & Salted Pistachios, cadmium at 12 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Roasted & Salted Pistachios and lead at 6 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Roasted & Salted Pistachios. 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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