Lead Found in Popular Baby Food and Juice Products
17 June 2010
Lead, a highly toxic chemical for children, was found in the following food and drink products for children and babies. The specific food categories included apple juice, grape juice, packaged pears and peaches and fruit cocktail.- Beech Nut 100% Apple Juice
- Del Monte 100% Juice Fruit Cocktail
- Del Monte Freestone Peach Slices in 100 % Juice
- Del Monte Sliced Yellow Cling Peaches in 100 % Juice
- Dole Mixed Fruit in Light Syrup
- Earth’s Best Organics Apple Juice
- Gerber 100% Juice – White Grape Juice
- Gerber 100% Juice Apple Juice
- Gerber 3rd Foods Peaches
- Gerber 3rd Foods Pears
- Hansen’s Natural Apple Juice
- Langers Apple Juice 100% Juice
- Minute Maid Juice Apple – 100% Apple Juice
- Motts 100% Apple Juice
- O Organics Organic Unfiltered Apple Juice Not From Concentrate
- Old Orchard 100% Apple Juice
- R.W. Knudsen Just Concord Grape Juice
- S&W Natural Style Fruit Cocktail in Lightly Sweetened Juice
- Safeway 100% Juice Apple Cider
- Safeway Organic Grape Juice
- Santa Cruz Organic Concord Grape Juice
- Trader Joe’s Certified Organic Apple Juice, pasteurized
- Trader Joe’s Pear Halves in white grape juice
- Tree Top 100% Juice Apple Cider
- Tree Top 100% Juice, Grape
- Walgreens Apple Juice from concentrate 100% juice
- Welch’s 100% Grape Juice (from Welch’s Concord Grapes)
- Welch’s 100% Red Grape Juice from Concentrate
- and many other brands and products
While many foods were tested, many were not. It may be a smart idea to stick to homemade baby food - especially when it comes to apples, pears and peaches - and avoid the contaminated brands until the companies repair the situation.
This is so scary ... my son drinks White Grape juice with his water everyday! That's enough to cause harm if there was actually lead found in the product we buy! Luckily the one he drinks did not have lead found in it! I will admit, there are 2 items on that list I just threw out of my fridge! Make sure you do the same!!!
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