2023 Lab Results:

Cadmium - .7 µg/serving

Our results for cadmium testing were dramatically lower than the Maximum Allowable Dose Levels (MADLs), at .7 µg/serving

This puts us in the bottom 9th percentile for concentration/serving.

According to Prop 65, the MADL for Cadmium is 4.1 µg/serving.

This means our chocolate has a cadmium concentration lower than 91% of the 469 products tested.

Lead - None Detected

Our results for lead testing were "None Detected," meaning the results were below the laboratory detection limit of .05 mg/Kg .

This puts us in the bottom 3rd percentile for Pb concentration/serving.

This means our chocolate has a lead concentration lower than 97% of commercially available chocolate (According to lab results from 469 chocolate products on As you Sow, 2023).

For our complete Ca and Pb test results, click here.

Further Reading:

Metal Contaminants and the EU’s Legislation Timeline
https://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/topics/topic/metals-contaminants-food

Heavy Metals in Foods
https://www.agqlabs.us.com/heavy-metals-in-foods/

Proposition 65 in Plain Language
https://oehha.ca.gov/proposition-65/general-info/proposition-65-plain-language