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The FDA is warning parents to test their children after lead is found in WanaBana fruit puree pouches | CNN (www.cnn.com)

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 2 years ago (5 children)

How does lead end up in apple sauce?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

My money is on the cinnamon powder. Lead is kinda sweet, pretty common and quite heavy (and thus pretty cheaper per unit weight), and can make colorful pigments... if it wasn't for the toxicity, it could have made quite the versatile food additive. It wouldn't be the first time high levels of lead were found in dried spices/herbs; in fact, it's unsettlingly common.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Oh this makes sense, especially since it's only the Cinnamon flavor.

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