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The 2021 Congressional report flagged elevated arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury in major baby food brands. These brands routinely test below FDA reference levels and avoid all synthetic dyes and titanium dioxide.
A 2021 Congressional subcommittee report tested 4 major brands and found arsenic, lead, cadmium, and mercury at levels significantly higher than allowed in bottled water. Some brands have since improved; Beech-Nut exited the rice cereal market.
Titanium dioxide (E171) is rare in dedicated baby food but appears in some toddler chewable vitamins and yogurt drops. The EU banned it from food in 2022 over DNA-damage concerns; the FDA still allows it.
Not necessarily. Heavy metals come from soil and water, which organic farming doesn’t eliminate. Brands that test every batch (Serenity Kids, Cerebelly, Square Baby) are the gold standard.
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