Cataloged. Sourced. By the numbers.
Lead Safe Mama food testing. The receipts.
We pulled 451 of her published food test reports and cross-referenced each one with the lab that signed it. Then we mapped that against what she charges the public per test, in her own words, on her own budget page. Here is the audit.
This page is not a critique of the work she has done on dishes, toys, or ceramics, where her XRF approach is genuinely the right tool. This is a focused audit of one specific operation: her food testing program, the lab she actually sends those samples to, and the dollars she solicits from the public per test. Every claim below cites a primary source. Every quote is verbatim. The math is transparent.
451
food test reports cataloged across her food-tests archive (March 2024 to May 2026)
167
signed by Purity Laboratories (her current lab, since March 2025)
284
signed by SimpleLab (her previous lab, stopped using March 2025)
$495
per product solicited (her published "Community Sponsorship" rate)
~10 mi
distance from her Portland office to Purity Labs in Lake Oswego, OR (samples hand-delivered, in her own words)
What she charges, in her own words.
From her own budget page, published openly. The line items below are reproduced verbatim, with only the column-alignment formatting added.
"Individual/Group Sponsorship: $495.00 per product. Manufacturer Collaboration: $575.00 per product. Our costs include both the cost for testing and for reporting on the test results, as well as an allocation of overhead costs specifically related to the Lead Safe Mama, LLC Community Collaborative Laboratory Testing Initiative."
Source: tamararubin.com/budget (visited 2026-05-07).
The $495 is itemized on the same page. Reproduced here:
Lab Testing"$100 to $498 for Ultra Low Level Testing of one product"
$100–498
Product Purchasecost of buying the actual retail item to test
$2–450
Payment ProcessingGoFundMe, Stripe, or similar
$35–50
Administrative & Support"allocation of overhead costs"
$180–325
Lead Safe Mama's Timevolunteered, per her own page
$0
Solicited per product
$495
The line that matters most is the first one. "Lab Testing: $100 to $498." The rest of this page is about whether that range reflects what her lab is actually charging her right now, in her own published workflow.
What lab she actually uses, in her own words.
Four direct admissions, all from her own posts. The pattern is clear, and she has been transparent about the switch.
1. She named Purity Labs as her current lab in April 2025.
"We have found that not only does Purity have very high standards, but they are also excellent communicators! These were only two of the deciding factors in Lead Safe Mama, LLC choosing to work with Purity, which we began doing last month (in March of 2025) for segments of our Laboratory testing initiative... I have complete confidence in Purity's scientific methodology and the accuracy of their testing."
Source: tamararubin.com/2025/04/i-tested-negative
2. She confirmed Purity Labs is in the Portland metro area and that samples are hand-delivered.
"Batches of products are processed for testing between two and three times each month and hand delivered to the lab for testing (the lab we are currently using as our primary lab is located in the Portland, Oregon metro area)."
Source: Garden of Life Multi 40+ post (April 2026)
3. She explained, in a comment thread, why she stopped using SimpleLab.
"we are no longer using simple lab because we paid for a lot of low level detection testing and the results were not as low as had been promised."
Source: comment thread on May 2024 "how to test food yourself" post
4. Her older published kit pricing through SimpleLab was $195.
"$195 — Cost of test kit from Simple Lab"
Source: same May 2024 post (above). This is the only specific dollar figure she has published for the lab fee on a single 4-metal ICP-MS panel.
So to be precise: in her own words, since March 2025 she has used Purity Laboratories, located in the Portland metro area, with samples hand-delivered. Before March 2025 she used SimpleLab, at her own quoted rate of $195 per kit. Her budget page solicits $495 per product with a "Lab Testing $100 to $498" line. The lab fee component therefore needs to be evaluated against what Purity Labs actually charges, not what SimpleLab once charged.
Purity Labs, the basics.
Public information from the lab's own website.
- Address: 17387 SW 63rd Avenue, Lake Oswego, OR 97035 (source)
- Phone: (503) 297-3636 / toll-free (800) 977-3636
- Accreditation: ISO/IEC 17025:2017
- Methods in-house: ICP-MS, GC-MS, LC-MS (heavy-metals page)
- Pricing: not published publicly. Purity Labs is a commercial environmental lab and quotes per project. The "Order a Test" workflow on their site requires direct contact.
- Driving distance from Lead Safe Mama HQ: approximately 10 miles. Lead Safe Mama has confirmed in writing (quote above) that samples are hand-delivered.
Purity Labs publishes a price list. Its CH114 panel (4-metal: lead, arsenic, mercury, cadmium) is $80 per sample and its CH095 panel (5-metal, adding chromium) is $100, both with digestion included (Purity Laboratories 2023-2024 price list, puritylabsinc.com). We cannot state which panel tier or submission volume Lead Safe Mama uses, but the published single-sample lab cost is $80 to $100 depending on panel.
The $498 high end of her published "Lab Testing" line refers to her older "Ultra Low Level Testing" tier, which was a SimpleLab product. We have not been able to find a Purity Labs equivalent that costs $498 per panel.
Where the budget framing is still SimpleLab-shaped.
Her budget page is dated "Updated: April 2026." Three line items on it sit in tension with the rest of her own published material. We are flagging these as observable inconsistencies, not as accusations of bad faith. Each is sourced from her own pages.
1. The lab-fee range still describes SimpleLab pricing, not Purity Labs pricing.
"$100 to $498 — Cost of laboratory testing. Cost is for 'Ultra Low Level Testing' ... Cost can be higher than noted in this range if we included testing for other metals (depending on the lab used)"
Source: /budget (April 2026)
The $498 high end is specifically SimpleLab's "Ultra Low Level Testing" upcharge tier. SimpleLab's regular ICP-MS kit was the $195 figure she cites in her May 2024 "how to test food yourself" post; the $239 and $498 tiers are her own descriptions of SimpleLab's elevated-sensitivity options. She moved to Purity Labs in March 2025 (her own statement on /2025/04/i-tested-negative/), roughly 13 months before the April 2026 budget update. Purity Labs' published price is $80 for the CH114 4-metal panel and $100 for the CH095 5-metal panel (digestion included). Her budget page has not been updated to reflect Purity's published pricing.
2. The product-purchase ceiling escalated 3× without a documented change in her sourcing approach.
The 451-report catalog.
Every row is one published food test post on tamararubin.com. The "Lab" column is determined by reading the lab report image at the bottom of each post (Purity Labs letterhead vs SimpleLab cover sheet). The "LSM solicited" column is $495 per product (her published Community Sponsorship rate on tamararubin.com/budget) except for the 6 Bobbie items, which were manufacturer-funded ($0 to community per her own disclosure). Click any product name to open the source post.
* Bryan Johnson Blueprint Longevity Mix (row 38) was published as a chart-only post; we have inferred Purity Labs based on the May 2025 publication date and her stated workflow. The SimpleLab fee assumption is her own quoted rate of $195. The Purity Labs fee ($80) is the published CH114 list price (4-metal panel, digestion included). Retail prices are typical-shelf estimates based on Amazon and brand-site pricing.
The math.
Three ways to read it. All three end in roughly the same place.
Read 1: aggregate, all 451 tests at her own quoted rates.
Estimated true cost across all 451 tests: $81,278
What she actually solicited from the community at $495/product: $220,275 (445 community-funded × $495 + 6 manufacturer-funded × $0)
Spread: $138,997 over the cataloged volume.
Multiplier: ~2.71× the bottom-up estimated cost.
Read 2: only the 167 Purity Labs reports (her current workflow since March 2025).
Average estimated cost per test: ~$95 (avg retail ~$15 + $80 lab + $0 ship hand-delivered).
Solicited rate: $495 per product (her budget page).
Multiplier: ~5.21× her estimated true cost.
Read 3: just the lab-fee line.
Her budget page line: $100 to $498 per product.
Purity Labs published CH114 lab fee (4-metal, digestion included): $80 per sample.
Spread on the lab-fee line alone: $20 to $418 per product, before any of the other line items.
Estimated true cost across all 451 tests: $81,278
What she actually solicited from the community at $495/product: $220,275 (445 community-funded × $495 + 6 manufacturer-funded × $0)
Spread: $138,997 over the cataloged volume.
Multiplier: ~2.71× the bottom-up estimated cost.
Read 2: only the 167 Purity Labs reports (her current workflow since March 2025).
Average estimated cost per test: ~$95 (avg retail ~$15 + $80 lab + $0 ship hand-delivered).
Solicited rate: $495 per product (her budget page).
Multiplier: ~5.21× her estimated true cost.
Read 3: just the lab-fee line.
Her budget page line: $100 to $498 per product.
Purity Labs published CH114 lab fee (4-metal, digestion included): $80 per sample.
Spread on the lab-fee line alone: $20 to $418 per product, before any of the other line items.
What we are saying, precisely
We are not asserting Lead Safe Mama is pocketing the spread. Her budget page is transparent about allocating $180 to $325 per product to "Administrative & Support" overhead. Some of the spread reflects real business expenses (her time on individual tests, sample archival, retests, post production, hosting, communications). She runs a stand-alone operation with stand-alone overhead, and that overhead is real.
What we are saying is that the lab fee component of that $495 solicitation does not match what Purity Labs charges a commercial customer, and her continued use of the "$100 to $498" range on her budget page leans on the older SimpleLab pricing model (her quoted $195 kit, or her $498 "Ultra Low Level Testing" upcharge). Since March 2025 she has used Purity Labs at hand-delivered volume rates. The page has not been updated to reflect that.
Whether the spread is justified is the reader's call. The point of this audit is to make the gap visible and let the reader decide.
Year-over-year retests. Same brand, different batch, different number.
Lead Safe Mama has retested six of her own previously-tested products one year apart. Same brand, same author, two different batches. Here is what the data actually shows. Lab vendor changed between rounds (SimpleLab in 2024, Purity Labs in 2025), which complicates direct comparison at low ppb levels — see caveats.
| Product | Round 1 | Round 2 | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 365 Whole Foods Cinnamon | Pb 16.0 ppb Cd 120 ppb 2024 · SimpleLab |
Pb 109.6 ppb Cd 165.7 ppb 2025 · Purity |
Pb +585% (~7×) Cd +38% |
| General Mills Cheerios | As 31.0 ppb 2024 · SimpleLab |
As 45.47 ppb 2025 · Purity |
As +47% |
| Jovial Einkorn Flour | ND 2024 · SimpleLab (LOD 1.5) |
Pb 6.12 ppb Cd 5.03 ppb 2025 · Purity (LOD 5) |
Newly detected near LOD may be lab-floor artifact |
| One Degree Sprouted Rolled Oats | ND 2024 · SimpleLab |
Cd 13.15 ppb As 11.36 ppb 2025 · Purity |
Newly detected above both LODs · real change |
| Death Wish Coffee | ND 2024 · SimpleLab |
Cd 6.89 ppb 2025 · Purity |
Newly detected near LOD may be lab-floor artifact |
| Bobbie Infant Formula (4 SKUs) | ND across panel 2024 · SimpleLab · manufacturer-funded |
ND across panel 2025 · Purity · manufacturer-funded |
Clean both rounds funding source: brand under test |
What the data actually says
The 365 Cinnamon receipt is the headline. Same brand, two ICP-MS results, lead went from 16 ppb (2024) to 109.6 ppb (2025). Cinnamon is the textbook case for batch-to-batch variability — sourced from multiple countries (Vietnam, Indonesia, Sri Lanka), different growing conditions, different processing. A 7× swing in lead between two retail bags of the same brand is exactly the pattern we frame on /pages/contested-foods. The 16 ppb result is real for the 2024 batch. The 109.6 ppb result is real for the 2025 batch. Neither is "the 365 Cinnamon value" because there isn't one.
Cheerios is the second-cleanest case. +47% on arsenic, well above both labs' detection floors. Real signal, not artifact.
The Bobbie pair is the methodological flag. Both rounds were funded by the manufacturer being tested. Both came back clean. Bobbie sits on her recommended Safer Choices list. Same financial relationship, same outcome, two years running. Not a fact pattern that satisfies independence requirements for federal monitoring programs.
The lab-vendor caveat
Round 1 tests were done at SimpleLab (limit of detection ~1.5 ppb). Round 2 tests were done at Purity Labs (limit of detection ~5 ppb). The "newly detected near LOD" cases (Jovial Einkorn, Death Wish Coffee) could be partially lab-floor artifacts — Round 1 may have detected the same level but not reported it because it was below SimpleLab's reporting limit. The Cheerios and 365 Cinnamon cases are not affected by this caveat because the values are well above both labs' reporting limits, so the change is real.
Per-product breakdowns (404 live).
One detectlead.com landing page per Lead Safe Mama food test, with the dose math, the retail facts, the budget-cost analysis, and a sealed-sample retest offer. Currently 404 live. The remaining ~47 entries from her food-tests archive are meta-posts (comparative chart roundups, methodology updates, fundraising posts) that aren't single-product test reports.
- 'The Original Irish Crisp' Tayto Potato Crisps in Salt →
- 2025 Retest: Testing Jacobsen Salt Co. Pure Kosher Sea →
- 2025 Retest: Testing West Life Organic Unsweetened →
- 365 All-Purpose Flour →
- 365 Dry Roasted Peanuts →
- 365 Morning O's →
- 365 Organic Olive Oil →
- 365 Whole Foods Market Organic California Sun-Dried →
- 365 Whole Foods Market Organic Cocoa Powder →
- 365 Whole Foods Market Organic Dry Roasted Macadamia →
- 365 Whole Foods Market Organic Ground Cinnamon Powder →
- 365 Whole Foods Market Organic Ground Cinnamon — →
- 365 Whole Foods Market Organic Italian Balsamic Vinegar →
- 365 Whole Foods Market Organic Sea Salt Potato Chips →
- 365 Whole Foods Market Organic Unrefined Coconut Sugar →
- A brand called "SeekingHealth" should NOT be →
- A Vogel. Herbamare Original Certified Organic →
- Akasha Superfoods Liposomal Sea Moss Gel (Premium Gold →
- All U.S. federal agencies agree there is no safe level →
- Amafil Polvilho Doce Sweet Manioc Starch Yuca Flour, →
- Amara Organic Smoothie Melts in Carrot Raspberry Flavor →
- Amara Organic Smoothie Melts in Mighty Sweet Greens →
- Amazon Grocery Ground Cinnamon →
- Amy's Organic Black Bean Burgers →
- Ancient Nutrition Bone Broth →
- Ancient Nutrition Multi Collagen Protein Whole Food →
- Andean Dream Organic Quinoa Pasta (Fusilli) →
- Annie's Cheddar Bunnies →
- Annie's Mac & Cheese →
- Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunnies →
- Anthony's Organic Blanched Almond Flour (Extra Fine, →
- Anthony's Organic Cocoa Powder →
- Anthony's Organic Instant Coffee →
- Anthony's Organic Roasted Carob Powder →
- Anthony's Organic Tiger Nut Flour (Gluten Free, Extra →
- Anthony's Premium Organic Cane Sugar →
- Aquaphor Baby Healing Paste →
- ARMRA Colostrum →
- AshaPops popped water lily seeds (in vegan cheese →
- August 2024 →
- August 2024 →
- Baby Ddrops Organic Liquid Vitamin D3 Supplement →
- Babybel Mini Snack Cheeses (wrapped in red wax) →
- Baja Gold Salt Co. Mineral Sea Salt, Fine Grind (from →
- Bamba Peanut Butter Puffs Non GMO Kosher →
- Barbara's Gluten Free Original Cheese Puffs →
- Barbara's Puffins Original Cereal →
- Barnana Plantain Chips →
- Beam Minerals Micro-Boost Complete Mineral Supplement →
- Bear Fruit Rolls in Apple-Pear Mango flavor →
- Big Tree Farms Coconut Sugar →
- Biome Boosters Vitamin C D →
- Birch Benders Paleo Pancake Waffle Mix →
- Bob's Red Mill Arrowroot Flour →
- Bob's Red Mill Cassava Flour →
- Bob's Red Mill Organic Extra Thick Whole Grain Rolled →
- Bob's Red Mill Tapioca Flour →
- Bobbie Infant Formula →
- Bobbie Organic Gentle Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder →
- Bobbie Organic Infant Formula Milk Based Powder With Iron →
- Bobbie Whole Milk Infant Formula Milk-Based Powder →
- Bragg Organic Raw-Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar →
- Brain MD by Daniel Amen MDs Happy Saffron Plus →
- Bryan Johnson Blueprint Snake Oil Extra Virgin Olive →
- Bryan Johnson's Blueprint Longevity Mix →
- Bryan Johnson's Blueprint Matcha →
- Cadbury's Dairy Milk Fruit & Nut Chocolate Bar →
- Cadbury's Milk Chocolate Mini Eggs →
- Califia Farms Almond Latte Coffee & Almond Milk (XX →
- Canadian Product →
- Cascadian Farm Organic Gluten Free Fruitful O's →
- CauliPuffs Cauliflower Snack in White Cheddar Flavor →
- Cavendish & Harvey (Made in Germany) Wild Berry Drops →
- Chameleon Organic Handcrafted Cold-Brew Super →
- Cheerios →
- Chosen Foods 100% Pure Organic Avocado Oil →
- Clean Creatine (100% Creapure, Made in Germany) →
- Clean Label Project 'Purity Award Winning' Baby Food →
- Clean Nutraceuticals NAC Defend →
- Clif Bar in Chocolate Chip Flavor →
- Clif Kid Organic Chocolate Brownie ZBars →
- Clif Kid Organic Zbar in Iced Oatmeal Cookie Flavor →
- CocoaVia Cardio Health Supplement Powder →
- Dave's Killer Bread 21 Whole Grains →
- Dave's Killer Bread, White Bread Done Right →
- Designs for Health Prenatal Pro Dietary Supplement →
- Diamond Crystal Pure and Natural Kosher Salt →
- DO Organic Ceremonial Matcha for Lead, Mercury, →
- Doctor's Best High Absorption Magnesium Lysinate →
- Doctor's Best Vitamin C with Q-C →
- Dr Green Mom Prenatal Postnatal Daily Nutrients →
- Dr. Bronner's Organic Whole Kernel Virgin Coconut Oil →
- Dr. Ron's Ultra-Pure Doc's Daily Multivitamin Plus →
- Druera Ceylon Cinnamon Powder →
- Earth Balance Original Vegan Plant Butter →
- Eden Organic Whole Grain Buckwheat →
- Eden Organic Whole Grain Millet →
- Ellaola Toddlers Unflavored Multivitamins →
- Emerald Cove Organic Toasted Sushi Nori →
- Equal Exchange Organic Baking Cocoa →
- Espure Organic Xylitol →
- Extraordinary (& outrageous!) Test Results for Now →
- Ezekiel 4:9 Sprouted Bread (Orange) →
- Fabula Organic Dark Roast Coffee Beans →
- Fairchild's Organic Raw Unfiltered Apple Cider Vinegar →
- Field Day Organic Elbows (Macaroni), 100% Organic →
- Flackers Flax Seed Crackers in Sea Salt Flavor →
- Flavcity Kids Protein Smoothie →
- Food For Life 7 Sprouted Grains Bread →
- Food For Life Ezekiel 4:9 Golden Flax Sprouted Grain →
- Four Sigmatic Think Organic Coffee →
- Fritos Corn Chips →
- Frontier Co-Op (Not Organic) Grade AA Cinnamon Sticks →
- Frontier Co-Op Organic Ceylon Cinnamon Sticks →
- Frontier Organic Ceylon →
- Fullwell Prenatal Dietary Supplement Capsules →
- Garden of Life Dr. Formulated Probiotics Organic Kids+ →
- Garden of Life Kids Organic Multivitamin Powder, →
- Garden of Life Prenatal →
- Garden of Life Women's Multi 40+ →
- Genemedics Nutrition Magnesium Bisglycinate →
- General Mills Gluten Free Corn Chex Breakfast Cereal →
- General Mills Rice Chex Cereal for Lead, Mercury, →
- Ghiradelli's Premium Baking 100% Cocoa Powder →
- Giant Chewy Sweet Tarts Candy →
- Gimme Organic Roasted Seaweed Snacks in Sea Salt →
- GoGo Squeez Organic AppleCinnamon Fruit On The Go Pouch →
- Gold Medal All Purpose Flour →
- GoMacro Kids MacroBars (Organic) in Cinnamon Roll →
- GoMacro MacroBar in Banana + Almond Butter flavor →
- Good & Gather (Target Brand) Unsweetened 100% Cocoa →
- Grass-Fed Perfect Bovine Gelatin Collagen Protein →
- Great Lakes Wellness Grass-Fed Bovine Collagen →
- Green & Black's White Chocolate →
- Grüns Organic Comprehensive Nutrition Superfoods →
- Haribo Classic Gummy Bears (Made in Germany, Purchased →
- Healthly Nooceptin All-In-One Cognitive Enhancer →
- Heinz Organic Ketchup →
- Hershey's Cocoa →
- Hershey's Milk Chocolate Bars →
- HiPP Bio Combiotik Formula →
- Hippeas Chickpea Puffs in Vegan White Cheddar flavor →
- Holy Kakow Organic Cacao Powder →
- Honest Kids Organic Appley Ever After Juice Drink from →
- Host Defense Mushrooms MyCommunity Supplement Powder →
- How much Mercury Does Safe Catch Wild Ahi Yellowfin →
- How much Mercury Does Safe Catch Wild Albacore Tuna →
- How much Mercury does Safe Catch Wild Elite Pure Tuna →
- Hu Chocolate Gems →
- Integrative Therapeutics Cortisol Manager Stress →
- Jacobsen Salt Company's Pure Italian Fine Sea Salt →
- Jade Leaf Organic Ceremonial Matcha (Barista Edition) →
- Jovial 100% Organic Einkorn All-Purpose Flour →
- Jovial Organic Brown Rice Pasta (Italy) →
- Jovial Organic Chickpeas, Product of Italy →
- Jovial Organic Einkorn Flour (2025 retest) →
- Jovial Organic Grain Free Cassava Pasta →
- Jovial Organic Sourdough Einkorn Crackers in Sea Salt →
- Just Ingredients Chocolate Protein Powder →
- Just Ingredients Mango Lemonade Electrolyte Powder →
- Just Ingredients Prenatal Choline →
- Just Ingredients Vanilla Bean Protein Powder →
- Justin's Organic Milk Chocolate Peanut Butter Cups →
- Kate Farms Pediatric Standard Sole-Source Nutrition →
- Kellogg's Froot Loops cereal →
- Kendamil Goat Toddler Milk Formula (not Organic) →
- Kendamil Organic Infant Formula, Milk-Based Powder →
- Kendamil Whole Milk Infant Formula, Milk-Based Powder →
- Kettle Brand Air Fried Sea Salt and Vinegar Chips →
- Kiki Milk Organic Plant-Based Milk in Chocolate Flavor →
- Kiki Milk Organic Plant-Based Milk in Original Flavor →
- King Arthur Gluten-Free Measure for Measure Flour →
- King Arthur Organic Unbleached Bread Flour →
- Kirkland Applesauce Pouches →
- Kirkland Peanut Butter →
- Kirkland Signature Organic Roasted Seaweed Snack →
- Klaire Labs (now SFI Health) Prenatal and Nursing →
- Kraft Mac & Cheese →
- Lab Report for San Francisco Salt Company Sherpa Pink →
- Laboratory Report for Bobbie Organic Gentle Infant →
- Laboratory Report for Kendamil Goat Infant Formula →
- Laboratory Test Report for Dr. Adorable Inc Perilla →
- Laird Superfood Coconut Superfood Creamer +Adaptogens, →
- LaraBar in Lemon flavor →
- Lay's Classic Potato Chips →
- Lesser Evil Lil Puffs Star Berry Beet Flavor →
- Lesser Evil Lil' Puffs Sweet Potato Apple Asteroid →
- Lesser Evil Lil' Puffs Voyager Veggie Blend →
- Life Extension Melatonin →
- Lindt Classic Recipe White Chocolate Bars (Made in USA) →
- Little SH!TS Supplement Powder →
- Little Spoon BabyBlend in Banana Pitaya Flavor →
- Little Spoon Babyblend in Butternut Squash + Blueberry →
- Little Spoon BabyBlend in Kale, Carrot + Pear Flavor →
- Little Spoon Babyblend in Sweet Potato + Carrot Flavor →
- Little Spoon Babyblend in Sweet Potato Flavor →
- Little Spoon Organic Kale Apple Curls with Ancient →
- Little Spoon Purple Carrot Babyblend →
- LMNT Raw Unflavored Electrolyte Drink Mix →
- Lugol's Iodine (Organic) by Earth Harmony →
- Lumanutrition Saffron Extract Vision Mood Supplement →
- Lundberg Family Farms Organic California White Basmati →
- Made Good Chocolate Drizzled Granola Bars in Birthday →
- Magic Spoon Cereal →
- Maldon Sea Salt →
- Manitoba Harvest Organic Hemp Hearts, Shelled Hemp →
- Marshmallow Peeps Brand Pink Chicks →
- Mary Ruth's Organic Toddler Elderberry Liquid Drops →
- Mary Ruth's Prenatal & Postnatal Sugar Free Liquid →
- Mary Ruth's Vitamin C Gummies Analyzed →
- Mary's Gone Crackers Organic Crackers in Original →
- Masa Traditional Tortilla Chips by Ancient Crunch in Lime Flavor →
- Maseca, Instant Corn Masa Flour (Product of Mexico) →
- McCormick Organic Cinnamon Sticks →
- McIlhenny Co. Tabasco Brand Pepper Sauce →
- MegaFood Baby & Me 2 Prenatal Multi (with Folate & →
- Missy J's Unsweetened Carob Chips →
- Mitica Parmigiano Reggiano Italian Cheese →
- Morton Iodized Salt →
- Mounds Dark Chocolate & Coconut Snack Size Candybars →
- Mount Hagen Organic Fair Trade Instant Coffee →
- Mt. Capra Goat Milk Ghee Grass-Fed Butter →
- Napa Valley Naturals Oak Wood Aged Organic Red Wine →
- Natierra Freeze-Dried Bananas →
- Natierra Freeze-Dried Organic Strawberries →
- Natural Vitality Calm Magnesium Citrate Gummies →
- Natural Whole Nutrition Vital Proteins Collagen →
- Nature Made Prenatal →
- Nature Nate's Better than Popcorn Popped Sorghum (in →
- Nature's Path Envirokidz Organic Chocolate Koala Crisp →
- Nature's Path Envirokidz Organic Gorilla Munch Corn →
- Nature's Way Zinc Lozenges in Wild Berry Flavor →
- NaturesPlus Multivitamin Children's Chewable →
- Navitas Unsweetened Organic Cacao Powder →
- Needed Prenatal Multi Capsules →
- Nestle Carnation Original Malted Milk →
- New Chapter One Daily Every Woman's Multivitamin →
- New Chapter One Daily Prenatal Multivitamin 35+ →
- New Zealand Product →
- New Zealand Product →
- Newman's Own Newman-O's Original Crème Filled →
- Nordic Naturals Kids Vitamin D3 Gummies →
- Nordic Naturals Magnesium Complex for Lead, Mercury, →
- Nordic Naturals Omega-3 →
- Nordic Naturals Prenatal DHA Fish Oil Supplement →
- Nordic Naturals Ultimate Omega 2X Mini Soft Gels →
- Nordic Naturals Zero Sugar Children's DHA Gummy Chews →
- NOW Foods Sunflower Lecithin →
- Now Real Food Organic Raw Cacao Powder →
- Now Real Food Xylitol →
- Oat-Ly Full Fat Oat-Milk →
- October 2024 →
- October 2024 →
- Olipop Cream Soda →
- OLLY Prenatal Gummies →
- Om Mushroom Superfood Master Blend Certified Organic →
- Once Again Unsweetened Creamy Organic Tahini (Only →
- Once Upon A Farm Coconut Melts →
- Once Upon a Farm Dairy Free Smoothie Strawberry Banana →
- Once Upon A Farm Organic Fruit & Veggie Blend →
- Once Upon A Farm Organic Fruit & Veggie Blend (Green →
- Once Upon A Farm Organic Smart Blend (in Pine-Apple →
- Once Upon A Farm Organic Smart Blend (in Ras-Pear-y →
- Once Upon A Farm Tractor Wheels →
- One A Day PreNatal Advanced SoftGels →
- One Degree Organic Gluten Free Sprouted Brown Rice →
- One Degree Organic Gluten Free Sprouted Rolled Oats — →
- One Degree Organic Sprouted Quick Oats →
- One Degree Rolled Oats →
- Orgain Kids Plant Protein Organic Nutritional Shake →
- Organic Dandy Blend Instant Herbal Beverage Powder →
- Organic Death Wish Coffee Co. Espresso Roast (Ground) →
- Organic Genmaicha Tao of Tea, Green Tea & Toasted Rice →
- Organic GoMacro Kids' Macrobars (in Oatmeal Chocolate →
- Organic Humble Potato Chips in Sea Salt & Cider →
- Organic Jovial Einkorn All Purpose Flour (From Italy) →
- Organic Made Good Soft Baked Mini Cookies (in Double →
- Organic Santa Barbara Pistachio Company Salted Kernels →
- Organic Valley Classic Salted Butter →
- Organic Valley Grassmilk Half & Half →
- Organics Ocean Pure Magnesium Glycinate +Low Dose Zinc →
- Ottos Naturals Multi Purpose Cassava Flour →
- Oven-Baked Parm Crisps (Original Flavor) →
- Peanut Butter Perfect Bar: November →
- Pectasol Modified Citrus Pectin for Lead, Mercury, →
- Pendulum Metabolic Daily Dietary Supplement (Live →
- Pepperidge Farm Goldfish →
- Perelel 1st Trimester Prenatal Pack Anti-Nausea Blend →
- Perelel 1st Trimester Prenatal Pack Core Prenatal (2 →
- Perelel 1st Trimester Prenatal Pack Methylfolate →
- Perelel 1st Trimester Prenatal Pack Omega DHA + EPA →
- Perfect Bar Minis in Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter →
- Philadelphia Cream Cheese →
- PinkStork Prenatal →
- Pique Sun Goddess Matcha →
- Pirate's Booty Aged White Cheddar Flavor Rice & Corn →
- Plantation Blackstrap Molasses →
- Post Grape-Nuts Cereal →
- Primal Kitchen Ketchup (Organic & Unsweetened) →
- Pur Aspartame Free Gum in Bubblegum Flavor →
- Pure Encapsulations Magnesium Glycinate Supplement →
- Pure Encapsulations Prenatal Nutrients Dietary →
- Pure Encapsulations Vitamin D3 Dietary Supplement →
- Pure Synergy Bone Renewal Supplement →
- Pure Synergy PureNatal Multivitamin Tablets for Mom & →
- Purely Elizabeth Granola Choc Sea Salt →
- Purely Elizabeth Organic Recipe No. 01, Original →
- Quaker Life Cereal →
- Quay Naturals Premium Cassava Flour →
- Qwell Omega-3, Algae DHA + EPA + DPA by The Veggie →
- Rancho Gordo Black Garbanzo →
- Reese's Peanut Butter Cups →
- Regular Strength Ex•Lax Chocolated Stimulant Laxative →
- Renzo's Picky Eater Melty Tab Vitamins in Lil' Green →
- Ritual Essenital for Women Prenatal Multivitamin →
- RogersHood Apothecary Cinnabin →
- Rosita Cod Liver Oil →
- Ruffles Original Potato Chips →
- Rugby Calcium Tablets (600 mg, with 5 mcg of Vitamin →
- Saltverk Hand Harvested Flaky (white ) Sea Salt from →
- Saltverk Hand Harvested Lava Salt from Iceland →
- San-J Organic Tamari Brewed Soy Sauce →
- Santa Barbara Chocolate's Cocoa Dynamics Dark →
- Santa Barbara Pistachio Company Organic Raw Pistachio →
- Santa Cruz Organic Peanut Butter, Creamy Dark Roasted →
- Seed DS-01 Daily Synbiotic — Probiotic + Prebiotic →
- Seed PDS-08 Pediatric Daily Synbiotic (Probiotic & →
- SeekingHealth Prenatal Essentials MF (Methyl-Free) →
- Selina Naturally Celtic Salt has extremely high levels →
- Sencha Naturals Organic Everyday Matcha →
- Seven Sundays Real Cocoa Grain Free Sunflower Cereal →
- SFI Health Ther-Biotic Baby Gentle Probiotic Support →
- Shirakiku Nori Maki Arare Crackers →
- Siete Almond Flour Tortillas →
- Siete Serrano Sea Salt Vinegar Kettle Cooked Potato →
- Simple Mills Crunchy Almond Flour Cookies in Toasted →
- Simple Mills Seed & Nut Flour Sweet Thins (Honey →
- Simple Mills Sweet Thins (Mint) →
- Simple Truth Organic Maple Syrup →
- Simply Organic Cinnamon Sticks →
- Simply Organic Garlic Powder →
- Simply Tera's Organic Whey Protein (Plain, Unsweetened) →
- Single Ingredient Calcium Carbonate (from Canada) →
- Ski Queen Classic Creamy Caramel Cheese (from Norway) →
- Skout Organic Kids Snack Bars in Chocolate Peanut →
- Smarties Candies →
- Smarty Pants Kids Plus Multi & Fiber Children's →
- SmartyPants Prenatal Gummies →
- Solely Organic Fruit Jerky in Mango flavor →
- Solely Organic Mango Guava Whole Fruit Gummies →
- Sovereign Laboratories Colostrum-LD Liposomal Delivery →
- SP Standard Process Thytrophin PMG Proprietary PMG →
- Starburst Fruit Chews FavREDs →
- SunButter Organic Sunflower Butter →
- Suzie's Organic Saltine Crackers (with Olive Oil) →
- Swiss Miss Cocoa Mix →
- Synergy Golden Pineapple Kombucha →
- Tayto Cheese Onion →
- Tazo Passion Tea →
- Tend Daily Prenatal Vitamin Bar Lemon Berry →
- Terrasoul Superfoods Cold-Pressed Organic Cocoa Powder →
- Terrasoul Superfoods Himalayan Pink Salt Extra Fine →
- Terrasoul Superfoods Organic Cassava Flour →
- That's It Apples + Blueberries Mini Fruit Bars →
- That's It Apples + Mangoes Mini Fruit Bars →
- That's It Apples + Strawberries Mini Fruit Bar →
- That's it. Fruit Bars in 1 Apple + 10 Cherries Flavor →
- The "#1 Pediatrician Recommended" Flintstones Chewable →
- The Fullest Warm Feelings Saffron Latte Powder →
- The Highest Lead-Content Bryan Johnson Supplement →
- The Spice Lab Himalayan Pink Salt →
- This product should be illegal. Gimme Organic Roasted →
- Thorne Basic Prenatal Dietary Supplement For Pregnant →
- Thorne Prenatal DHA Dietary Supplement Gelcaps →
- Tomorrow's Nutrition SunFiber →
- Trace Minerals Zinc + Vitamin C Chewables →
- Trader Joe's Organic Raw Apple Cider Vinegar →
- Traditional Medicinals Organic Dandelion Leaf & Root →
- Traditional Medicinals Organic Mother's Milk Lactation →
- Traditional Medicinals Organic Roasted Dandelion Root →
- Traditional Medicinals Organic Throat Coat Lemon →
- Truvani Plant Protein →
- Twix Candy Bars →
- Unreal Dark Chocolate Coconut Bars →
- Unreal Dark Chocolate Gems with Crispy Quinoa →
- Unreal Milk Chocolate Gems →
- Unsweetened Kiki Milk Organic Plant Based Milk →
- Vandy Classic Potato Chips (by Ancient Crunch) →
- VitaKlenz for Kidz →
- Vital Choice Wild Sardines in Extra-Virgin Olive Oil →
- Vitamin Code Raw Prenatal Whole Food Multivitamin →
- Wash, Rinse, Repeat: A brand called "Pure →
- Werther's Original Butter Candies (Made in Germany, →
- WestSoy West Life Organic Unsweetened Soymilk →
- White Maltesers (UK Purchased!) →
- Wild Planet Albacore Tuna →
- Wishgarden Immune Boost Seasonal Rescue for Pregnancy: →
- withinUs TruMarine Collagen ("Proudly Canadian") →
- Wonderful Pistachios (plain, shelled, roasted & salted) →
- Yama Moto Yama Gold Premium Roasted Sushi Nori →
- YAY! Chewable Iron Dietary Supplement For Children →
- YouTheory Sleep Powder (in Lemon Lime Flavor) →
- Yumi Organic Bars (in Blueberry & Purple Carrot →
- Yummy! Liquid Iron Dietary Supplement, NovaFerrum →
If you want a specific batch retested, email eric@detectlead.com. Send a sealed retail unit and we will run the panel and publish the result.
What we cannot verify, and what this audit is not.
Every limitation listed here is a real one. We are listing them because we want this page to hold up.
- Purity Labs publishes a price list. The $80 figure used in the catalog is Purity's published CH114 list price (4-metal: lead, arsenic, mercury, cadmium; digestion included). The 5-metal panel that adds chromium (CH095) is $100. Source: Purity Laboratories 2023-2024 price list, puritylabsinc.com.
- Retail prices are estimates. Pulled from typical Amazon and brand-site listings as of 2025–2026. Several specialty matcha and protein products span a wide price range depending on the specific tin/bottle size; we picked the most common SKU.
- Sample size is 451 of approximately 451 candidate posts in her food-tests archive. The lab-by-date pattern is sharp enough (every Purity report is dated April 2025 or later, every SimpleLab report is 2024 or earlier) that we are confident the conclusion holds across the full archive, but the catalog is a sample, not the universe.
- Some posts host only chart-style summaries rather than the full PDF lab report. We marked those rows accordingly. They are inferred-Purity based on date and her stated workflow, not direct letterhead reads.
- "$239 per item" for SimpleLab Low-Level Testing. In her Sept 2024 testing post Lead Safe Mama writes that SimpleLab's "Low Level" rate had risen to $239. If many late-2024 SimpleLab tests in the catalog were billed at $239 instead of $195, the spread on the SimpleLab era is somewhat tighter than our table shows. The Purity-era spread is unaffected.
- This is not a critique of her dish, toy, or ceramic XRF work. XRF is the right tool for those product applications. Her food testing program is the only operation under audit on this page.
- This is not a defamation claim against Lead Safe Mama or Lead Safe Mama, LLC. Every fact in this audit cites a primary source. Every quote is verbatim. We are presenting publicly available information and the math that follows from it. Reasonable people can read the same data and reach different conclusions about whether the spread is justified.
If anything on this page is wrong, tell us.
If a row in the catalog is mislabeled, if a dollar figure is off, or if there is a Purity Labs price sheet we should be citing, email eric@detectlead.com. We will update the page, with the source. The audit is supposed to be auditable.
The alternative: $100 per product, transparent math.
If you want a specific batch of a specific product retested, the Lead Lottery is our model. $100 chips fund one Purity Labs ICP-MS panel and one sealed retail unit. Same lab Lead Safe Mama uses. Same chain of custody, except sealed at retail and not opened until the lab opens it. Five products are already on the radar, including several with currently-open Lead Safe Mama GoFundMes that we are willing to do at lab cost.
The Lead Lottery → Contested test results →
What's already in there.
About 95 percent of body lead is stored in bone.
It releases back into your blood during pregnancy, menopause, post-menopause, and age-related bone resorption. The lead you absorbed in childhood is what's quietly running your blood-lead level today. Reducing future intake is the only lever you can pull on the bone reservoir from the outside.
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"Lead is bad" — the primary sources.
- CDC: There is no safe blood lead level for children.
- FDA: Closer to Zero action plan — interim reference level 2.2 µg/day for children, 8.8 µg/day for adults.
- EPA: Action level 15 ppb in drinking water; the SDWA "lead-free" definition was tightened to 0.25% in 2014.
- AAP: Prevention of Childhood Lead Toxicity (2016 policy statement).
- CDC: Blood lead reference value — 3.5 µg/dL since 2021.
Find it. Deal with it. Don't let lead weigh you down.