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What is the lead content of your broths?Updated a year ago

Our chicken and beef broths contain just 0.02 micrograms of lead per litre. That’s far below the current drinking water standards for the UK, which is 10 micrograms per litre.

Here is a breakdown of the lead and other mineral content in each of our broths:

Vitamins and mineralsPowderLiquid

BeefChickenBeefChickenFishVegan

Typical valueTypical valueTypical valueTypical valueTypical valueTypical value



/100g/100g/100g/100g
Vitamin C

<0.5 (LOQ) mg<0.5 (LOQ) mg

Vitamin A

<21 (LOQ) μg<21 (LOQ) μg

Vitamin B1

<0.015 (LOQ) mg<0.015 (LOQ) mg

Vitamin B2

0.0136 mg0.0469 mg

Vitamin B8

<1 (LOQ) μg4.82 μg

Vitamin B9


6.22 μg

Folate

<5 (LOQ) μg


Vitamins (in 100 g)/100g/100g/100g/100g/100g/100g
Vitamin B3 (mg)
43.00.689 mg2.10 mg

Vitamin B6 (mg)
0.2



Vitamin B12 (μg)
23.00.141 μg0.862 μg

Vitamin E (α-tocopherol) (mg)
0.4



Minerals/100gg/kg/kg/kg/kg/kg
Calcium5-15 mg0.7
10 mg

Phosphorus35-40 mg7.7



Magnesium<5 mg0.9
28 mg

Sodium650-750 mg13.02600 mg1600 mg1700 mg2200 mg
Potassium340-440 mg23.0670 mg1100 mg

Trace elements/100gmg/kg



Copper<1 mg2.0< 0.50 mg
< 0.050 mg0.074 mg
Iron<5 mg24.0
<1.0 mg

Lead

< 0.020 µg
< 0.020 µg<0.020 µg
Zinc<1 mg10.0< 0.050 mg0.56 mg< 0.50 mg< 0.50 mg
Iodine
1.0



Mangan


<0.010 mg

Selenium
0.4< 0.050 mg0.011 mg< 0.050 mg< 0.050 mg
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