Newsletter: Cadmium in our flour?
What is cadmium?
Cadmium (Cd) is a trace metal element found everywhere in soil, air, water and sediments (EFSA, 2009). Cadmium occurs naturally in the environment. Cadmium in the soil is taken up by plants mainly through the roots (and sometimes through the leaves in the case of fine atmospheric particles).
What about our flours?
Regarding the possible presence of cadmium in our flours, we would like to assure you that we pay particular attention to the quality and food safety of our raw materials.
As such, we carry out regular tests through specialist laboratories to ensure our products comply with current regulations. Current regulations apply only to cereals and not to flours; nevertheless, we are tightening our requirements at the source by signing strict specifications with our cereal suppliers, and we have also chosen to analyse cadmium levels in our flours to ensure the highest standards of quality and safety.
We are, of course, happy to provide any further information you may require.
Our analyses
Our analyses of cereals and flour show levels well below the permitted limits.
| Our results (average for the 2025 harvest) | |||
| Regulations | Cereal | Flour | |
| Wheat/spelt | 0.10 mg/kg | 0.0258 mg/kg | 0.02 mg/kg |
| Rye | 0.05 mg/kg | 0.006 mg/kg | 0.019 mg/kg |
| Durum wheat | 0.18 mg/kg | 0.042 mg/kg | 0.043 mg/kg |