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These are the products that performed worst in the test last year

Insect repellents without effect, olive oil that tastes bitter and eggs containing environmental toxins. The magazine Råd och Rön has listed the products that are worst in test and notes that car seats for children containing toxic substances are a recurring issue.

» Published: 30 January 2025, 19:51

These are the products that performed worst in the test last year
Photo: Lennart Nygren/TT

The baby car seat Graco Snuglite i-Size and the booster seat Silver Cross Discover i-Size have stood out in the tests, not due to lack of crash protection, but because of the content of toxic substances.

"It's strange that we continue to find these substances when it's clearly possible to make excellent chairs without them," says Råd and Rön's test manager Ronny Karlsson in a press release.

Eggs with environmental toxins

The magazine also points out food with unhealthy substances. All but one of the cans of crushed tomatoes tested last year contained the softener bisphenol A, which can affect health if consumed in excess over a long period. Kung Markatta's crushed tomatoes contained the most.

Organic eggs stand out in the tests for their content of environmental toxins such as PFAS, dioxins, and PCB. For the eggs that contain the highest levels, it may be enough to eat a handful for a small child to reach the maximum recommended weekly intake, the magazine writes. The reason is the fish meal found in the feed of organic hens.

Tastes bad

On the topic of less appetizing foods, Råd and Rön highlight two olive oils, La Española Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Terra Delyssa Extra Virgin Olive Oil, which taste bad.

Lidl's ground cinnamon of the Kania brand doesn't taste like cinnamon but bad, and Eldorado's tomato ketchup doesn't even contain half tomato and is, according to the testers, watery and loose.

Other products receive the worst test stamp due to poor function. These include, among others, insect repellents that don't help against mosquitoes, including Urtegaarden's stick-not-oil and the anti-mosquito bracelet Radarcan.

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