Declared allergens
This product declares Dairy, Gluten.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Baja-style chicken quesadilla
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 3 additives of concern.
- High
Allergens
- Dairy
- Gluten
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Calcium phosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- Regulatory basis
- Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
DiphosphatesMinor concernInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- Regulatory basis
- Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Minor concernSynthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- Regulatory basis
- Greenveil's curated additives-of-concern list, which cites the authority behind each entry.
- How sure we are
- High confidence. Matched by the additive code declared on the label.
Ingredients
- Filling75%No flag
- Charbroiled white meat chicken39.3%No flag
- Cooked chicken white meat20%No flag
- Modified potato starch4.8%No flag
- Sodium phosphate · E3394.3%No flag
- Low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese17.9%No flag
- Skimmed milk4.5%No flag
- Microbial culture2.2%No flag
- Monterey jack cheese8.9%No flag
- Soured milk4.5%No flag
- Crushed tomatillos4.5%No flag
- Tomatillos2.2%No flag
- Citric acid · E3302.2%No flag
- Yellow onions0.6%No flag
- Tortilla25%No flag
- Fortified wheat flour12.5%No flag
- Niacin · E3753.1%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1010.4%No flag
- Modified wheat starch3.1%No flag
- Glycerin · E4220.8%No flag
- Baking powder0.4%No flag
- Sodium acid pyrophosphate · E450i0.2%No flag
- Bicarbonate soda<0.1%No flag
- Monocalcium phosphate · E341i<0.1%No flag
- Cellulose gum · E466<0.1%Low
Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
- Flour treatment agent<0.1%No flag
- Calcium sulfate · E516<0.1%No flag
- L-cysteine hydrochloride · E920No flag
- Ascorbic acid · E300No flag
- Calcium phosphates (E341)Low
Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- Diphosphates (E450)Low
Inorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
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Filling (charbroiled white meat chicken [cooked chicken white meat, water, modified potato starch, salt, sodium phosphate], low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese [milk, nonfat milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], monterey jack cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], crushed tomatillos [tomatillos, citric acid], water, cilantro, yellow onions, modified food starch, garlic, granulated garlic, modified cellulose, canola oil, salt, spices), tortilla (enriched wheat flour [bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, modified wheat starch, canola oil, glycerin, baking powder [sodium acid pyrophosphate, bicarbonate soda, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate], sugar, modified cellulose, salt, cellulose gum, dough conditioner [calcium sulfate, l-cysteine hydrochloride, ascorbic acid]).
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Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Calcium phosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- DiphosphatesInorganic phosphate additives are highly bioavailable; high additive-phosphate intake is associated with increased cardiovascular and kidney burden, particularly in chronic kidney disease.
- Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC)Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.
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