Takis, Tortilla Chips, Hot Chili Pepper & Lime by Barcel · GreenveilSaving recent analysis
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VerdictConsider avoidingTakis, Tortilla Chips, Hot Chili Pepper & Lime
Ingredients0Coverage0/0 resolvedDriversNo priority drivers flagged
Decision lens
Decision lens
Focused on pregnancy. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Food healthCritical⚠Contains additive of concern- Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
Why this band?How the nutrition, processing, and additive signals combine into the overall food-health band.
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Overall food-health bandFood healthCritical
AdditivesModerate
1 flagged additive(s), worst MODERATE
- 1nutrition base band "critical" from nutri-score
- 2ultra-processed (NOVA 4) worsens band by one
- 3final band "critical" (health-blend-v1)
Flagged additives
- Monosodium glutamate (MSG) — Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
Ingredients (15)
- Corn masa flour53.333333333333336%—
- Processed with lime53.333333333333336%—
- Soybean23.333333333333332%—›
- Palm11.666666666666664%—
- Canola oil5.833333333333329%—›
- Iodized salt1.7779999999999998%—
- Sugar—›
- Natural and artificial flavor—
- Citric acid—
- Soy protein—›
- Yeast—›
- Monosodium glutamate⚠ moderate
- Maltodextrin—›
- Sodium diacetate—
- Partially hydrogenated soybean oil—›
- Ar4.055333333333323%—›
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Corn masa flour (processed with lime), soybean and/or palm and/or canola oil, iodized salt, sugar, natural and artificial flavor, citric acid, soy protein, yeast, monosodium glutamate, maltodextrin, sodium diacetate, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, ar
Decision read
Probably skip for pregnancy
Probably skipThis read is based on the product's overall critical safety band; no per-ingredient chemical concern data is published for it yet.
Driven by the product's overall food/cosmetic safety band, not per-ingredient chemical concern. Surface the pregnancy-specific cautions first.
No ingredient drivers are available for this product.