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Flour Tortillas

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 3 additives of concern.

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 24 Feb 2025

Why it's rated this way

3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. Calcium propionateMinor concernPropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
    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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.

A food's rating also reflects nutrition (Nutri-Score) and processing (NOVA); the additives above are the ingredient-level part of it.

Ingredients

  • Fortified wheat flour52.9%No flag
  • Flour26.9%No flag›
  • Barley malt flour13%No flag›
  • Niacin · E3756.5%No flag
  • Reduced iron3.3%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate1.6%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1010.8%No flag
  • Folic acid0.8%No flag›
  • Water23.5%No flag›
  • Soya oil11.8%No flag›
  • Hydrogenated vegetable oil5.9%No flag›
  • CONTAINS ONE and MORE OF THE FOLLOWING2.9%No flag
  • Cottonseed oil2.9%No flag›
  • Soya oil2.9%No flag›
  • With monodiglycerides2.9%No flag
  • Citric acid · E3301.5%No flag
  • CONTAINS 2% and LESS OF THE FOLLOWING0.7%No flag
  • Leaving0.4%No flag
  • Sodium acid pyrophosphate · E450i0.4%No flag
  • E500ii0.4%No flag
  • Corn starch0.2%No flag›
  • Nonocalcium phosphate<0.1%No flag
  • Sugar<0.1%No flag›
  • Salt<0.1%No flag›
  • Dextrose<0.1%No flag›
  • PreservativeNo flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E202No flag
  • Calcium propionate · E282Low

    Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.

  • Mono- and DIGLYCERIDES · E471No flag
  • Fumaric acid · E297No flag
  • Cellulose gum · E466Low

    Synthetic emulsifier linked in animal and in-vitro studies to gut-microbiome disruption and intestinal inflammation; human evidence is emerging.

  • 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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BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: COTTONSEED OIL, SOYBEAN OIL) WITH MONO-DIGLYCERIDES AND/OR CITRIC ACID, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: LEAVING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORN STARCH, NONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SUGAR, SALT, DEXTROSE, PRESERVATIVES (POTASSIUM SORBATE, CALCIUM PROPIONATE), MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, FUMARIC ACID, CELLULOSE GUM.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 24 Feb 2025

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Calcium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
  • 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.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

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2 moderate · 3 low · 2 not assessed

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