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Hand-made red chile & stone ground corn pork tamales
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Calcium phosphates).
- High
Allergens
No allergens listed for this product in our data yet — check the pack.
Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
1 additive on this label is 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.
Ingredients
- Corn masa56.3%No flag
- Stone ground corn30.2%No flag
- Red chili puree10.9%No flag
- Red chile pods5.5%No flag
- Partially hydrogenated lard with tocopherol and bht to protect flavor2.7%No flag
- Baking powder3.4%No flag
- E500ii0.7%No flag
- Sodium aluminum sulfate · E5210.3%No flag
- Calcium sulfate · E5160.2%No flag
- Monocalcium phosphate · E341i2%No 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.
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Corn masa (stone ground corn, water, lime), pork, red chile puree (water, red chile pods), lard (lard, partially hydrogenated lard with tocopherol and bht to protect flavor), salt, corn flour, granulated garlic, baking powder (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum sulfate, corn starch, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate).
Food health
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.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
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