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Flowers Foods Inc.Mexican Dinner Mixes · 0072250007603

100% whole wheat 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 23 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Sodium metabisulphiteModerate concernSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
    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. 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.
  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

  • Whole wheat flour53.6%No flag
  • Water23.2%No flag›
  • Vegetable fat11.6%No flag
  • Palm oil5.8%No flag›
  • Soya oil2.9%No flag›
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4711.5%No flag
  • Polysorbate 60 · E4351.5%No flag
  • Contains less than 2% of each of the following0.8%No flag
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Calcium sulfate · E5160.8%No flag
  • Dextrose0.8%No flag›
  • Sodium aluminum phosphate · E5410.8%No flag
  • E500ii0.8%No flag
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4710.8%No flag
  • Preservative0.8%No flag
  • Calcium propionate · E2820.4%Low

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

  • Potassium sorbate · E2020.2%No flag
  • Sodium metabisulfite · E2230.2%Moderate

    Sulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.

  • Fumaric acid · E2970.8%No flag
  • Soya oil0.8%No flag›
  • Guar gum · E4120.8%No flag
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose · E4663.3%Low

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

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Whole wheat flour, water, vegetable shortening (palm oil, soybean oil, mono - and diglycerides, polysorbate 60), contains less than 2% of each of the following: salt, calcium sulfate, dextrose, sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda, mono - and diglycerides, preservatives (calcium propionate, potassium sorbate, sodium metabisulfite), fumaric acid, soybean oil, guar gum, carboxymethyl cellulose.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium metabisulphiteSulphite; asthma/allergic-type reactions.
  • Calcium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
  • 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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1 moderate · 1 low · 1 not assessed

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