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TAMAL DE MOLE
LA COSTEÑAMeats And Their Products · 7501017006755

TAMAL DE MOLE

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Monosodium glutamate (MSG)).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Peanut
  • Sesame
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 2 Apr 2026

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Moderate concernFlavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
    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. 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

  • Water53.6%No flag›
  • Corn23.2%No flag›
  • Pork meat11.6%No flag
  • Mole5.8%No flag
  • Sugar2.5%No flag›
  • Soya1.7%No flag›
  • Chili pepper0.8%No flag›
  • Sesame0.4%No flag
  • Chicken broth0.2%No flag
  • Cocoa0.1%No flag›
  • Peanut<0.1%No flag›
  • Iodised salt<0.1%No flag
  • Spice<0.1%No flag›
  • Garlic<0.1%No flag›
  • Pork fat2.9%No flag›
  • Tomato concentrate1.5%No flag
  • Iodised salt0.6%No flag
  • Corn0.4%No flag›
  • Emulsifier0.2%No flag
  • Estearoil lactilato de calcio mono0.1%No flag
  • Lecitina · E322i<0.1%No flag
  • Celulosa · E460<0.1%No flag
  • Cmc sodica · E466<0.1%Low

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

  • Polvos para hornear0.1%No flag
  • Disfosfato sodico<0.1%No flag
  • Bicarboanto de sodio<0.1%No flag
  • Starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Carboanto de calcio<0.1%No flag
  • Soya<0.1%No flag›
  • Wheat<0.1%No flag›
  • Glutamato monosodico · E621<0.1%Moderate

    Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.

  • Glutamato monosodicoy apio<0.1%No flag
Show original label text

AGUA, HARINA DE MAIZ NIXTAMALIZADO, CARNE DE CERDO, MOLE (AZUCAR, SOYA, CHILES SECOS, AJONJOLI, CALDO DE POLLO EN POLVO, CACAO, CACAHUATE, SAL YODADA, ESPECIAS, AJO), MANTECA DE CERDO, PASTA DE TOMATE, SAL YODADA, MODIFICADO DE MAIZ, EMULSIONANTES, (ESTEAROIL LACTILATO DE CALCIO MONO, LECITINA, CELULOSA, CMC SODICA), POLVOS PARA HORNEAR, (DISFOSFATO SODICO, BICARBOANTO DE SODIO, ALMIDON, CARBOANTO DE CALCIO), SOYA, TRIGO, GLUTAMATO MONOSODICO, CONTIENE AJONJOLI , CACAHUATE, SOYA, GLUTEN DE TRIGO, GLUTAMATO MONOSODICOY APIO.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Peanut, Sesame, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 2 Apr 2026

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Monosodium glutamate (MSG)Flavour enhancer; self-reported intolerance ('MSG symptom complex'); EFSA flagged exposure above the group ADI.
  • 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

What drives this

2 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 5 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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