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La VictoriaMexican Dinner Mixes · 0072101093328

Whole Wheat Tortillas

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium propionate).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Gluten
  • Soy

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Sodium 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. 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 flour54.2%No flag
  • Flour22.9%No flag›
  • Bleached wheat flour niacin11.5%No flag
  • Reduced iron5.7%No flag›
  • Thiamin mononitrate2.9%No flag›
  • Riboflavin · E1011.4%No flag
  • Folic acid1.4%No flag›
  • Water shortening11.5%No flag
  • Soya oil5.7%No flag›
  • Hydrogenated soy oil5.7%No flag
  • Contains 2% and less of leavening5.7%No flag
  • E500ii2.9%No flag
  • Sodium aluminum sulfate · E5211.4%No flag
  • Sodium aluminum phosphate · E5411.4%No flag
  • Flour treatment agent2.9%No flag
  • Mono- and diglycerides · E4711.4%No flag
  • Calcium sulfate · E5160.7%No flag
  • Enzyme0.4%No flag›
  • Cysteine monohydrochloride0.4%No flag
  • Sodium propionate · E2811.4%Low

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

  • Preservative0.7%No flag
  • Fumaric acid · E2970.7%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate · E2020.4%No flag
  • Preservative0.4%No flag
  • Corn starch0.2%No flag›
  • Soy flour cellulose gum<0.1%No flag
  • Microcrystalline cellulose · E460i<0.1%No flag
  • Wheat starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) (E466)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, enriched flour (bleached wheat flour niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water shortening (soybean oil and hydrogenated soybean oil), contains 2% or less of leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum sulfate, sodium aluminum phosphate), dough conditioners (mono-and diglycerides, calcium sulfate, enzymes, cysteine monohydrochloride), sodium propionate (preservative fumaric acid, potassium sorbate (preservative), cornstarch, soy flour cellulose gum,microcrystalline cellulose, wheat starch.

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Gluten, Soy.

Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 22 Apr 2020

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Sodium 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 low · 2 not assessed

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