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Frozen Foods · 0853437002778

Red chile chicken tamales

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 1 additive of concern (Calcium phosphates).

Food health
High
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

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Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 23 Apr 2020

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Why it's rated this way

1 additive on this label is on our additives-of-concern list.

  1. 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.

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

Ingredients

  • Filling55.6%No flag
  • Chicken28.7%No flag›
  • Water13.4%No flag›
  • Onion6.7%No flag›
  • Red chili pepper3.4%No flag
  • Sea salt0.6%No flag›
  • Garlic2.7%No flag›
  • Red masa22.2%No flag
  • Water11.1%No flag›
  • Corn flour5.6%No flag›
  • Canola oil2.8%No flag›
  • Red chile paste1.4%No flag
  • Water0.7%No flag›
  • Red chili pepper0.3%No flag
  • Sea salt0.3%No flag›
  • Sea salt0.6%No flag›
  • Baking powder0.4%No flag
  • Monocalcium phosphate · E341i0.2%No flag
  • E500ii<0.1%No flag
  • Corn starch<0.1%No flag›
  • Vegetable base0.4%No flag
  • Carrot0.2%No flag›
  • Tomato<0.1%No flag›
  • Onion<0.1%No flag›
  • Potato<0.1%No flag›
  • Garlic<0.1%No flag›
  • DextroseNo flag›
  • Unrefined cane sugarNo flag
  • Canola oilNo flag›
  • SpiceNo flag›
  • TurmericNo 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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Filling (chicken, water, onion, red chile, sea salt, garlic), red masa (water, organic ground corn flour, expeller-pressed canola oil, red chile paste (water, red chile, sea salt), sea salt, baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, cornstarch), organic vegetable base (organic carrot, organic tomato, organic onion, organic potato, organic garlic, organic dextrose, organic raw cane sugar, organic canola oil, organic spices, organic turmeric).

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

What drives this

1 moderate · 2 low · 1 not assessed

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