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Slim tortillas
Greenveil's read: acceptable. Food health moderate · 3 additives of concern.
- Moderate
Allergens
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Checked against the Open Food Facts record · updated 23 Apr 2020
Why it's rated this way
3 additives on this label are on our additives-of-concern list.
Benzoic acidModerate concernPreservative; benzene-formation potential with ascorbic acid; intolerance reactions.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Preservative; benzene-formation potential with ascorbic acid; intolerance 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.
Sodium benzoateModerate concernPreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- What it is
- Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
- Why it's flagged
- Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- 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.
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.
Ingredients
- Matamalized corn flour53.6%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E21123.2%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Potassium sorbate as conservatives11.6%No flag
- Riboflavin · E1012.9%No flag
- Vitamin b2 · E1012.9%No flag
- Nicotinamide · E3751.5%No flag
- Vitamin b3 · E3751.5%No flag
- May contain<0.1%No flag
- Benzoic acid · E210<0.1%Moderate
Preservative; benzene-formation potential with ascorbic acid; intolerance reactions.
- Sodium propionate · E281<0.1%Low
Propionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
- Ascorbic acid · E300<0.1%No flag
- Fumaric acid as protectors of freshness and rubber plant<0.1%No flag
- Cmc · E466<0.1%No flag
- As texture modifier<0.1%No flag
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Matamalized corn flour, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate as conservatives, thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), riboflavin (vitamin b2), nicotinamide (vitamin b3), folic acid (vitamin b9), reduced iron, zinc oxide, may contain: benzoic acid, sodium propionate, ascorbic acid and fumaric acid as protectors of freshness and rubber plant origin (cmc) as texture modifier.
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Benzoic acidPreservative; benzene-formation potential with ascorbic acid; intolerance reactions.
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Sodium propionatePropionate preservatives have been associated in limited studies with behavioural/irritability effects in children and with migraine in sensitive individuals; evidence is weak.
Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety
What drives this
- Zinc OxideMinor concern
- Thiamin MononitrateLow concern
- Folic AcidLow concern
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