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Tortilla chips

Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health critical · 2 additives of concern (worst: Allura red AC).

Food health
Critical
Chemical concern
Not assessed

Allergens

  • Dairy

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

Why it's rated this way

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

  1. Allura red ACHigh concernSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
    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. Brilliant blue FCFModerate concernSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
    What it is
    Its role isn't recorded in our data yet.
    Why it's flagged
    Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.
    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

  • Corn flour72.7%No flag›
  • Vegetable oil13.6%No flag›
  • Cotton6.8%No flag›
  • Palm6.8%No flag
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Artificial coloring0.8%No flag
  • Fd&c yellow no0.4%No flag
  • Fd&c yellow no<0.1%No flag
  • 6 and fd&c red no<0.1%No flag
  • 40<0.1%No flag
  • Coating12.1%No flag›
  • Salt0.8%No flag›
  • Chili pepper0.4%No flag›
  • Citric acid · E3300.3%No flag
  • Cheddar cheese0.2%No flag
  • Natural and artificial flavouring0.2%No flag
  • Spice0.1%No flag›
  • Fd&c red 40 lake0.1%No flag
  • Fd&c blue 1 lake0.1%No flag
  • Sodium benzoate · E2110.1%No flag
  • Potassium sorbate as a preservative9.9%No flag
  • Allura red AC (E129)High

    Southampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.

  • Brilliant blue FCF (E133)Moderate

    Synthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.

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Corn flour, vegetable oil (cotton and/or palm), salt and artificial coloring (fd&c yellow no. 5, fd&c yellow no. 6 and fd&c red no. 40), seasonings (salt, chili powder, citric acid, cheddar cheese, natural and artificial flavors, spices, fd&c red 40 lake, fd&c blue 1 lake, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate as a preservative).

Alerts

Declared allergens

This product declares Dairy.

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

Food health

Nutrition profile and additives of concern

Contains additive of concern
  • Allura red ACSouthampton Six colour; hyperactivity/attention concern in children.
  • Brilliant blue FCFSynthetic dye; allergic-type reactions reported in sensitive individuals.

Per-ingredient concern · chemical identity, not food safety

What drives this

1 low · 3 not assessed

3 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show all

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