Declared allergens
This product declares Gluten, Soy.
Declared on pack via Open Food Facts · updated 23 Apr 2020
Whole wheat tortilla
Greenveil's read: consider avoiding. Food health high · 2 additives of concern (worst: Sodium benzoate).
- High
Allergens
- Gluten
- Soy
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.
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.
Propionic acidMinor 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
- Whole wheat flour55.6%No flag
- Fat2.8%No flag
- Palm0.3%No flag
- Mono- and diglycerides · E471<0.1%No flag
- Tbhq · E319<0.1%No flag
- Citric acid · E330<0.1%No flag
- Palm olein0.3%No flag
- Sodium benzoate · E211<0.1%Moderate
Preservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Anatto extract<0.1%No flag
- Extra virgin olive oil0.7%No flag
- Wheat tortilla additive0.3%No flag
- E500ii0.2%No flag
- Carboxymethlcelluloses<0.1%No flag
- Preservative0.3%No flag
- Sorbic acid · E200<0.1%No flag
- Carboximethylcelulloses<0.1%No flag
- Propionic acid · E280<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.
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Whole wheat flour, water, wheat flour. vegetable oil (soybean and palm oil) shortening (soybean oil, hydrogenated palm oil, partially hydrogenated palm and soybean oils, mono and diglycerides, tbhq, citric acid), margarine (palm oil, hydrogenated palm olein, soybean oil, sodium benzoate, anatto extract), extra virgin olive oil, wheat tortilla additive (sodium bicarbonate, phosphates, carboxymethlcelluloses), preservative (water, sorbic acid, carboximethylcelulloses, propionic acid).
Alerts
Food health
Nutrition profile and additives of concern
Contains additive of concern
- Sodium benzoatePreservative; can form trace benzene (a carcinogen) when combined with ascorbic acid; implicated in child hyperactivity studies.
- Propionic acidPropionate 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
- WaterModerate concern
3 of 4 ingredients not yet assessed · Show allHide
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