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Kinds of food

Taco Shells

7 products.

Typical levels

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food around the US.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Chips, tortilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Tortilla, corn: found in 0 of 27, all below 4 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chips, tortilla: found in 3 of 3, average 2, highest 2.2 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Tortilla, corn: found in 24 of 27, average 1.53, highest 2.8 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Mercury in Chips, tortilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Tortilla, corn: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chips, tortilla: found in 1 of 3, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Tortilla, corn: found in 9 of 27, average 1.81, highest 7.1 ppb (2017-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Corn/tortilla chips: found in 1 of 20, average 0.1, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)

"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.

Products

None of these has published lab results yet.