Mexican Dinner Mixes · barcode 00036035100859
Flour Tortillas
Mama Lupe's · Tortilla King, Inc.
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- Additives1 ingredient is banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of mexican dinner mixes show what's typical. See levels
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Partially hydrogenated oils
- US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) Source
- Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
- Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
Bleached flour
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows bleached flour. Source
- Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
- Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source
Typical for mexican dinner mixes
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.
- Cadmium: typically 13.1 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 1.2 kg (2.6 lb) a day; an adult at about 5.4 kg (12 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):9% of a toddler's daily limit2% of a adult's daily limit
- Arsenic (total): typically 2.04 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
- Lead, Mercury, Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.
FDA samples behind these numbers
- Lead in Beans, refried, canned: 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)
- Lead in Tortilla, flour: found in 3 of 27, average 1, highest 17 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Beans, refried, canned: found in 3 of 3, average 1.87, highest 2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Tortilla, corn: found in 24 of 27, average 1.53, highest 2.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Cadmium in Tortilla, flour: found in 27 of 27, average 25.6, highest 31 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Beans, refried, canned: found in 1 of 3, average 0.8, highest 2.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Tortilla, corn: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Tortilla, flour: found in 1 of 27, average 0.13, highest 3.4 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Beans, refried, canned: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Tortilla, corn: found in 9 of 27, average 1.81, highest 7.1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Tortilla, flour: found in 25 of 27, average 4.63, highest 8.5 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Refried beans, canned: found in 2 of 20, average 0.16, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Tortilla, flour: found in 17 of 20, average 7.22, highest 65 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.
Not tested
No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.
Ingredients (from the label)
ENRICHED FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SOYBEAN OIL AND COTTONSEED OIL, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOY, WHEAT STARCH, LECITHIN, WHEAT FIBER, GUAR GUM, LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORN STARCH, SODIUM ALUMINIUM SULFATE, CALCIUM SULFATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SALT, DEXTROSE, SORBIC ACID, SODIUM PROPIONATE (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), FUMARIC ACID, AND DOUGH CONDITIONER (SODIUM METABISULFITE).
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.