Chips, Pretzels & Snacks · barcode 00041780003850

Utz, White Corn Tortillas

Utz · UTZ Quality Foods, LLC

FDA recalls

• 2018-07-04 · Class I · Terminated Utz Quality Foods, LLC, is voluntarily recalling select expiration dates of some Golden Flake, Good Health, Utz and Weis Brand Tortilla Chip items due to potential contamination of undeclared milk allergen.Utz Quality Food Inc: Utz Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips; Net Wt 17 oz; White Corn Tortilla Chips; UPC: 0-41780-00383-6; Exp. Date Jun 16 18; UTZ Quality Foods, Inc., Hanover, PA 17331; Utz Restaurant Style Tortilla Chips; Net Wt 11.5 oz; White Corn Tortilla Chips; UPC: 0-41780-00384-3; Exp date Jun 16 18; UTZ Quality Foods, Inc., Hanover, PA 17331; Weis Signature Collection; Restaurant Style White Corn Tortilla Chips; Net Wt 11 oz; Manufactured for Weis Markets, Sunbury, PA 17801; UPC: 0-41497-00426-3 Exp date: JUN 16 18; Utz White Corn Tortillas; Net Wt 17 oz; UTZ Quality Foods, Inc., Hanover, PA 17331; UPC: 0-41780-00385-0; Exp date: JUN 16 18; Utz White Corn Tortillas; Net Wt 11.5 oz; UTZ Quality Foods, Inc., Hanover, PA 17331; UPC: 0-41780-00387-4; Exp date: JUN 16 18; Utz Restaurant Style Tortillas; White Corn Tortilla Chips; 4-13 oz Bags; Net Weight 3 lb 4 oz; UTZ Quality Foods, Inc., Hanover, PA 17331; UPC: 0-41780-00388-1; Exp date: JUN 16 18; Sold in paperboard box.; Utz Tortilla White Round Tortilla Chips; Net Wt 4 lb; UTZ Quality Foods, Inc., Hanover, PA 17331; UPC: 0-41780-00389-8, Exp date: JUN 16 18; Utz Organic White Corn Tortilla Chips; Net Wt 9 oz; UTZ Quality Foods, Inc., Hanover, PA 17331; UPC: 0-41780-01327-9; Exp date: JUN 16 18; Weis Signature Collection; Round White Corn Tortilla Chips; Net Wt 11 oz; Manufactured for Weis Markets, Inc., Sunbury, PA; UPC: 0-41497-00425-6 Exp date Jun 16 18; FDA record F-1598-2018

Typical for chips, pretzels & snacks

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

• Cadmium: typically 46.3 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 270 g (9.5 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.2 kg (2.6 lb).
  One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):

  37% of a toddler's daily limit

  8% of a adult's daily limit
• Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

• Lead in Chips, potato: found in 1 of 3, average 2.13, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
• Lead in Chips, tortilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
• Lead in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Chips, potato: found in 3 of 3, average 130, highest 200 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Chips, tortilla: found in 3 of 3, average 2, highest 2.2 ppb (2018-2020)
• Cadmium in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 3 of 3, average 36.3, highest 42 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Chips, potato: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Chips, tortilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Mercury in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Chips, potato: found in 1 of 3, average 1.33, highest 4 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Chips, tortilla: found in 1 of 3, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
• Arsenic (total) in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 2 of 3, average 3.73, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
• Perchlorate in Corn/tortilla chips: found in 1 of 20, average 0.1, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
• Perchlorate in Potato chips: found in 11 of 20, average 2.23, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
• Perchlorate in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 8 of 19, average 1.62, highest 10 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)

WHITE CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN, COTTONSEED, OR SUNFLOWER), SALT.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-05-23. Labels change; check the package.

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