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Mexican Dinner Mixes · barcode 00688267148354

Multigrain Tortilla, Medium

Ahold · Ahold USA, 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 2021-07-29). 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

Sucralose (E955)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA approved it as a sweetener. Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E955. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
  • Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (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.

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)

WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, ROLLED OATS, VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA OIL AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL), VEGETABLE SHORTENING (PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL AND COTTONSEED OIL, WITH POLYGLYCEROL ESTERS OF FATTY ACIDS AND MONOGLYCERIDES), WHEAT FIBER, SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: RYE FLOUR, BARLEY FLOUR, CONDITIONER (MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, CORNSTARCH, WHEAT FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL, SILICON DIOXIDE, ENZYME, SALT), BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORNSTARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), SALT, FLAXSEED, SODIUM BICARBONATE, FUMARIC ACID, SORBIC ACID, SUCRALOSE, DOUGH CONDITIONER (SODIUM METABISULFITE, MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.

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