Chidas Snack Of Fried Potato Cheese Mix, Cheese Chill And Lemon

GS1 Mexico · Other Snacks · barcode 00813513011223

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) and BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Details

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives3 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028; EU warning label. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of other snacks show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-01-26). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
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. Applies to all of them.
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. Applies to all of them.
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. Applies to all of them.

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E320. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

Typical for other snacks

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 36.3 ppb (FDA, 12 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 340 g (12 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.6 kg (3.5 lb).
One serving (2 1/2 cup, 30 g, from the label):
9% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of an 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 samples, average 2.13, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Chips, tortilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.17, highest 6.5 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Chips, potato: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 130, highest 200 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Chips, tortilla: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 2, highest 2.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.03, highest 6.2 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 36.3, highest 42 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Chips, potato: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Chips, tortilla: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Chips, potato: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.33, highest 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Chips, tortilla: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 2 of 3 samples, average 3.73, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Corn/tortilla chips: found in 1 of 20 samples, average 0.1, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Popcorn, microwave, butter-flavored: found in 3 of 20 samples, average 0.45, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Potato chips: found in 11 of 20 samples, average 2.23, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 8 of 19 samples, 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)

POTATO CHIPS FRIED: POTATO, PALM OIL, SALT. CHEDDAR CHEESE FLAVOR CORN CEREAL CORN FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL, CHEDDAR CHEESE FLAVOR SEASONING [WHEY SOLIDS, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, IODIZED SALT, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID (ACIDULANT), MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE (FLAVOR ENHANCER), YELLOW 5 (TARTRAZINE), YELLOW 6 AND SILICON DIOXIDE (ANTICAKING AGENTS)]. NIXTAMALIZED CORN FLOUR TOTOPO WITH FLAVOR CHEESE AND NIXTAMALIZED CORN FLOUR (WHITE CORN, CALCIUM HYDROXIDE AND WATER), SOYBEAN OIL, CHEESE AND JALAPEO FLAVOR SEASONING [MALTODEXTRIN, IODIZED SALT, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE (FLAVOR ENHANCER), WHEY POWDER, ONION, GARLIC AND TOMATO POWDER, SUCROSE, CITRIC ACID, CHILI, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, SPICES, YELLOW 6, AGENTS);YELLOW 5 (TARTRAZINE), SODIUM CASEINATE, (ANTICAKING DIOXIDE SILICON DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, YEAST EXTRACT, BHA] AND ANNATTO EXTRACT AS COLOR. CORN AND WHEAT FLOUR SNACKS FLAVOR CHEESE AND PEPPER. INGREDIENTS: NIXTAMALIZED CORN FLOUR (WHITE CORN, CALCIUM HYDROXIDE AND WATER), WHEAT SEMOLINA, CORN STARCH, SALT, SODIUM BICARBONATE, SOYBEAN OIL, CHILI CHEESE FLAVOR SEASONING [MILK SOLIDS, IODIZED SALT, SOYBEAN OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CHILI POWDER, CORN SYRUP, ACETIC ACID, LACTIC ACID (ACIDULANTS); SKIM MILK, SLOW 6, YELLOW 5 (TARTRAZINE); SILICON DIOXIDE (ANTICAKING AGENT), SPICES.]

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-01-26. Labels change; check the package.

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