Mexican Dinner Mixes · barcode 00825014000149
Flour Tortilla Mix
Selecta · GS1 Mexico
- 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.
Titanium dioxide (E171)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a color additive, up to 1% of the food's weight. Source
- EU: Removed from approved list from 2022-08-07 Removed as a food additive in 2022; food made under the old rules could be sold until August 7, 2022. (Regulation (EU) 2022/63) 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
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
Sodium aluminum sulfate (E521)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA lists it as generally recognized as safe. Source
- EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E521. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) 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 BLEACHED FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), PALM OIL, SALT, DRY MILK WHEY, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS), EMULSIFIERS (MONO & DIGLYCERIDES OF EDIBLE FATTY ACIDS), LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM SULFATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SODIUM METABISULFITE, TITANIUM DIOXIDE.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.