La Superior Foods Jalapeno Flour Tortillas, Jalapeno Flour

La Superior Foods. Inc. · Mexican Dinner Mixes · barcode 00856215001406

What stands out

From the label
The ingredients list BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue), which are banned or not approved in West Virginia from 2028-01-01. Details

Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives3 ingredients are 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 2022-12-07). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

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
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
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: 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

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 5 as a certified color additive. Source
EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E102, but foods containing it must say it "may have an adverse effect on activity and attention in children." (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source
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
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
West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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: 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

Blue No. 1 (Brilliant Blue) (E133)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Blue No. 1 as a certified color additive. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E133. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
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
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
West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) 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: 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

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 (1 tortilla, 45 g, from the label):
4% of a toddler's daily limit
under 1% of an adult's daily limit
Arsenic (total): typically 2.04 ppb (FDA, 57 samples, 2017-2020). No US agency limit we can cite.
Lead, Mercury: 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)

Left out of the summary above: Perchlorate. FDA measured it in only some of these foods, so the result describes those foods, not the whole kind.

"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)

FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, JALAPENO PEPPERS, SHORTENING (MADE FROM MEAT FATS AND VEGETABLE OILS WITH BHA PROPYL GALLATE, CITRIC ACID ADDED TO HELP PROTECT FLAVOR, DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANE), DOUGH CONDITIONER (SALT, SODIUM BICARBONATE, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, PRESERVATIVES {CALCIUM PROPIONATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE}, SODIUM ALUMINUM SULFATE, FUMARIC ACID, CORN STARCH, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR {WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID}, CALCIUM SULFATE 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: GUAR GUM, SOYBEAN OIL, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, ENZYMES, SODIUM METABISULFITE), BAKING POWDER (BAKING SODA, ALUMINUM SODIUM SULFATE, CALCIUM SULFATE, CORN STARCH, CALCIUM PHOSPAHTE), SALT (SALT, YELLOW PRUSSIATE OF SODA), FOOD COLORING (WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, GLYCERIN, FD&C YELLOW 5, SUGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, FD&C BLUE 1, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE {PRESERVATIVE}, CARRAGEENAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM).

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2022-12-07. Labels change; check the package.

Compare with another product