Taco Shells · barcode 09300695001254
Old El Paso Taco Kit 295g
Old El Paso · No Brand Owner supplied for New Zealand Data
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
- AdditivesNone of the additives we track appear in the ingredients.
- TypicalFDA's tests of taco shells show what's typical. See levels
Typical for taco shells
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 1.54 ppb (FDA, 30 samples, 2017-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 9.5 kg (21 lb) a day; an adult at about 44 kg (97 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):1% of a toddler's daily limitunder 1% 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, tortilla: 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)
- Cadmium in Chips, tortilla: found in 3 of 3, average 2, highest 2.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Tortilla, corn: found in 24 of 27, average 1.53, highest 2.8 ppb (2017-2020)
- Mercury in Chips, tortilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Tortilla, corn: found in 0 of 27, all below 1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chips, tortilla: found in 1 of 3, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Tortilla, corn: found in 9 of 27, average 1.81, highest 7.1 ppb (2017-2020)
- Perchlorate in Corn/tortilla chips: found in 1 of 20, average 0.1, highest 2 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)
Original Taco Shells (Ground Corn, Sunflower Oil, Salt), Salsa for Topping (Water, Tomato Paste, Capsicum, Onion, Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Sugar, Paprika , Food Acid (Citric Acid), Chilli Powder, Garlic Powder), Spice Mix (Sugar, Maize Flour, Salt, Garlic, Paprika , Cumin, Tomato, Onion, Food Acid (Citric Acid), Oregano, Chilli, Anticaking Agent (Silicon Dioxide), Colour (Paprika Extract), Ground Bay Leaves)
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.