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Taco Shells · barcode 09300695008840

Old El Paso Hard 'N Soft Taco Kit 350g

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.

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)

Soft Tacos (Wheat Flour, Water, Humecant (Glycerin), Sunflower Oil, Wheat Gluten, Emusifier (Mono- and Di-Glycerides of Fatty Aci), Dextrose , Raising Agents (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate), Food Acids (Fumaric Acid, Glucano Delta Lactone), Salt, Preservative (Potassium Sorbate)), Salsa for Topping (Water, Tomato Paste, Capsicum, Onion, Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Sugar, Paprika , Food Acid (Citric Acid), Chilli Powder, Garlic Powder), Stand 'N Stuff Taco Shells (Ground Corn, Sunflower Oil, Salt), Spice Mix (Sugar, Maize Flour, Salt, Garlic, Paprika , Cumin, Tomato, Onion, Food Acid (Citric Acid), Oregano, Chilli Powder, Anticaking Agent (Silicon Dioxide), Colour (Paprika Extract), Ground Bay Leaves)

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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