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Morrison's Country Style Flour Tortilla Mix

C. H. Guenther and Son Inc. · Baking/Cooking Mixes/Supplies · barcode 10070233007463

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), which has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives1 ingredient has stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: West Virginia ban from 2028. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of baking/cooking mixes/supplies show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2023-06-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to all of them.
  • EU: Allowed (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source. Applies to BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), Sodium aluminum sulfate, BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
  • 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 BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).
  • 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.

BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) (E320)

  • 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

Bleached flour

Only the shared rules above.

Sodium aluminum sulfate (E521)

Only the shared rules above.

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

Only the shared rules above.

Typical for baking/cooking mixes/supplies

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Baking powder: found in 1 of 1 sample, average 164, highest 164 ppb (2020)
  • Lead in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 1.63, highest 4.9 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Baking powder: found in 1 of 1 sample, average 20, highest 20 ppb (2020)
  • Cadmium in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 42.3, highest 45 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Pie crust: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 8.63, highest 9.7 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Baking powder: found in 1 of 1 sample, average 120, highest 120 ppb (2020)
  • Mercury in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Baking powder: found in 1 of 1 sample, average 77, highest 77 ppb (2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Flour, white, all-purpose: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.53, highest 3.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Pie crust: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)

"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 (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), BEEF TALLOW, SALT, Contains less than 2% of: WHEY, SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED BEEF TALLOW, CORN STARCH, BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM SULFATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BHA (A PRESERVATIVE), BHT (A PRESERVATIVE), L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2023-06-29. Labels change; check the package.

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