Mexican Dinner Mixes
1,611 products.
Typical levels
FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food; these are the closest foods it does test.
- 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.
Products
None of these has published lab results yet.
- Flour Tortillas Trader Joe's · Mexican Dinner Mixes
- Tortillas Trader Jose's · Mexican Dinner Mixes
- Trader Jose's, Taco Shells Trader Jose's · Mexican Dinner Mixes
- Yellow Corn Super Size Tortillas, Yellow Corn Mission · Mexican Dinner Mixes
- Flour Traditional Style Tortillas, Flour La La's · Mexican Dinner Mixes
- Medium Flour Tortillas Not A Branded Item · Mexican Dinner Mixes
- Large Flour Tortillas Lidl · Mexican Dinner Mixes
- Corn Tortillas Lidl · Mexican Dinner Mixes