Chips, Pretzels & Snacks · barcode 00098487300140
Spicy Nacho Tortilla Chips
Market Essentials · Save Mart Supermarkets Inc.
- Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
- Recalls1 FDA recall name this barcode. Details
- Additives2 ingredients are banned or unapproved somewhere. Which
- TypicalFDA's tests of chips, pretzels & snacks show what's typical. See levels
FDA recalls
- 2017-03-08 · Class I · Terminated The firm is recalling various snack products because they used ingredients received from Valley Milk Product which may be contaminated with SalmonellaShearers Foods, Llc: SPICY NACHO CHEESE TORTILLA CHIPS: Essential Everyday 10 oz bag UPC 0 41303 06389 7 & Market Essential 11.5 oz bag UPC 0 98487 30014 0 FDA record F-1553-2017
Additives with restrictions somewhere
From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-07-29). Recipes change, so check the package you have.
Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Yellow No. 6 as a certified color additive. Source
- EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E110, 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
Red No. 40 (Allura Red) (E129)
- US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows Red No. 40 as a certified color additive. Source
- EU: Allowed with warning label Allowed as E129, 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
Typical for chips, pretzels & snacks
What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.
- Cadmium: typically 46.3 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020).
A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 270 g (9.5 oz) a day; an adult at about 1.2 kg (2.6 lb).One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):37% of a toddler's daily limit8% 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, potato: found in 1 of 3, average 2.13, highest 6.4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Chips, tortilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Lead in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 1 of 3, average 1.4, highest 4.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chips, potato: found in 3 of 3, average 130, highest 200 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Chips, tortilla: found in 3 of 3, average 2, highest 2.2 ppb (2018-2020)
- Cadmium in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 3 of 3, average 36.3, highest 42 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chips, potato: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Chips, tortilla: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Mercury in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chips, potato: found in 1 of 3, average 1.33, highest 4 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Chips, tortilla: found in 1 of 3, average 1.03, highest 3.1 ppb (2018-2020)
- Arsenic (total) in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 2 of 3, average 3.73, highest 6 ppb (2018-2020)
- Perchlorate in Corn/tortilla chips: found in 1 of 20, average 0.1, highest 2 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Potato chips: found in 11 of 20, average 2.23, highest 8 ppb (2008-2012)
- Perchlorate in Pretzels, hard, salted: found in 8 of 19, average 1.62, highest 10 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)
GROUND CORN, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: CORN, SUNFLOWER, SAFFLOWER OR CANOLA OIL), MALTODEXTRIN (CORN), CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), SALT, WHEY, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, BUTTERMILK, NATURAL FLAVORS, SPICE, DEHYDRATED ONION, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, ARTIFICIAL COLOR (YELLOW 6 LAKE, RED 40 LAKE), LACTIC ACID, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA (COLOR), CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM LACTATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE.
From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-07-29. Labels change; check the package.