Late July Nacho Cheese Tortilla Chips

Name: Late July Nacho Cheese Tortilla Chips
Brand: Late July

Organic-corn tortilla chips coated in a cheddar and whey seasoning coloured with paprika extract.

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Flagged ingredients4

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupNone listed
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsCanola oil, Soybean oil, Sunflower oil, Safflower oil
PreservativesNone listed

Fails 1 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredient	Check	On the label as
Canola oil	Seed oils	VEGETABLE OILS (SUNFLOWER AND/OR SAFFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA AND/OR SOYBEAN)
Soybean oil	Seed oils	VEGETABLE OILS (SUNFLOWER AND/OR SAFFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA AND/OR SOYBEAN)
Sunflower oil	Seed oils	SUNFLOWER OIL
Safflower oil	Seed oils	VEGETABLE OILS (SUNFLOWER AND/OR SAFFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA AND/OR SOYBEAN)

Ingredients as listed

ORGANIC WHOLE GROUND YELLOW CORN, VEGETABLE OILS (SUNFLOWER AND/OR SAFFLOWER AND/OR CANOLA AND/OR SOYBEAN), NACHO CHEESE SEASONING (WHEY, SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], SUNFLOWER OIL, NONFAT MILK, ONION POWDER, TOMATO POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, RED AND GREEN BELL PEPPER POWDER, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SPICES, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, PAPRIKA EXTRACT [COLOR], NATURAL FLAVORS). CONTAINS: MILK.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2725076). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More tortilla chips first, then the rest of the chips and salty snacks aisle. Each passes all five checks.

Late July Nacho Cheese Tortilla Chips

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What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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