Tamales with monterey jack, cheddar and cotija cheeses

Nutrient levels per 100 g

Levels use UK front-of-pack reference thresholds.

Nutrition facts

Serving size: 1 tamale (142 g)

*% Daily Value for a serving, based on a 2,000-calorie diet (FDA reference values). Category average across 9800 Frozen foods products on Foodmetria.

Serving size and added sugars from the US product label in USDA FoodData Central, label data from May 2022. Other values: Open Food Facts.

Nutrition claims check

Claims its numbers support

Source of protein

13% of calories from protein (EU: at least 12% of calories from protein)

Low sugar

4.2 g sugars per 100 g (EU: no more than 5 g per 100 g)

Source of fiber

4.2 g fiber per 100 g (EU: at least 3 g per 100 g or 1.5 g per 100 kcal)

Checked against the per-100 g thresholds of EU Regulation 1924/2006, using the nutrition data above. US labels follow FDA rules, which are mostly based on serving size and can give a different result; FDA has no defined “low sugar” claim.

Compared with other frozen foods

Bar shows the share of products in this category that contain less of the nutrient.

Ingredients

Corn, roasted poblano peppers (poblano chile, expeller pressed canola oil), corn flour masa (white corn treated with lime), water, ground tomatoes in light puree (fresh vine - ripened california tomatoes, salt, citric acid), butter (pasteurized cream), cheddar cheese (pasteurized grade a milk, cheese cultures, salt, annatto {color}, enzymes), monterey jack cheese (pasteurized grade a milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cotija cheese (cultured pasteurized grade a milk and skim milk, sea salt, enzymes), organic sugar, tomato paste, onions, anaheim chile peppers, green onions, cilantro, roasted jalapeno peppers (jalapeno peppers, expeller pressed canola oil), baking powder (monocalcium phosphate, sodium bicarbonate, cornstarch {made from identity preserved non-genetically modified corn}), expeller pressed canola oil, roasted serrano peppers (serrano peppers, expeller pressed canola oil), salt, garlic powder, cornstarch, spice, black pepper, cayenne pepper, citric acid.

Allergens

Milk

Additives 6

Overexposure risk is based on EFSA evaluations as recorded by Open Food Facts.

Product details

Serving size

1 tamale (142 g)

Sold in

United States

Barcode

0038794996254

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