Salsa verde corn tortilla chips

Why it’s rated Avoid

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• Monosodium Glutamate (MSG – Synthetic) Concentrated Excitotoxin / Glutamate Receptor Over-stimulation
  Avoid
• Vegetable Oil (Unspecified) Undisclosed blend — almost always refined soybean/canola.
  Avoid
• Sunflower Oil Industrially refined seed oil (same rule as canola/soybean).
  Avoid
• Yellow 6 (Sunset Yellow FCF) Petroleum Synthetic Dye / Adrenal & Behavior Stress
  Avoid
• Yellow 5 (Tartrazine) Petroleum Synthetic Dye / Zinc Depletion & Allergy
  Avoid
• Blue 1 (Brilliant Blue FCF) Coal-Tar Synthetic Dye / Blood-Brain Barrier Penetration
  Avoid
• Red 40 (Allura Red AC) Petroleum Synthetic Dye / Neuro-Behavioral Disruption
  Avoid
• Canola Oil (Rapeseed Oil) Industrial Seed Oil / High Linoleic Acid & Processing Oxidation
  Avoid
• Natural Flavors (Undisclosed) Proprietary Mixture Loophole
  Use Caution
• Maltodextrin Highly processed starch filler; high glycemic.
  Use Caution
• Dextrose Refined corn-derived sugar.
  Use Caution
• Flavor (Unspecified) Undisclosed blend — same practical allowance as natural flavours.
  Use Caution
• Sugar (Added) Added sugar — limit, not avoid.
  Use Caution
• Garlic Powder Dried garlic.
  Clean
• Onion Powder Dried onion.
  Clean
• Yeast Whole yeast (not to be confused with yeast extract, a hidden-MSG source).
  Clean
• Spices Ground spices and herbs.
  Clean
• Salt Everyday seasoning; no toxic-burden concern at normal use (sodium intake is a nutrition question, not a toxin).
  Clean