28/36 ingredients recognized
Lunch To-Go, Ready To Eat Tuna Salad
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Flagged concerns
soybean oil
High in omega-6; promotes inflammation; usually GMO; highly processed; industrial seed oil.
titanium dioxide
Whitening agent; EU-banned as food additive since 2022 (E171) over genotoxicity concerns; nanoparticle accumulation.
vegetable oil
Generic refined seed-oil blend (often soybean/canola); high omega-6; heavily processed.
artificial flavors
Catch-all for synthetic flavor chemicals; regulatory threshold does not address cumulative exposure
modified food starch
Ultra-processed starch derivative; very high glycemic index; may disrupt gut bacteria.
dextrose
Isolated glucose from corn or wheat starch; high glycemic; rapid insulin spike
carrageenan
Intestinal inflammation; may exacerbate IBS; degraded form is carcinogenic.
sodium carboxymethylcellulose
Synthetic emulsifier; animal studies link it to microbiome disruption and inflammation.
glucose syrup
Isolated glucose from corn or wheat starch; high glycemic; rapid insulin spike
calcium disodium edta crackers: enriched wheat flour
Stripped of nutrients; high glycemic; bleaching may leave chemical residue.
Full ingredient list
Tuna salad: light tuna, water, water chestnuts, soybean oil, dill pickle relish (cucumbers, water, vinegar, salt, natural flavorings, xanthan gum, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, calcium chloride), contains 2% or less of the following: celery, egg yolks, vinegar, sugar, onion powder, mustard flour, salt, xanthan gum, modified food starch (corn), dextrose, guar gum, carrageenan, cellulose gel, sodium carboxymethylcellulose, phosphoric acid, titanium dioxide, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (as preservatives), natural and artificial flavors, calcium disodium edta. crackers: enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, ferrous fumarate, thiamin, riboflavin, folic acid, niacin), vegetable oil, sugar, malt extract, contains 2% or less of leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, monocalcium phosphate), salt. mint: sugar, glucose syrup, mint essence, menthol, fd&c blue #1 and yellow #5.