Overview
- Mexico’s consumer agency tested 35 peanut snacks—17 salted and 18 Japanese style—and found several with sodium levels above what their labels declare.
- Salted products flagged include First Street, Golden Hills, Golden Nuts Barcel, Great Value, Nature Sun Español, and Sol, with some measurements far exceeding stated values.
- In Japanese-style peanuts, Great Value lemon flavor, Selecto Brand, and Snack Club with Tajín showed measured sodium well above their declared amounts.
- Golden Hills salted peanuts and Nature Sun Español failed to display the mandated “Exceso de sodio” front-of-pack warning despite qualifying for it under NOM-051.
- All tested items met net weight and rancidity standards, while Profeco urged consumers—especially those with hypertension—to read labels and consider less-processed options.