Is Tina's Beef & Bean Chimichanga Keto?
Tina's Beef & Bean Chimichanga is not keto-friendly because it is a high-carb processed food that contains unhealthy ingredients like canola oil, enriched flour, and corn oil.
Too Much Carbs!
Tina's Beef & Bean Chimichanga should be avoided on keto because it is very high in net carbs (28.32g of net carbs per 100g serving).
It is important to limit your net carb consumption to 20g - 30g per day to stay in ketosis. You can calculate your ideal daily net carb allowance by using this keto macros calculator.
As an alternative, you may look for other frozen meals that are low in net carbs.
Contains Highly Refined Oils
Tina's Beef & Bean Chimichanga contains highly refined canola oil, corn oil, and soybean oil. These refined oils are prone to oxidation and may cause inflammation in the body.
Highly refined oils are usually extracted using high heat and chemicals. This process strips out the nutrients from the oil and replaces them with harmful chemicals.
It is important to get your fats from healthy sources so your body can burn clean fuel while on ketosis. You may check out our list of best and worst oils for keto here.
Contains Harmful Food Additives
Tina's Beef & Bean Chimichanga contains enriched flour, sulfite, and modified starch which are included in our list of food additives to avoid for keto.
Food additives are potentially harmful to health and should be avoided as much as possible.
Most of your diet should come from minimally processed foods to achieve a healthy weight loss on keto.
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Ingredients
Water Enriched Flour (Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Beef, Pinto Beans, Vegetable Oil (Soybean, Canola And/Or Corn Oil), Corn Flour (Stoneground Corn Masa Flour, Trace Of Lime), Contains 2% Or Less Textured Vegetable Protein, Tomato Paste, Spices, Jalapeno Puree (Jalapeno Peppers, Water, Citric Acid), Garlic Powder, Chili Pepper, Baking Powder (Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Sodium Aluminum Sulfate, Calcium Sulfate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Wheat, Salt), Modified Food Starch, Onion, Dough Conditioner (Sodium Metabisulfite, Corn Starch, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Dicalcium Phosphate), Salt, Guar Gum, Paprika.Fried In: Vegetable Oil (Soybean, Canola And/Or Corn Oil)