Is Tina's CHIMI Steak & Cheddar Cheese Chimichanga Keto?
Tina's CHIMI Steak & Cheddar Cheese Chimichanga is not keto-friendly because it is a high-carb processed food that contains unhealthy ingredients like dextrose, canola oil, and enriched flour.
Too Much Carbs!
Tina's CHIMI Steak & Cheddar Cheese Chimichanga should be avoided on keto because it is very high in net carbs (26.47g 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 Dextrose
Dextrose is a high-glycemic sweetener that can raise your blood sugar level and prevent you from reaching ketosis.
As an alternative, you may look for other frozen meals that use keto-friendly sweeteners like stevia, monk fruit, or erythritol.
You can check out our full list of best and worst sweeteners for keto here.
Contains Highly Refined Oils
Tina's CHIMI Steak & Cheddar Cheese 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 CHIMI Steak & Cheddar Cheese Chimichanga contains enriched flour and sulfite 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), Cooked Seasoned Beef Steak (Beef Steak, Beef Broth, Salt), Sharp Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto [Color]), Vegetable Oil (Soybean, Canola And/Or Corn Oil), Onion, Dice Tomatoes (Tomato, Calcium Chloride, Citric Acid), Corn Flour (Stoneground Corn Masa Flour, Trace Of Lime), Contains 2% Or Less, Long Grain Parboiled Rice, Salt, Chili Pepper, Baking Powder (Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Sodium Aluminum Sulfate, Calcium Sulfate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Spices, Guar Gum, Dough Conditioner (Sodium Metabisulfite, Corn Starch, Microcrystalline Cellulose, Dicalcium Phosphate), Smoke Seasoning (Dextrose, Slat, Natural Smoke Aroma), Red Peppers, Jalapeno Puree (Jalapeno Peppers, Water, Citric Acid), Garlic Powder, Tomato Paste., Fried In: Vegetable Oil (Soybean, Canola And/Or Corn Oil)