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Sliced Plantain - Acento Latino - 6 lbs,

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Barcode: 0765744000067 (EAN / EAN-13) 765744000067 (UPC / UPC-A)

Common name: Sliced Plaintain

Quantity: 6 lbs,

Packaging: Plastic bag

Brands: Acento Latino

Categories: Plant-based foods and beverages, Plant-based foods, Fruits and vegetables based foods, Fruits based foods, Fruits, Tropical fruits, Bananas, Plantain bananas, Plant based

Labels, certifications, awards: Kosher

Origin of ingredients: Costa Rica

Manufacturing or processing places: Costa Rico

Countries where sold: United States

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Ingredients

1 ingredient

Plantains

Food processing

Unprocessed or minimally processed foods
Food products are classified into 4 groups according to their degree of processing:

Unprocessed or minimally processed foods

Processed culinary ingredients

Processed foods

Ultra processed foods

The determination of the group is based on the category of the product and on the ingredients it contains.

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Ingredients analysis

Palm oil free

No ingredients containing palm oil detected

Vegan

No non-vegan ingredients

Vegetarian

No non-vegetarian ingredients detected

The analysis is based solely on the ingredients listed and does not take into account processing methods.

Details of the analysis of the ingredients
: Plantains
Plantains -> en:plantain - vegan: yes - vegetarian: yes - percent_min: 100 - percent_max: 100

Nutrition

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Nutrient levels
- Fat in low quantity (0.169%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat
  
  Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts
- Saturated fat in low quantity (0%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of fat, especially saturated fats, can raise cholesterol, which increases the risk of heart diseases.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of fat and saturated fat
  
  Choose products with lower fat and saturated fat content.
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Fat: the facts
- Salt in low quantity (0%)
  What you need to know
  
  A high consumption of salt (or sodium) can cause raised blood pressure, which can increase the risk of heart disease and stroke.
  
  Many people who have high blood pressure do not know it, as there are often no symptoms.
  
  Most people consume too much salt (on average 9 to 12 grams per day), around twice the recommended maximum level of intake.
  
  Recommendation: Limit the consumption of salt and salted food
  
  Reduce the quantity of salt used when cooking, and don't salt again at the table.
  
  Limit the consumption of salty snacks and choose products with lower salt content.
  
  Source: World Health Organization (WHO) - Fact sheet - Salt reduction
  
  Source: National Health Service UK (NHS) - Salt: the facts

Nutrition facts

Nutrition facts	As sold for 100 g / 100 ml	As sold per serving (130 g)	Compared to: Plantain bananas
Energy	692 kj (165 kcal)	900 kj (215 kcal)	-58%
Fat	0.169 g	0.22 g	-99%
Saturated fat	0 g	0 g	-100%
Carbohydrates	44.6 g	58 g	-9%
Sugars	?	?
Fiber	2.31 g	3 g
Proteins	1.54 g	2 g	-25%
Salt	0 g	0 g	-100%
Vitamin A	48.5 µg	63 µg
Vitamin C (ascorbic acid)	17.7 mg	23 mg
Vitamin B6 (Pyridoxin)	0.223 mg	0.29 mg
Potassium	510 mg	663 mg
Magnesium	43.8 mg	57 mg
Fruits‚ vegetables‚ nuts and rapeseed‚ walnut and olive oils (estimate from ingredients list analysis)	0 %	0 %

Serving size: 130 g

Environment

Eco-Score B - Low environmental impact

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Life cycle analysis

Average impact of products of the same category: A (Score: 96/100)

Category: Plantain banana, raw

PEF environmental score: 0.11 (the lower the score, the lower the impact)
including impact on climate change: 0.73 kg CO2 eq/kg of product

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	61.1 %
Processing	0.0 %
Packaging	0.0 %
Transportation	33.8 %
Distribution	2.2 %
Consumption	2.9 %

Bonuses and maluses

Origins of ingredients with a high impact

Malus: -3

Environmental policy: -3
Transportation: 0

Origin of the product and/or its ingredients	% of ingredients	Impact
Costa Rica	100 %	High

No ingredients that threaten species

Packaging with a medium impact

Malus: -10

Shape	Material	Recycling	Impact
Bag	Plastic		High

Eco-Score for this product

Impact for this product: B (Score: 79/100)
Product: Sliced Plantain - Acento Latino - 6 lbs

Life cycle analysis score: 96
Sum of bonuses and maluses: -13

Final score: 79/100 (The score of products with non-recyclable and non-biodegradable packaging materials is capped at 79 (grade B).)

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Carbon footprint

Equal to driving 0.4 km in a petrol car

73 g CO² per 100g of product

The carbon emission figure comes from ADEME's Agribalyse database, for the category: Plantain banana, raw (Source: ADEME Agribalyse Database)

Stage	Impact
Agriculture	30.4 %
Processing	0.0 %
Packaging	0.0 %
Transportation	56.9 %
Distribution	1.7 %
Consumption	11.1 %

Packaging

Packaging with a medium impact

Packaging parts

Bag (Plastic)

Packaging materials

Material	%	Packaging weight	Packaging weight per 100 g of product
Plastic

Transportation

Origins of ingredients

Origins of ingredients with a high impact

Origin of the product and/or its ingredients	% of ingredients	Impact
Costa Rica	100 %	High

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Product added on March 22, 2021, 10:09:28 PM CET by houstonfoodbank
Last edit of product page on February 10, 2022, 10:16:34 PM CET by packbot.
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Sliced Plantain - Acento Latino - 6 lbs,