Chicken soft tacos
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Chicken soft tacos receives a safety score of 95/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Chicken soft tacos carries a composite safety score of 95/100, which we classify as "Safe" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Chicken soft tacos is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of D reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 95/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 1 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | D | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Enriched wheat flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, charbroiled seasoned chicken meat (chicken meat, water, salt, corn oil, chicken broth, paprika, potassium phosphate, dehydrated garlic, carrageenan, spices, lemon juice concentrate, soy lecithin), part-skim mozzarella cheese (part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), mild cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), fire roasted green chiles (green chile peppers, citric acid), soybean oil, monterey jack cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), yellow onions, diced tomatoes (diced tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), red bell peppers, green bell peppers, contains 2% or less of: cheese sauce (water, aged cheddar cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color], modified cornstarch, cream cheese [cultured milk and cream, salt, stabilizers (xanthan, guar, carob bean gums)], high oleic canola oil, nonfat dry milk, whey, salt, sodium phosphate, potassium phosphate, corn starch, lactic acid, propionic acid, monoglycerides, carrageenan, sugar, yeast extract, butter oil, natural flavor, annatto color, citric acid), modified tapioca starch, glycerine, chicken base (chicken meat with natural juices, salt, sugar, corn maltodextrin, yeast extract, chicken fat, onion powder, turmeric, natural flavors, spice extractives), salt, cheese flavor (cheddar cheese flavor [milk, salt, enzymes, cultures], flavors (contains autolyzed yeast), maltodextrin [corn], salt), modified food starch, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, bicarbonate soda, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), whey powder (milk), sugar, skim milk, stabilizer (corn starch, methycellulose, egg white powder, xanthan gum, guar gum), dehydrated garlic, potato maltodextrin, spices, chili pepper powder (chili peppers, spices, salt, garlic powder, ethoxyquin), yeast, dough conditioner (calcium sulfate, l-cysteine hydrochloride, ascorbic acid), yeast extract.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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