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Beef & cheddar rolled tacos, beef & cheddar

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0017696407181 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0017696407181 · Serving size 3 TACOS (85 g)

The verdict

Beef & cheddar rolled tacos, beef & cheddar scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 50-component record, beginning with Tortilla, Corn Masa Flour, Water. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 50 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

96407181 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Beef & cheddar rolled tacos, beef & cheddar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 22% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …407181 · July 2026

16 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 96407181 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Beef & cheddar rolled tacos, beef & cheddar scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products

Beef & cheddar rolled tacos, beef & cheddar lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 78th percentile a longer ingredient list than 78% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 50 (78th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 7,008 Frozen foods products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 50 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Tortilla
2
Corn Masa Flour
3
Water
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Filling
6
Cooked Ground Beef
7
Cheddar Cheese
8
Cultured Milk
9
Enzymes
10
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
11
Color
12
Seasoning
13
Spices
14
Onion
15
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
16
Enriched Wheat Flour
17
Organic Malted Barley
18
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Iron
20
Thiamine Mononitrite
21
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
23
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
24
Paprika
25
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
26
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
27
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
28
Yeast Extract
29
Corn Syrup Solids
30
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
31
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
32
Wheat
33
Soybeans
34
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
35
Corn
36
Beef Extract
37
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
38
Soybean Oil
39
Tomato Paste
40
Textured Vegetable Protein
41
Soy Flour
42
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
43
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
44
Beef Base
45
Roasted Beef And Concentrated Beef Stock
46
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
47
Flavoring
48
Dehydrated Onion And Garlic
49
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
50
Chicken Fat

Full Ingredient List

Tortilla (corn masa flour, water, salt), filling (cooked ground beef, water, cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), contains less than 2% of: seasoning (spices, dehydrated onion, dehydrated garlic, salt, enriched wheat flour [with malted barley, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrite, riboflavin, folic acid]), sugar, paprika, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, malic acid, yeast extract, corn syrup solids, dextrose, soy sauce [wheat, soybeans, salt], maltodextrin [corn], beef extract, silicon dioxide, soybean oil), tomato paste, textured vegetable protein (soy flour, caramel color), soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt), modified tapioca starch, salt, beef base (roasted beef and concentrated beef stock, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, corn syrup solids, flavoring [dried onion and garlic], dried whey, caramel color, chicken fat), dehydrated garlic, corn masa flour), soybean oil.

Categories

Frozen foods

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Beef & cheddar rolled tacos, beef & cheddar's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 50-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Beef & cheddar rolled tacos, beef & cheddar's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0017696407181: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.