Beef & cheese taquitos
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
Beef & cheese taquitos 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
Beef & cheese taquitos 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, Beef & cheese taquitos 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 flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, cooked beef (beef, beef broth, salt), soybean oil, colby cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, artificial color), tomatoes (tomatoes, tomato juice, calcium chloride, citric acid), red bell peppers, contains less than 2% of: green bell peppers, onions, modified potato starch, salt, modified food starch, 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), white corn flour, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, bicarbonate soda, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), whey (milk), wheat flour, modified tapioca starch, sugar, spices, modified cellulose, beef gelatin, seasoning (spices, salt, garlic powder, soybean oil, sugar), disodium inosinate and guanylate, garlic, chili paste (chili peppers, dried onion and garlic, yeast extract, salt, spices, beef extract, citric acid), spice extractives, soy flour, malted barley flour, dextrin, corn starch, dough conditioner (sodium metabisulfite, corn starch, microcrystalline cellulose, dicalcium phosphate).
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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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