Concern

Beef, beans, & cheese sauce with red chiles burrito

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0027086816479 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0027086816479 · Serving size 0.5 BURRITO (170 g)

The verdict

Beef, beans, & cheese sauce with red chiles burrito scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 76 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 76-component record, beginning with Beef & Bean Fill, Beef, Cooked Beans. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 76 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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

86816479 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Beef, beans, & cheese sauce with red chiles burrito label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 76 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …816479 · July 2026

18 of 76 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 86816479 · 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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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, beans, & cheese sauce with red chiles burrito scores 42.9 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick 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, beans, & cheese sauce with red chiles burrito lists 76 ingredients on its label

76 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 76 (97th 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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 76 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Beef & Bean Fill
2
Beef
3
Cooked Beans
4
Beans
5
Water
6
Modified Food Starch
7
Dried Vinegar
8
Oats
9
Dried Red Chile Pepper
10
Tomato Paste
11
Onion
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
14
Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten
15
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
16
Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten
17
Spices
18
Soy Lecithin
19
Guar Gum
20
Tortilla
21
Bleached Wheat Flour Enriched
22
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Reduced Iron
24
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
27
Soybean Oil
28
Vital Wheat Gluten
29
Dough Conditioner
30
Inverted Sugar
31
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
32
Cellulose Gum
33
Baking Powder
34
Corn Starch
35
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
36
Sodium Aluminum Sulfate
37
Monocalcium Phosphate
38
Emulsifiers
39
Mono & Diglycerides
40
Rice Flour
41
Sodium Metabisulfite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
GRAS
42
Cheese Sauce
43
Pasteurized Process Cheddar Cheese Food
44
Milk
45
Culture
46
Sodium Citrate Enzymes
47
Apocarotenal
48
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
49
Cheese Flavor
50
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
51
Cheddar Cheese
52
Salt & Enzymes
53
Butter
54
Buttermilk Solids
55
Sodium Phosphate
56
Natural Flavor
57
Artificial Color
58
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
59
Nonfat Dry Milk
60
Buttermilk Powder
61
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
62
Yeast Extract
63
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
64
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
65
Sodium Citrate
66
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
67
Stabilizers
68
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
69
Carob Bean Gum
70
Canola Oil
71
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
72
Sweet Whey
73
Blue Cheese Powder
74
Blue Cheese
75
Enzymes
76
Disodium Phosphate

Full Ingredient List

Beef & bean fill (beef, cooked beans [beans, water], water, modified food starch, vinegar, contains 2% or less of: oats, dehydrated red chile pepper, tomato paste, dehydrated onion, salt, dehydrated garlic, hydrolyzed corn gluten, hydrolyzed soy protein, hydrolyzed wheat gluten, spices, soy lecithin, guar gum), tortilla (bleached wheat flour enriched [niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, soybean oil, contains 2% or less of: vital wheat gluten, salt, dough conditioner [inverted sugar, propylene glycol, water, cellulose gum], baking powder [corn starch, sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum sulfate, monocalcium phosphate], emulsifiers [guar gum, mono & diglycerides, rice flour], guar gum, sodium metabisulfite), cheese sauce (water, pasteurized process cheddar cheese food [milk, culture, salt, sodium citrate enzymes, apocarotenal {color}], modified food starch, maltodextrin, cheese flavor [whey, cheddar cheese {milk cheese cultures, salt & enzymes}, butter, buttermilk solids, salt, sodium phosphate, natural flavor, artificial color, yellow 6], contains 2% or less of: vinegar, dehydrated onion, nonfat dry milk, salt, buttermilk powder, sodium caseinate, mono & diglycerides, yeast extract, citric acid, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sodium citrate, dipotassium phosphate, stabilizers [guar gum, xanthan gum, carob bean gum], canola oil, yellow 5, yellow 6, sweet whey [milk], blue cheese powder [blue cheese {cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes}, maltodextrin, natural flavor, disodium phosphate]).

Other products containing Pasteurized Process Cheddar Cheese Food

Pasteurized Process Cheddar Cheese Food is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Frozen foods

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Beef, beans, & cheese sauce with red chiles burrito's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 76-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Beef, beans, & cheese sauce with red chiles burrito's 2 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 0027086816479: 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.