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Ortega, street taco kit

by Ortega

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041501010075 · Ortega · Mexican-dinner-mixes. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041501010075 · Serving size 2 TORTILLAS, 0.2 PACKET SEASONING, 0.2 PACKET TACO SAUCE (90 g) (90 g)

The verdict

Ortega, street taco kit by Ortega scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 44-component record, beginning with Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour, Flour, Niacin. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 44 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

01010075 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ortega, street taco kit label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Potassium Bicarbonate PHOTO-FINISH Refried Beans With · ±0 BOOK-OFF …010075 · July 2026

15 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Bicarbonate). Source sheet 01010075 · 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 · Read with nearest score peer: Refried Beans With Diced Green Chiles · Nearest score peer is Refried Beans With Diced Green Chiles at the same screening score.

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.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Ortega, street taco kit: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ortega, street taco kit100/1002. Refried Beans With Diced Green Chiles: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Refried Beans With Diced …100/1003. Taco Sauce, Green: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Taco Sauce, Green100/1004. Seasoning Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Seasoning Mix100/1005. Stone Ground Dijon Mustard: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Stone Ground Dijon Mustard100/100
High-band neighbours for Ortega, street taco kit (100/100) outside Ortega.
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Ortega, street taco kit
100/100
Refried Beans With Diced Green Chiles
100/100
Taco Sauce, Green
100/100
Seasoning Mix
100/100
Stone Ground Dijon Mustard
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 935 products we've scored in the Mexican-dinner-mixes category, the average safety score is 97.6/100. Ortega, street taco kit scores 2.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.6/100), 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 Mexican-dinner-mixes products

Ortega, street taco kit lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 871 products we track

0–2: 1 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 26 products (3%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (6%). Below this entry. 6–8: 77 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 67 products (8%). Below this entry. 10–12: 54 products (6%). Below this entry. 12–14: 46 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 53 products (6%). Below this entry. 16–18: 45 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 53 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 50 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 46 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 49 products (6%). Below this entry. 26–28: 63 products (7%). Below this entry. 28–30: 49 products (6%). Below this entry. 30–32: 33 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 43 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 14 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 21 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 6 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 21 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Mexican-dinner-mixes 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

871 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 44 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
1 products (0%)
2–4
26 products (3%)
4–6
54 products (6%)
6–8
77 products (9%)
8–10
67 products (8%)
10–12
54 products (6%)
12–14
46 products (5%)
14–16
53 products (6%)
16–18
45 products (5%)
18–20
53 products (6%)
20–22
50 products (6%)
22–24
46 products (5%)
24–26
49 products (6%)
26–28
63 products (7%)
28–30
49 products (6%)
30–32
33 products (4%)
32–34
43 products (5%)
34–36
14 products (2%)
36–38
21 products (2%)
38–40
6 products (1%)
40 and above
21 products (2%)

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 871 Mexican-dinner-mixes 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

1
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
2
Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Reduced Iron
5
Thiamin Mononitrate
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Water
9
Interesterified Soybean Oil
10
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
11
Potassium Bicarbonate
FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
12
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
13
Corn Starch
14
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
15
Ammonium Glutamate
16
Enzymes
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Mono - And Diglycerides
19
Cottonseed Oil
20
Carboxymethylcellulose
21
Potassium Sorbate And Calcium Propionate
22
Fumaric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe Approved
23
Onion
24
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
25
Spices
26
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
27
Cilantro
28
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
29
Onion Powder
30
Garlic Powder
31
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
32
Lime Juice Solids
33
Grill Flavor
34
Organic Tomato Puree
35
Tomato Paste
36
Honey
37
Distilled Vinegar
38
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
39
Corn Starch
40
Ground Chipotle Pepper
41
Cumin
42
Natural Hickory Smoke Flavor
43
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
44
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Tortillas: enriched bleached wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, interesterified soybean oil, contains 2% or less of: sodium aluminum phosphate, potassium bicarbonate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, calcium sulfate, ammonium glutamate, enzymes, salt, mono - and diglycerides, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, carboxymethylcellulose, potassium sorbate and calcium propionate (to preserve freshness), fumaric acid, sodium metabisulfite. carne asada seasoning mix: dried onion, dried garlic, salt, spices, sea salt, dried cilantro, maltodextrin, onion powder, garlic powder, citric acid, lime juice solids, natural grill flavor, natural flavors. smoky chipotle sauce: tomato puree (water, tomato paste), water, honey, distilled vinegar, salt, corn syrup, modified corn starch, ground chipotle pepper, cumin, citric acid, onion powder, garlic powder, hickory smoke flavor, xanthan gum, sodium benzoate (to preserve freshness).

Categories

Mexican-dinner-mixes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Ortega, street taco kit

Neighbours outside Ortega with screening scores in the same high band as Ortega, street taco kit (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Ortega; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Ortega, street taco kit has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its Mexican-dinner-mixes category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

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

Barcode 0041501010075: 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.