Safe

Hard And Soft Taco Dinner Kit 3 Pack

by Old El Paso

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0046000452920 · Old El Paso · Taco-kit. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0046000452920 · Serving size 2g

The verdict

Hard And Soft Taco Dinner Kit 3 Pack by Old El Paso scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 46 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 46-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour Bleached, Wheat 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 46 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.

00452920 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hard And Soft Taco Dinner Kit 3 Pack label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 46 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-RARE Fumaric Acid PHOTO-FINISH Crispy, Sweetened Whole · ±0 BOOK-OFF …452920 · July 2026

12 of 46 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Fumaric Acid). Source sheet 00452920 · 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: Crispy, Sweetened Whole Wheat & Rice Cereal · Nearest score peer is Crispy, Sweetened Whole Wheat & Rice Cereal 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. Hard And Soft Taco Dinner Kit 3 Pack: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Hard And Soft Taco Dinner…100/1002. Crispy, Sweetened Whole Wheat & Rice Cereal: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Crispy, Sweetened Whole W…100/1003. Frosted Whole Grain Oat & Corn Cereal: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Frosted Whole Grain Oat &…100/1004. Brownies, Chocolate Peanut Butter: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Brownies, Chocolate Peanu…100/1005. Betty Crocker Pound Cake Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Betty Crocker Pound Cake …100/100
High-band neighbours for Hard And Soft Taco Dinner Kit 3 Pack (100/100) outside Old El Paso.
Chart values as text

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

Hard And Soft Taco Dinner Kit 3 Pack
100/100
Crispy, Sweetened Whole Wheat & Rice Cereal
100/100
Frosted Whole Grain Oat & Corn Cereal
100/100
Brownies, Chocolate Peanut Butter
100/100
Betty Crocker Pound Cake Mix
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Hard And Soft Taco Dinner Kit 3 Pack lists 46 ingredients on its label

46 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 46 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Enriched Flour Bleached
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
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
Shortening
10
Palm Oil
11
High Oleic Soybean Oil
12
Canola Oil
13
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
14
Baking Powder
15
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
16
Baking Soda
17
Mono And Diglycerides
18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Potassium Sorbate And Calcium Propionate
20
Preservatives
21
Fumaric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe Approved
22
Dough Conditioners
23
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
Enzymes
25
Tomato Paste
26
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
27
Corn Starch
28
Distilled Vinegar
29
Spice
30
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
31
Potassium Magnesium Chloride
32
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
33
Garlic Powder
34
Onion Powder
35
Limed Corn Flour
36
Chili Pepper
37
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
38
Corn Starch
39
Vegetable Oil
40
Canola
41
High Oleic Soybean
42
Sunflower Oil
43
Corn Flour
44
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
45
Anticaking Agent
46
Natural Flavor

Full Ingredient List

Flour tortillas: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, shortening (palm oil, high oleic soybean oil and/or canola oil), glycerin. contains 2% or less of: baking powder (sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda), mono and diglycerides, salt, potassium sorbate and calcium propionate (preservatives), fumaric acid, dough conditioners (salt, wheat starch, enzymes). taco sauce: water, tomato paste. contains 2% or less of: sugar, salt, modified corn starch, distilled vinegar, spice, sea salt (potassium magnesium chloride, salt), citric acid, garlic powder, onion powder, chili pepper. taco shells: limed corn flour, palm oil, salt. seasoning mix: chili pepper, maltodextrin, salt, onion powder, spice, corn starch, sea salt (potassium magnesium chloride, salt). contains 2% or less of: vegetable oil (canola, high oleic soybean and/or sunflower oil), corn flour, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), citric acid, sugar, natural flavor.

Categories

Taco-kit

High-score cross-brand comparables for Hard And Soft Taco Dinner Kit 3 Pack

Neighbours outside Old El Paso with screening scores in the same high band as Hard And Soft Taco Dinner Kit 3 Pack (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Old El Paso; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Hard And Soft Taco Dinner Kit 3 Pack has a longer ingredient list than 96% of its published 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 0046000452920: 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.