Safe

Beef & Bean Burrito

by El Monterey

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071007013904 · El Monterey · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071007013904 · Serving size 1 Burrito (142g)

The verdict

Beef & Bean Burrito by El Monterey scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 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 39-component record, beginning with Water Wheat Flour, Enriched With Niacin, Reduced Iron. 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 39 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

07013904 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Beef & Bean Burrito label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-LONG Len top 71% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Southwest Chipotle Chicken · ±0 BOOK-OFF …013904 · July 2026

11 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 07013904 · 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: Southwest Chipotle Chicken Burritos · Nearest score peer is Southwest Chipotle Chicken Burritos 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 settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Beef & Bean Burrito: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Beef & Bean Burrito95/1002. Southwest Chipotle Chicken Burritos: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Southwest Chipotle Chicke…95/1003. Chicken Enchiladas: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chicken Enchiladas95/1004. Italian Style Meatball Wraps: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Italian Style Meatball Wr…95/1005. French Dip, Seasoned Cooked Sliced Roast Beef: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. French Dip, Seasoned Cook…95/100
High-band neighbours for Beef & Bean Burrito (95/100) outside El Monterey.
Chart values as text

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

Beef & Bean Burrito
95/100
Southwest Chipotle Chicken Burritos
95/100
Chicken Enchiladas
95/100
Italian Style Meatball Wraps
95/100
French Dip, Seasoned Cooked Sliced Roast Beef
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 1,373 products we've scored in the Sandwiches category, the average safety score is 88.9/100. Beef & Bean Burrito scores 6.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 88.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Sandwiches products

Beef & Bean Burrito lists 39 ingredients on its label

39 29th percentile a longer ingredient list than 29% of the 1,215 products we track

0–2: 1 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4 products (0%). Below this entry. 6–8: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6 products (0%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4 products (0%). Below this entry. 12–14: 11 products (1%). Below this entry. 14–16: 12 products (1%). Below this entry. 16–18: 22 products (2%). Below this entry. 18–20: 18 products (1%). Below this entry. 20–22: 17 products (1%). Below this entry. 22–24: 15 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 16 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 21 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 32 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 28 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 44 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 26 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 56 products (5%). Below this entry. 38–40: 44 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 40–42: 832 products (68%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Sandwiches 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

1,215 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 39 (29th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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11 products (1%)
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12 products (1%)
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22 products (2%)
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18 products (1%)
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17 products (1%)
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15 products (1%)
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16 products (1%)
26–28
21 products (2%)
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32 products (3%)
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28 products (2%)
32–34
44 products (4%)
34–36
26 products (2%)
36–38
56 products (5%)
38–40
44 products (4%)
40 and above
832 products (68%)

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 1,215 Sandwiches 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 39 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water Wheat Flour
2
Enriched With Niacin
3
Reduced Iron
4
Thiamin Mononitrate
5
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
7
Beef Beans Vegetable Oil
8
Soybean
9
Canola
10
Com Oil
11
Or Less Textured Vegetable Protein
12
Soy Flour
13
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
14
Isolated Pea Product
15
Spices
16
Natural Flavor
17
Seasoning
18
Yeast Extract
19
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
20
Wheat
21
Soybeans
22
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
23
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
24
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
25
Calcium Lactate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
26
Cultured Sugar
27
Dough Conditioners
28
Yeast
29
Cellulose Gum
30
Guar Gum
31
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
32
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
33
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
34
L-cysteine
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
Mono And Diglycerides
36
Dicalcium Phosphate
37
Microcrystalline Cellulose
38
Glucono Delta-lactone
39
Soy

Full Ingredient List

WATER WHEAT FLOUR (Enriched With Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), BEEF BEANS VEGETABLE OIL (Soybean, Canola and/or Com Oil), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS Textured Vegetable Protein (Soy Flour, Caramel Color), Isolated Pea Product, Spices, Flavor, Seasoning (with Yeast Extract, Soy Sauce (Wheat, Soybeans, Salt), Maltodextrin, Lactic Acid, Calcium Lactate, Salt), Salt, Cultured Sugar, Dough Conditioners (Salt, Yeast, Cellulose Gum, Guar Gum, Wheat Starch, Sodium Metabisulfite, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, L-Cysteine, Mono and Diglycerides, Dicalcium Phosphate, Microcrystalline Cellulose), Glucono Delta-Lactone. Contains: Wheat, Soy.

Other products containing Beef Beans Vegetable Oil

Beef Beans Vegetable Oil is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Sandwiches Burritos

High-score cross-brand comparables for Beef & Bean Burrito

Neighbours outside El Monterey with screening scores in the same high band as Beef & Bean Burrito (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within El Monterey; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Beef & Bean Burrito's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 39-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Beef & Bean Burrito'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 0071007013904: 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.