Safe

Spicy red hot beef & bean burrito

by El Monterey

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071007031137 · El Monterey · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071007031137 · Serving size 1 BURRITO (255 g)

The verdict

Spicy red hot beef & bean burrito by El Monterey scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 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 33-component record, beginning with Water, Enriched Wheat Flour, Enriched With 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 33 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

07031137 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Spicy red hot beef & bean burrito label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 55% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Southwest Chipotle Chicken · ±0 BOOK-OFF …031137 · July 2026

9 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 07031137 · 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.

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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Spicy red hot beef & bean burrito: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Spicy red hot beef & bean…95/1002. 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 Spicy red hot 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.

Spicy red hot 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 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Spicy red hot beef & bean burrito scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Spicy red hot beef & bean burrito lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 45th percentile a longer ingredient list than 45% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Above this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 33 (45th 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.

Full Ingredient List

Water, enriched wheat flour (enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), beef, beans, vegetable oil (soybean, canola and/or corn oil), contains 2% or less textured vegetable protein (soy flour, caramel color), jalapeno peppers (with salt, acetic acid, water, calcium chloride), chili pepper, isolated pea product, salt, cultured sugar, flavor, dough conditioners (yeast, wheat gluten, sugar, guar gum, modified food starch), glucono delta-lactone, spices.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Spicy red hot beef & bean burrito

Neighbours outside El Monterey with screening scores in the same high band as Spicy red hot 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 Spicy red hot beef & bean burrito's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 33-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Spicy red hot 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 0071007031137: 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.