Safe

Quesadillas

by El Monterey

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071007662492 · El Monterey · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071007662492 · Serving size 1 QUESADILLA (113 g)

The verdict

Quesadillas by El Monterey scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 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 41-component record, beginning with Flour Tortilla, 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 41 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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

07662492 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Quesadillas label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 38% LEAD-RARE Acetic Acid PHOTO-FINISH Chicken & Cheese · ±0 BOOK-OFF …662492 · July 2026

11 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acetic Acid). Source sheet 07662492 · 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: Chicken & Cheese Quesadillas · Nearest score peer is Chicken & Cheese Quesadillas 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.

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. Quesadillas: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Quesadillas100/1002. Chicken & Cheese Quesadillas: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chicken & Cheese Quesadil…100/1003. YOP vanille: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. YOP vanille100/1004. bibigo seaweed soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. bibigo seaweed soup100/1005. Italian Style Wraps Chicken Marinara: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Italian Style Wraps Chick…100/100
High-band neighbours for Quesadillas (100/100) outside El Monterey.
Chart values as text

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

Quesadillas
100/100
Chicken & Cheese Quesadillas
100/100
YOP vanille
100/100
bibigo seaweed soup
100/100
Italian Style Wraps Chicken Marinara
100/100

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. Quesadillas scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Quesadillas lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 62nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 62% 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

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: 41 (62nd 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

1
Flour Tortilla
2
Wheat Flour
3
Enriched With Niacin
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
Vegetable Oil
10
Soybean
11
Organic Sunflower
12
Canola
13
Corn Oil
14
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
15
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Yeast
18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Guar Gum
20
Charbroiled White Chicken
21
Water
22
Rice Starch
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Listed
23
Sodium Phosphate
24
Monterey Jack Cheese
25
Pasteurized Milk
26
Cheese Cultures
27
Enzymes
28
Monterey Jack Cheese With Peppers
29
Jalapeno Peppers
30
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
31
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
32
Water Green Chili Peppers
33
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
34
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
35
Red Bell Pepper Tomatoes
36
Juice
37
Corn Starch
38
Or Less Onion
39
Spice
40
Natural Flavor
41
Tomato Paste

Full Ingredient List

Flour tortilla (wheat flour [enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, vegetable oil (soybean, sunflower, canola and/or corn oil), wheat gluten, wheat starch, sugar, yeast, salt, guar gum), charbroiled white chicken (with water, rice starch, salt, sodium phosphate), monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), monterey jack cheese with peppers (pasteurized milk, jalapeno peppers, cheese cultures, salt, acetic acid, calcium chloride, enzymes), water green chili peppers (with salt, citric acid, calcium chloride), red bell pepper tomatoes (with juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), modified corn starch contains 2% or less onion, jalapeno peppers (with salt, acetic acid), spice, flavor, salt, tomato paste.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Quesadillas

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

Trace this label’s coverage

Trace this label’s coverage

11 of 41 parsed ingredients on Quesadillas match at least one source registry. Use the ingredient records to see which entries carry source context and which remain unmatched.

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

Barcode 0071007662492: 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.