Safe

Chicken Taquitos Corn Tortillas

by El Monterey

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071007714894 · El Monterey · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071007714894 · Serving size 3 TAQUITOS (85 g)

The verdict

Chicken Taquitos Corn Tortillas by El Monterey scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 52 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 52-component record, beginning with Water, Stoneground Corn Masa Flour, With Cellulose Gum And A Trace Of Lime. 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 52 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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

07714894 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken Taquitos Corn Tortillas label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 52 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 19% LEAD-RARE Acetic Acid PHOTO-FINISH Chicken & Cheese · ±0 BOOK-OFF …714894 · July 2026

11 of 52 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acetic Acid). Source sheet 07714894 · 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.

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. Chicken Taquitos Corn Tortillas: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken Taquitos Corn Tor…100/1002. Chicken & Cheese Quesadillas: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chicken & Cheese Quesadil…100/1003. Italian Style Wraps Chicken Marinara: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Italian Style Wraps Chick…100/1004. Italian Style Wraps: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Italian Style Wraps100/1005. YOP vanille: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. YOP vanille100/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken Taquitos Corn Tortillas (100/100) outside El Monterey.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken Taquitos Corn Tortillas
100/100
Chicken & Cheese Quesadillas
100/100
Italian Style Wraps Chicken Marinara
100/100
Italian Style Wraps
100/100
YOP vanille
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. Chicken Taquitos Corn Tortillas 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

Chicken Taquitos Corn Tortillas lists 52 ingredients on its label

52 81st percentile a longer ingredient list than 81% 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: 52 (81st 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
Water
2
Stoneground Corn Masa Flour
3
With Cellulose Gum And A Trace Of Lime
4
Cooked Chicken
5
Chicken
6
Modified Food Starch
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Sodium Phosphate
9
Vegetable Oil
10
Soybean
11
Organic Sunflower
12
Canola
13
Corn Oil
14
Chicken Seasoning
15
Chicken Broth
16
Chicken Fat
17
Natural Flavors
18
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
19
Jalapeno Ranch Seasoning
20
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
21
Onion Powder
22
Msg
23
Sharp Cheddar Cheese Seasoning
24
Cheddar Cheese
25
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
26
Enzymes
27
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
28
Buttermilk Solids
29
Disodium Phosphate
30
Tomato Powder
31
Garlic Powder
32
Organic Cultured Buttermilk Powder
33
Spices
34
Corn Starch
35
Paprika
36
For Color
37
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
38
Jalapeno Powder
39
Red Bell Pepper Powder
40
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
41
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
42
Turmeric
43
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
44
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
45
Natural Flavor
46
Corn Starch
47
Textured Soy Flour
48
Onion
49
Jalapeno Puree
50
Jalapeno Peppers
51
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
52
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

Full Ingredient List

Water, stoneground corn masa flour (with cellulose gum and a trace of lime), cooked chicken (chicken, water, modified food starch, salt, sodium phosphate), vegetable oil (soybean, sunflower, canola and/or corn oil), chicken seasoning (chicken broth, salt, chicken fat, corn oil, flavors, xanthan gum), jalapeno ranch seasoning (salt, whey protein concentrate, onion powder, monosodium glutamate, sharp cheddar cheese seasoning (cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), whey, buttermilk solids, salt, disodium phosphate), tomato powder, garlic powder, cultured buttermilk powder, spices, corn starch, paprika (for color), malic acid, jalapeno powder, red bell pepper powder, corn oil, citric acid, sodium diacetate, turmeric (for color), disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, natural flavor), modified corn starch, textured soy flour, onion, jalapeno puree (jalapeno peppers, salt, acetic acid, calcium chloride), paprika.

Other products containing Jalapeno Ranch Seasoning

Jalapeno Ranch Seasoning is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken Taquitos Corn Tortillas

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

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Chicken Taquitos Corn Tortillas has a longer ingredient list than 81% of its Frozen foods 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 0071007714894: 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.