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Chimichanga

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0073202892490 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0073202892490 · Serving size 1 CHIMICHANGA (142 g)

The verdict

Chimichanga scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 71 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 71-component record, beginning with Ground Beef, Tomatoes, Tomato Juice. 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 71 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.

02892490 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chimichanga label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 71 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-RARE Torula yeast PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …892490 · July 2026

14 of 71 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Torula yeast). Source sheet 02892490 · 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

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.

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. Chimichanga 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

Chimichanga lists 71 ingredients on its label

71 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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: 71 (95th 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
Ground Beef
2
Tomatoes
3
Tomato Juice
4
Cheddar Cheese
5
Pasteurized Milk
6
Cheese Cultures
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Enzymes
9
Annatto Color
10
Organic Onions
11
Pinto Beans
12
Green Chile Peppers
13
Green Chiles
14
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
15
Seasoning Mix
16
Spices
17
Tomato Powder
18
Wheat Flour
19
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
20
Corn Starch
21
Onion Powder
22
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
24
Garlic Powder
25
Cocoa Powder
26
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
27
Natural Smoke Flavor
28
Natural Flavor
29
Water
30
Jalapeno Peppers
31
Jalapenos
32
Dried Vinegar
33
Green Onions
34
Tomato Paste
35
Modified Food Starch
36
Cheese Mix
37
Cheddar Cheese
38
Cheese Culture
39
Whole Milk Powder
40
Whey Powder
41
Natural Flavors
42
Gum Arabic
43
Sodium Phosphate
44
Buttermilk Solids
45
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
46
Yeast Extract
47
Sodium Citrate
48
Enriched Bleached Flour
49
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
50
Reduced Iron
51
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
52
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
53
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
54
Soy Lecithin
55
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
56
Corn Flour
57
Ground Yellow Corn Masa Flour. Trace Of Lime
58
No Additives
59
Soybean Oil
60
Guar Gum
61
Baking Powder
62
Corn Starch
63
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
64
Sodium Aluminum Sulfate
65
Monocalcium Phosphate
66
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
67
Vital Wheat Gluten
68
Dough Conditioner
69
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
70
L-cysteine Monohyrdorchloride
71
Prefried In Vegetable Oil

Full Ingredient List

Filling: ground beef, tomatoes (with tomato juice), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, and annatto color), onions, pinto beans, green chile peppers (green chiles, citric acid), contains less than 2% of: seasoning mix (spices, salt, tomato powder, wheat flour, maltodextrin, modified corn starch, onion powder, sugar, torula yeast, citric acid, garlic powder, cocoa powder [processed with alkali], malic acid, natural smoke flavor, natural flavor), water, jalapeno peppers (jalapenos, vinegar, salt), green onions, tomato paste, modified food starch, dried cheese mix (maltodextrin, dehydrated cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], whole milk powder, whey powder, natural flavors [contains gum arabic], salt, sodium phosphate, buttermilk solids, lactic acid, yeast extract, sodium citrate), enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), soy lecithin, sugar, soybean oil. tortilla: enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, corn flour, (ground yellow corn masa flour. trace of lime, no additives), soybean oil, guar gum, salt, baking powder (corn starch, sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum sulfate, monocalcium phosphate), sodium stearoyl lactylate, vital wheat gluten, dough conditioner (whey, l-cysteine monohyrdorchloride). prefried in vegetable oil.

Categories

Frozen foods

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Read the longer label in layers

Chimichanga has a longer ingredient list than 95% 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 0073202892490: 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.