Concern

Jose ole, mextremes, coated corn taquitos, buffalo style ranch

by Jose Ole

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0073202893565 · Jose Ole · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0073202893565 · Serving size 3 TAQUITOS (85 g)

The verdict

Jose ole, mextremes, coated corn taquitos, buffalo style ranch by Jose Ole scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 53 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 53-component record, beginning with Ground Corn Masa Flour, Trace Of Lime, Water. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 53 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

38/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

02893565 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Jose ole, mextremes, coated corn taquitos, buffalo style ranch label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 53 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 18% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 5 PHOTO-FINISH Fruit Lolly Pop · ±0 BOOK-OFF …893565 · July 2026

12 of 53 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 5). Source sheet 02893565 · 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: Fruit Lolly Pop · Nearest score peer is Fruit Lolly Pop at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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. Jose ole, mextremes, coated corn taquitos, buffalo style ranch: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Jose ole, mextremes, coat…50/1002. Fruit Lolly Pop: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Fruit Lolly Pop50/1003. Mini Valentine’s Filled Donuts: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mini Valentine’s Filled D…50/1004. Party mints: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Party mints50/1005. Assorted marshmallow peanuts candy: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Assorted marshmallow pean…50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Jose ole, mextremes, coated corn taquitos, buffalo style ranch (50/100 on 53 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Jose ole, mextremes, coated corn taquitos, buffalo style ranch
50/100
Fruit Lolly Pop
50/100
Mini Valentine’s Filled Donuts
50/100
Party mints
50/100
Assorted marshmallow peanuts candy
50/100

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. Jose ole, mextremes, coated corn taquitos, buffalo style ranch scores 42.9 points below that category average (50/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively weaker 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

Jose ole, mextremes, coated corn taquitos, buffalo style ranch lists 53 ingredients on its label

53 82nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 82% 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: 53 (82nd 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

How the 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 53 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Ground Corn Masa Flour
2
Trace Of Lime
3
Water
4
Cooked Chicken
5
Chicken
6
Modified Food Starch
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Sodium Phosphate
9
Green Chile Peppers
10
Green Chiles
11
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
12
Organic Onions
13
Chicken Flavor
14
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
15
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
16
Chicken Fat
17
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
18
Vegetable Stock
19
Carrot
20
Onion
21
Chlery
22
Flavors And Turmeric
23
Seasoning
24
Spices
25
Garlic Powder
26
Onion Powder
27
Paprika
28
Textured Vegetable Protien
29
Soy Flour
30
Alpha Cellulose
31
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
32
Dried Vinegar
33
Dry Cayenne Pepper Sauce
34
Aged Cayenne Red Pepper
35
Distilled Vinegar
36
Buttermilk
37
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
38
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
39
Nonfat Dry Milk
40
Sour Cream
41
Cream
42
Nonfat Milk
43
Cultures
44
Natural Flavors
45
Milk
46
Onoinpowder
47
Yeast Extract
48
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
49
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
50
Coloring
51
Red 40
Avoid Approved (certified color)
52
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
53
Citric Acid. Prefried In Vegetable Oil

Full Ingredient List

Chicken taquito: ground corn masa flour (with trace of lime), water, cooked chicken (chicken, water, modified food starch, salt, sodium phosphate), contains less than 2% of: green chile peppers (green chiles, citric acid), onions, chicken flavor (salt, maltodextrin, sugar, chicken fat, whey, vegetable stock [carrot, onion, chlery], flavors and turmeric), seasoning (salt, spices, garlic powder, onion powder , paprika), modified food starch, textured vegetable protien (soy flour), alpha cellulose, calcium carbonate, vinegar, wheat flour. coated with: dry cayenne pepper sauce (aged cayenne red pepper, distilled vinegar, salt, garlic powder), maltodextrin, buttermilk, salt, whey, sodium diacetate, dextrose, nonfat dry milk, spices, sour cream (cream, nonfat milk, cultures), natural flavors (contains milk), onoinpowder, garlic powder, yeast extract, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, coloring (red 40 lake, yellow 5 lake), citric acid. prefried in vegetable oil.

Categories

Frozen foods

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Jose ole, mextremes, coated corn taquitos, buffalo style ranch

Neighbours outside Jose Ole near Jose ole, mextremes, coated corn taquitos, buffalo style ranch's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Jose Ole; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 5 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Jose ole, mextremes, coated corn taquitos, buffalo style ranch's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 53-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 5. Open Yellow 5
  • Compare Jose ole, mextremes, coated corn taquitos, buffalo style ranch's 2 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 0073202893565: 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.