Safe

Monterey jack style & chicken quesadillas

by Tina's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0079606020408 · Tina's · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0079606020408 · Serving size 1 QUESADILLA (99 g)

The verdict

Monterey jack style & chicken quesadillas by Tina's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 48 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 48-component record, beginning with Water, Monterey Jack Cheese Type Blend, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil. 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 48 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.

06020408 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Monterey jack style & chicken quesadillas label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 48 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 25% LEAD-RARE Casein PHOTO-FINISH Seasoned ground beef, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …020408 · July 2026

12 of 48 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Casein). Source sheet 06020408 · 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: Seasoned ground beef, farm grown pinto beans, onions, and mild jalapenos burritos, beef & bean · Nearest score peer is Seasoned ground beef, farm grown pinto beans, onions, and mild jalapenos burritos, beef & bean 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. Monterey jack style & chicken quesadillas: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Monterey jack style & chi…100/1002. Seasoned ground beef, farm grown pinto beans, onions, and mild jalapenos burritos, beef & bean: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Seasoned ground beef, far…100/1003. Burrito: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Burrito100/1004. Beef & Bean/Green Chili Burrito: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Beef & Bean/Green Chili B…100/1005. Pyramide Oriental Beef Spices: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Pyramide Oriental Beef Sp…100/100
High-band neighbours for Monterey jack style & chicken quesadillas (100/100) outside Tina's.
Chart values as text

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

Monterey jack style & chicken quesadillas
100/100
Seasoned ground beef, farm grown pinto beans, onions, and mild jalapenos burritos, beef & bean
100/100
Burrito
100/100
Beef & Bean/Green Chili Burrito
100/100
Pyramide Oriental Beef Spices
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. Monterey jack style & chicken 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

Monterey jack style & chicken quesadillas lists 48 ingredients on its label

48 75th percentile a longer ingredient list than 75% 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: 48 (75th 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
Monterey Jack Cheese Type Blend
3
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
4
Casein
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
5
Milk Protein
6
Mozzarella Cheese
7
Milk
8
Cheese Culture
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Enzymes
11
Modified Food Starch
12
Natural Flavors
13
Sodium Phosphate
14
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
15
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
16
Preservative
17
Beta Carotene
18
Chicken
19
Mechanically Separated Chicken
20
Diced Green Chile
21
Organic Green Chile Pepper
22
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
23
Soy Flour
24
Onion
25
Tomato Paste
26
Garlic Powder
27
Enriched Flour
28
Bleached Wheat Flour
29
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Reduced Iron
31
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
34
Vegetable Oil
35
Soybean
36
Canola
37
Corn Oil
38
Baking Powder
39
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
40
Corn Starch
41
Sodium Aluminum Sulfate
42
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
43
Monocalcium Phosphate
44
Guar Gum
45
Dough Conditioner
46
Sodium Metabisulfite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
GRAS
47
Microcrystalline Cellulose
48
Dicalcium Phosphate

Full Ingredient List

Filling: water, monterey jack cheese type blend (water, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, casein [milk protein], mozzarella cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], modified food starch, contains 2% or less: salt, natural flavors, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, sorbic acid [preservative], beta carotene), chicken (mechanically separated chicken), diced green chile (green chile pepper, water, citric acid), soy flour, modified food starch, dehydrated onion, tomato paste, salt, garlic powder, black pepper. tortilla: enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, vegetable oil (soybean, canola and/or corn oil), salt, baking powder (sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, sodium aluminum sulfate, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate), guar gum, dough conditioner (sodium metabisulfite, corn starch, microcrystalline cellulose, dicalcium phosphate).

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Monterey jack style & chicken quesadillas

Neighbours outside Tina's with screening scores in the same high band as Monterey jack style & chicken quesadillas (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Tina's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Monterey jack style & chicken quesadillas has a longer ingredient list than 75% 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 0079606020408: 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.