Safe

Trader jose's, taco shells

by Trader Jose's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 00937276 · Trader Jose's · Mexican-dinner-mixes. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 00937276 · Serving size 2 SHELLS (27 g)

The verdict

Trader jose's, taco shells by Trader Jose's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 5 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. This is a focused 5-component label led by Organic Stone Ground Yellow Corn Masa Flour, Expeller Pressed Vegetable Oil, Safflower; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 5 analyzed
Group 3
Processed foods
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

75/100

Grade B+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 3

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.

00937276 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Trader jose's, taco shells label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 5 ing. REG-SPARSE 0% reg. NOVA-G3 G3 processed NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-LONG Len top 94% PHOTO-FINISH Organic Blue Agave · ±0 BOOK-OFF …937276 · July 2026

None of the 5 parsed ingredients appear in FDA SAFFA or CSPI — absence of evidence, not a clean bill. Source sheet 00937276 · 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: Organic Blue Agave Syrup · Nearest score peer is Organic Blue Agave Syrup 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 parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Trader jose's, taco shells: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Trader jose's, taco shells100/1002. Organic Blue Agave Syrup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Organic Blue Agave Syrup100/1003. Lentil Soup with Ancient Grains: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Lentil Soup with Ancient …100/1004. Shredded Organic Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Shredded Organic Low-Mois…100/1005. Coconut Strips Lightly Sweetened: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Coconut Strips Lightly Sw…100/100
High-band neighbours for Trader jose's, taco shells (100/100) outside Trader Jose's.
Chart values as text

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

Trader jose's, taco shells
100/100
Organic Blue Agave Syrup
100/100
Lentil Soup with Ancient Grains
100/100
Shredded Organic Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
100/100
Coconut Strips Lightly Sweetened
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 935 products we've scored in the Mexican-dinner-mixes category, the average safety score is 97.6/100. Trader jose's, taco shells scores 2.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.6/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Mexican-dinner-mixes products

Trader jose's, taco shells lists 5 ingredients on its label

5 6th percentile a longer ingredient list than 6% of the 871 products we track

0–2: 1 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 26 products (3%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (6%). This entry sits in this band. 6–8: 77 products (9%). Above this entry. 8–10: 67 products (8%). Above this entry. 10–12: 54 products (6%). Above this entry. 12–14: 46 products (5%). Above this entry. 14–16: 53 products (6%). Above this entry. 16–18: 45 products (5%). Above this entry. 18–20: 53 products (6%). Above this entry. 20–22: 50 products (6%). Above this entry. 22–24: 46 products (5%). Above this entry. 24–26: 49 products (6%). Above this entry. 26–28: 63 products (7%). Above this entry. 28–30: 49 products (6%). Above this entry. 30–32: 33 products (4%). Above this entry. 32–34: 43 products (5%). Above this entry. 34–36: 14 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 21 products (2%). Above this entry. 38–40: 6 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 21 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Mexican-dinner-mixes 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

871 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 5 (6th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
1 products (0%)
2–4
26 products (3%)
4–6
54 products (6%)
6–8
77 products (9%)
8–10
67 products (8%)
10–12
54 products (6%)
12–14
46 products (5%)
14–16
53 products (6%)
16–18
45 products (5%)
18–20
53 products (6%)
20–22
50 products (6%)
22–24
46 products (5%)
24–26
49 products (6%)
26–28
63 products (7%)
28–30
49 products (6%)
30–32
33 products (4%)
32–34
43 products (5%)
34–36
14 products (2%)
36–38
21 products (2%)
38–40
6 products (1%)
40 and above
21 products (2%)

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 871 Mexican-dinner-mixes products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Organic stone ground yellow corn masa flour, expeller pressed vegetable oil (safflower and/or sunflower oil, trace of lime.

Categories

Mexican-dinner-mixes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Trader jose's, taco shells

Neighbours outside Trader Jose's with screening scores in the same high band as Trader jose's, taco shells (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Trader Jose's; these peers cross brands.

Check the compact label closely

Check the compact label closely

Trader jose's, taco shells has a shorter ingredient list than 94% of its Mexican-dinner-mixes category comparison set. A short list is descriptive, not a safety verdict, so inspect the named ingredients directly.

  • Start with the parsed ingredient profiles and review the source-backed context behind this compact list. Inspect ingredients
  • Compare another barcode with a similarly short ingredient list. Compare labels
  • Check how the screening method treats registry matches and unmatched ingredients. Read the method

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

Barcode 00937276: 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.