Mega breakfast burritos
Contains 2 flagged ingredients
Mega breakfast burritos receives a safety score of 70/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 2 ingredients that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Mega breakfast burritos carries a composite safety score of 70/100, which we classify as "Caution" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan identified 2 flagged ingredients in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Mega breakfast burritos is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of D reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 70/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 2 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | D | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Flour tortilla (unbleached enriched wheat flour [unbleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, shortening [partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oils, vegetable mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60], salt, mono and diglycerides, baking powder [sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, sodium aluminum sulfate, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate], rice flour, tortilla preservative [fumaric acid, sodium propionate {mold inhibitor}, potassium sorbate {mold inhibitor}, citric acid, corn starch, salt], sodium stearoyl lactylate, sodium carboxymehthylcellulose, sodium metabisulfite), green chile peppers, hash brown potato (potatoes, vegetable oil [canola, soybean, hydrogenated soybean, corn, and/or sunflower oil], salt, disodium dihydrogen pyrophosphate [to maintain natural color], dextrose, [may contain: yellow corn flour, dehydrated potatoes, natural flavor {wheat, milk}, citric acid]), fully cooked pork sausage (pork, water, salt, spices, corn syrup solids, dextrose, bha, propyl gallate, citric acid), scrambled egg (whole eggs, skim milk, soybean oil, modified corn starch, xanthan gum, liquid pepper extract, salt, citric acid, artificial butter flavor [soybean oil, butter, lipolyzed butter fat, flavors and artificial flavors]), tomatillo (tomatillo, citric acid), fully cooked bacon (cured with: water, salt, contains 2% or less of: sugar, smoke flavoring, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite and may contain dextrose), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), cornstarch, garlic sauce (garlic, expeller pressed canola oil, olive oil, dried parsley, black pepper), sour cream (grade a cultured cream), garlic salt (salt, garlic), lime juice concentrate.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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