Burrito sausage breakfast
Contains 3 flagged ingredients
Burrito sausage breakfast receives a safety score of 45/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 3 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
Burrito sausage breakfast carries a composite safety score of 45/100, which we classify as "Avoid" 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 3 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, Burrito sausage breakfast 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.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 45/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 3 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Filling (potatoes, eggs [whole egg, whey, skim milk, xanthan gum], green chile sauce [water, green chiles (green chile peppers, water, salt, citric acid, calcium chloride), tomatoes (tomatoes, tomato juice, salt, calcium chloride, citric acid), lard (lard and hydrogenated lard, bha, propyl gallate, citric acid), flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, potassium bromate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), jalapenos, tomato paste (vine ripened tomatoes, citric acid), salt, roasted garlic powder, black pepper, hickory powder (maltodextrin, natural hickory smoke flavoring, hydrated silicon dioxide)], pork sausage (pork, salt, pepper, spices), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto, corn starch), salt, potassium sorbate, sodium benzoate, black pepper) tortilla (enriched bleached wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, vegetable shortening [interesterified soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil and/or palm oil], contains 2% or less of each of the following: vital wheat gluten, sugar, salt, leavening [sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum sulfate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate and/or sodium acid pyrophosphate, calcium sulfate], dough conditioners [fumaric acid, sodium metabisulfite], distilled monoglycerides, preservatives [calcium propionate, sorbic acid and/or citric acid])
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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