CHICKEN & CHEESE TAQUITOS

How it scored 50 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 41 listed

• 1 Wheat Flour
  Powder ground from wheat grain (Triticum aestivum). Contains starch, gluten-forming proteins (gliadin, glutenin), bran, and germ depending o…
  Low
• 2 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe
• 3 CHARBROILED CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT Charbroiled Chicken Breast with Rib Meat —
• 4 Vegetable Oil
  Generic term covering edible oils extracted from plant sources (soybean, canola, corn, sunflower, palm, etc.).
  Low
• 5 Monterey Jack
  Mild, semi-hard cow's-milk cheese originating in California.
  Low
• 6 Tomato Concentrate
  Concentrated tomato product made by removing water from tomato juice/pulp; includes paste and puree.
  Safe
• 7 Modified Corn Starch
  Corn starch chemically or physically altered (acid hydrolysis, esterification, etherification, oxidation, or enzymatic treatment) to change …
  Low
• 8 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 9 Jalapeno Pepper
  Jalapeño is a medium-sized chili pepper (Capsicum annuum).
  Safe
• 10 Brown Sugar
  Sucrose with residual or added molasses; chemically nearly identical to white sugar plus minor molasses content.
  Moderate
• 11 Coriander Leaf
  Fresh leaves of Coriandrum sativum (also called cilantro).
  Safe
• 12 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 13 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 14 Paprika
  Ground spice from dried Capsicum annuum peppers.
  Safe
• 15 Chili Pepper
  Fruits of plants in the genus Capsicum used as a spice.
  Safe
• 16 Dehydrated Onion
  Dried, dehydrated bulbs of Allium cepa; available as flakes, granules, or powder.
  Safe
• 17 Wheat Gluten
  Protein component of wheat (gliadin and glutenin), separated from starch.
  Low
• 18 Nicotinic Acid
  Nicotinic acid (niacin or vitamin B3, pyridine-3-carboxylic acid). E375 is the EU additive code for its use as a vitamin/nutrient added to f…
  Low
• 19 Reduced Iron
  Elemental iron powder (Fe) produced by reducing iron oxide with hydrogen or carbon monoxide; used as a food fortificant.
  Low
• 20 Thiamin Mononitrate
  Synthetic, stable form of vitamin B1 (thiamine). The nitrate salt is preferred for fortification because it tolerates heat and humidity bett…
  Low
• 21 Riboflavin
  Riboflavin (vitamin B2), a water-soluble B vitamin. Used as a yellow-orange food color (E101) and as a vitamin fortificant.
  Low
• 22 Folic Acid
  Synthetic form of folate (vitamin B9). Pteroylmonoglutamic acid, a water-soluble B vitamin essential for DNA synthesis and red blood cell fo…
  Low
• 23 Chicken Breast
  Skeletal muscle from the pectoral region of chicken (Gallus gallus domesticus).
  Safe
• 24 Coating
  Generic umbrella term for an applied surface layer on food (e.g., glaze, wax, sugar, chocolate, batter, breading) without specifying composi…
  Low
• 25 Lime Juice
  Liquid pressed from limes (Citrus aurantiifolia or Citrus latifolia), fresh or commercially bottled.
  Safe
• 26 Soya Bean
  Seed of Glycine max; legume rich in protein and oil.
  Low
• 27 Canola
  Canola (Brassica napus) — typically refers to canola oil, a low-erucic-acid rapeseed oil.
  Low
• 28 Corn Oil
  Vegetable oil pressed/extracted from the germ of corn (Zea mays).
  Low
• 29 Milk
  Lacteal secretion from cows or other domesticated ruminants (goats, sheep). Contains water, lactose, milk fat, casein and whey proteins, vit…
  Low
• 30 Enzyme
  Industrial food enzyme — protein catalysts derived from plants, animals, or microorganisms (often via fermentation), added to food to perfor…
  Low
• 31 Tomato
  Fruit of the Solanum lycopersicum plant.
  Safe
• 32 Acetic Acid
  Acetic acid (E260), the principal acid in vinegar.
  Safe
• 33 Maltodextrin
  A short-chain glucose polymer (3–20 glucose units, DE 3–20) produced by partial enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn, potato, rice, or wheat…
  Moderate
• 34 Dextrose
  D-glucose, a simple sugar (monosaccharide). Produced commercially by complete enzymatic or acid hydrolysis of corn starch.
  Moderate
• 35 Hydrolysed Soy Protein
  Soy protein broken down by acid or enzymatic hydrolysis into peptides and free amino acids; high in glutamic acid.
  Moderate
• 36 Parsley
  Parsley is a culinary herb (Petroselinum crispum).
  Safe
• 37 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 38 Corn Syrup Solids
  Dried corn syrup; refined glucose-based sweetener from cornstarch hydrolysis.
  Low
• 39 Modified Starch
  Starch from corn, potato, tapioca, wheat, or rice that has been physically, enzymatically, or chemically modified (E1400-E1452) to improve c…
  Low
• 40 including Oil of Garlic —
• 41 Lime
  Citrus aurantiifolia or Citrus latifolia — small green citrus fruit; juice and zest used in cooking.
  Safe