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INGREDIENTS FOR TACO BELL'S BURRITO MEAL FOOD LABELS REVEAL PODCAST - PREPARED BY MEL WEINSTEIN Sorted Unique Ingredients
2 Annatto
Meal: Burrito Supreme, Chips & Nacho Cheese Sauce, and Medium Pepsi Anti-Caking Agent
[Note: water, vitamins, and minerals are not listed] Ascorbic Acid
Baking Soda
Burrito Supreme: Seasoned Beef, Red Sauce, Cheddar Cheese, Sour Cream (reduced fat), Beans, Lettuce, FlourTortilla Beef
Chips & Nacho Cheese Sauce: Nacho Chips, Nacho Cheese Sauce Black Beans
Fountain Pepsi Caffeine
Calcium Carbonate
Count Item Component Ingredients 2 Canola Oil
1 Burrito Supreme Seasoned Beef Beef Caramel Color
2 Cellulose Carrageenan
3 Chili Pepper Cellulose
4 Maltodextrin 5 Cellulose Gum
5 Salt Cheese Whey
6 Oats Chili Pepper
7 Soy Lecithin Chili Powder
8 Spices 5 Citric Acid
9 Tomato Powder Cocoa
10 Sugar Corn Oil
11 Onion Powder Cornstarch
12 Citric Acid Cream
13 Natural Flavors Cultured Pasteurized Milk
14 Torula Yeast 2 Dextrose
15 Cocoa Dipotassium Phosphate
16 Disodium Inosinate Disodium Inosinate
17 Guanylate Distilled Monoglycerides
18 Dextrose Enriched Wheat Flour
19 Lactic Acid 2 Enzymes
20 Modified Cornstarch 2 Fumaric Acid
21 Salt 2 Garlic Powder
22 Sodium Phosphates Guanylate
Guar Gum
23 Red Sauce Maltodextrin HFCS
24 Modified Cornstarch Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
25 Paprika Iceberg Lettuce
26 Salt Jalapeno Puree
27 Tomato Powder 3 Lactic Acid
28 Spices Locust Bean Gum
29 Natural Flavors Malic Acid
30 Paprika 4 Maltodextrin
31 Onion Powder Milk
32 Xanthan Gum 5 Modified Cornstarch
33 Malic Acid Molasses
34 Ascorbic Acid 6 Natural Flavor
35 Citric Acid Nonfat Milk
36 Torula Yeast Oats
Oleoresin Paprika
37 Cheddar Cheese Cultured Pasteurized Milk 2 Onion
38 Salt 3 Onion Powder
39 Enzymes 2 Paprika
40 Annatto Phosphoric Acid
41 Anti-Caking Agent Potassium Citrate
2 Potassium Sorbate
42 Sour Cream, Reduced Fat Milk 8 Salt
43 Cream Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
44 Modified Cornstarch 2 Sodium Phosphate
45 Lactic Acid Sodium Propionate
46 Maltodextrin Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate
47 Citric Acid Sorbic Acid
48 Sodium Phosphate Soy Lecithin
49 Natural Flavor 2 Soybean Oil
50 Cellulose Gum 2 Spices
51 Potassium Sorbate 3 Sugar
52 Cellulose Gum 2 Tomato Powder
53 Guar Gum 2 Torula Yeast
54 Locust Bean Gum Turmeric
55 Carrageenan Vinegar
Vital Wheat Gluten
56 Beans Black Beans Wheat Starch
57 Onion White Ground Corn
58 Canola Oil Xanthan Gum
59 Dextrose
60 Salt
61 Natural Flavor
62 Cornstarch
63 Corn Oil
64 Onion Powder
65 Garlic Powder
66 Turmeric
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67 Modified Cornstarch
68 Salt
69 Chili Powder
70 Garlic Powder
71 Onion
72 Lettuce Iceberg Lettuce
73 Flour Tortilla Enriched Wheat Flour
74 Soybean Oil
75 Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
76 Sugar
77 Salt
78 Baking Soda
79 Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
80 Molasses
81 Fumaric Acid
82 Distilled Monoglycerides
83 Enzymes
84 Vital Wheat Gluten
85 Cellulose Gum
86 Wheat Starch
87 Calcium Carbonate
88 Potassium Sorbate
89 Chips & Nacho Cheese Sauce Nacho Chips White Ground Corn
90 Fumaric Acid
91 Cellulose Gum
92 Sodium Propionate
93 Sorbic Acid
94 Nacho Cheese Sauce Nonfat Milk
95 Cheese Whey
96 Canola Oil
97 Soybean Oil
98 Modified Food Starch
99 Maltodextrin
100 Natural Flavors
101 Salt
102 Dipotassium Phosphate
103 Jalapeno Puree
104 Vinegar
105 Lactic Acid
106 Cellulose Gum
107 Potassium Citrate
108 Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate
109 Citric Acid
110 Annatto
111 Oleoresin Paprika
112 Pepsi, Medium (20 oz) HFCS
113 Caramel Color
114 Sugar
115 Phosphoric Acid
116 Caffeine
117 Citric Acid
118 Natural Flavor
UNIQUE INGREDIENTS = 71 out of 118 = 60.1%
Table Sugar = 3
All Sweeteners = 7
Salt = 8
Fat/Oil = 6
18% of all ingredients are salt, sugar, and fat
Burrito Supreme = 88 ingredients
Chips & Nacho Cheese Sauce = 23 ingredients
Pepsi, medium (20 oz) = 7 ingredients
Percent of synthetic or highly processed ingredients = 52%
(37 out of 71)
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