Sausage, Egg Cheese Burrito

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Sausage, Egg Cheese Burrito scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Other Additives (Sodium Phosphates): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.
• Natural Flavors (Monosodium Glutamate): Despite being natural, these are highly processed extracts.

Within Breakfast Foods, this product is more processed than about 55% of the 422 products we've analyzed.

Processing classification reflects ingredient and additive analysis, not a judgment of any product's safety, quality, or healthfulness.

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group Sausage, Egg Cheese Burrito's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Flour Tortilla Wrap (Enriched Bleached Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin,Folic Acid), Water, Vegetable Shortening (Interesterified And Hydrogenated Soybean Oils), Contains 2% Or Less Of: Salt, Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Distilled Monoglycerides, Enzymes,Vital Wheat Gluten, Cellulose Gum, Fumaric Acid, Calcium Propionate And Sorbic Acid [To Maintain Freshness]).

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Food Bases & AlkalisProcessing indicator

In this product: Hash Brown (Potatoes, Vegetable Oil [Contains One Or More Of The Following Oils: Canola Soybean, Cottonseed, Sunflower,Corn],Contains 2% Or Less Of: Dehydrated Onion,Dextrose, Natural Flavor, Salt Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate [Added To Maintain Natural Color]).Pork Sausage Patty Pork.

Common in baking, excessive use indicates processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Water Containg 2% Or Less Of: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Dextrose.

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Fry Shortening (Soybean Oil And Hydrogenated Soybean Oil With Dimethylpolysiloxane Added To Reduce Foaming).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.