Egg, Bacon & Cheese Breakfast Taquitos

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

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

• Industrial Enzymes (Pasteurized Process Cheddar Cheese - Pasteurized Process Cheddar Cheese {Cheddar Cheese [Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes]): Industrial enzyme use indicates significant processing.
• Other Additives (Sodium Hexametaphosphate): Miscellaneous additives generally indicate processing.

Within Frozen Breakfast, this product is more processed than about 39% of the 1,791 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 Egg, Bacon & Cheese Breakfast Taquitos' ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Oil - (Soybean, Canola, Palm And/Or Corn Oil).

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Smoke Flavoring Added (Cured With Water, Salt, Sugar, Smoke Flavoring, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

MineralsProcessing indicator

In this product: Sodium Phosphate, Cheese Sauce - Water, Cheddar Cheese Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto Color , Modified Corn Starch, Cream Cheese Pasteurized Cultured Milk And Cream, Salt, Stabilizers [Xanthan, Locust Bean And/Or Guar Gums] , Canola Oil, Contains Less Than 2% Of Nonfat Dry Milk, Whey, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Corn Starch, Lactic Acid, Cellulose Gum, Butter Oil, Sugar, Yeast Extract, Paprika Extract Color , Natural Flavors, Annatto Extract Color , Contains 2% Or Less - Tomato With Juice, Calcium Chloride, Citric Acid , Green Chili With Citric Acid , Tomato Paste Tomatoes , Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Distilled Vinegar, Jalapeno Peppers With Salt, Acetic Acid, Calcium Chloride , Onion, Garlic With Citric Acid , Spices, Dough Conditioners Yeast, Wheat Gluten, Sugar, Guar Gum, Modified Food Starch, Sodium Metabisulfite.

Added minerals often compensate for processing.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.