Burrito

What These Ingredients Tell Us

We group 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.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Egg (With Citric Acid (To Preserve Color), 0.15% Water Added As A Carrier For Citric Acid).

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator

In this product: Green Chili Sauce (Water, Hatch Green Chili, Tomato, Flour (Bleached Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Margarine (Liquid And Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Water, Salt, Vegetable Mono & Diglycerides, Soy Lecithin, Sodium Benzoate (A Preservative), Citric Acid, Natural & Artificial Flavor, Calcium Disodium Edta (Added To Protect Flavor), Beta Carotene (Color), Vitamin A Palmitate), Tomato Paste (Tomatoes, Naturally Derived Citric Acid), Onion, Seasoning, Salt), Tortilla (Enriched Wheat Flour (Bleached Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Vegetable Shortening (Soybean Oil And Cottonseed Oils, Vegetable Mono & Diglycerides, Citric Acid), Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate, Corn Starch, Sodium Aluminum Sulfate, Calcium Sulfate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Salt, Dextrose, Sorbic Acid, Sodium Propionate (To Preserve Freshness), Cellulose Gum, Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Fumaric Acid, Sodium Metabisulfite (Dough Conditioner)).

Fortification often compensates for processing losses.

Sugars & Natural SweetenersProcessing indicator

In this product: Potatoes (Potatoes, Dextrose, Disodium Dihydrogen Pyrophosphate (Added To Maintain Color), Potassium Sorbate (Added To Maintain Freshness)).

Natural sugars acceptable in moderation, excessive amounts indicate UPF.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.