Taco Dinner Kit Includes Shells, Sauce & Seasoning Mix

Why Does This Score Ultra-Processed?

In our analysis, Taco Dinner Kit Includes Shells, Sauce & Seasoning Mix scores Ultra-Processed. That classification is shaped by ingredients commonly associated with ultra-processed foods:

• Chemical Preservatives (Tbhq (Preservative). Taco Salsa: Water): Synthetic preservatives are UPF indicators.
• Modified Starches (Modified Food Starch): Chemical modification is a hallmark of UPF.
• Stabilizers & Gums (Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum And Sodium Alginate): Industrial stabilizers common in UPF.

Within Boxed Dinners & Sides, this product is more processed than about 53% of the 4,145 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 Taco Dinner Kit Includes Shells, Sauce & Seasoning Mix'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.

Vegetable OilsProcessing indicator

In this product: Vegetable Oils (May Contain One Or More Of The Following; Soybean, Canola, Cottonseed, Corn, And/Or Palm Oleinoil), Soybean Oil.

Natural oils are minimally processed, hydrogenated oils indicate UPF.

Food AcidsProcessing indicator

In this product: Citric Acid.

Common in both traditional and industrial foods.

Salt & SodiumProcessing indicator

In this product: Salt.

Basic preservative, but high amounts indicate processing.

Anti-Caking AgentsProcessing indicator

In this product: Silicon Dioxide (< 2% Anti-Caking Agent).

Common in powdered processed foods.