Delimex Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Beef & Cheese Taquitos

Beef & Cheese Taquitos: 4.3/5 ingredient safety

Beef & Cheese Taquitos by Delimex has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.

  • Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Meals / Prepared salads / Mexican salads

How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Beef & Cheese Taquitos, 3 of its 3 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Beef & Cheese Taquitos sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

4.3
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.3 out of 5
Based on 3 tracked ingredients
3
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
3
Low Risk / Safe
D
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, COOKED BEEF, SOYBEAN OIL, COLBY CHEESE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, RED BELL PEPPER, TOMATO PASTE, GREEN BELL PEPPER, BEEF BASE, SALT, DEGERMINATED WHITE CORN FLOUR, DRIED ONIONS, LEAVENING, SPICES, BRINED JALAPEÑO PEPPERS, SOY SAUCE, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, CUMIN, CORN STARCH, DRIED GARLIC, SUGAR, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND GUANYLATE, DRIED CHIPOTLE CHILI PEPPERS, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, SOY FLOUR, SPICE EXTRACTS, WHEY, DEXTRIN, XANTHAN GUM, DOUGH CONDITIONER.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Beef & Cheese Taquitos: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Brand
Delimex
Barcode
0017696000726
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Beef & Cheese Taquitos's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4.3/5, Beef & Cheese Taquitos sits ahead of 62% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Beef & Cheese Taquitos's 4.3/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Beef & Cheese Taquitos's 4.3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.