Chicken & Cheese Taquitos
Chicken & Cheese Taquitos by Delimex Cocina has 5 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.2 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Frozen foods / Frozen snacks and starters
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 Chicken & Cheese Taquitos, 5 of its 5 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 Chicken & Cheese Taquitos sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.2 Top 40% higher than 60% 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
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
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 CHICKEN WITH NATURAL JUICES, SOYBEAN OIL, MONTEREY JACK CHEESE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, TOMATO PASTE, SALT, RED BELL PEPPER, GREEN BELL PEPPER, DEGERMINATED WHITE CORN FLOUR, BRINDED JALAPEÑO PEPPERS, CHICKEN BASE, LEAVENING, DRIED GARLIC, DRIED ONION, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, CUMIN, CORN STARCH, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, XANTHAN GUM, DRIED CHIPOTLE CHILI PEPPERS, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, SOY FLOUR, SPICE EXTRACTIVES, SPICES, WHEY, DEXTRIN, DOUGH CONDITIONER.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Chicken & 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4.2/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 5.
Product Details
- Brand
- Delimex Cocina
- Barcode
- 0017696000696
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Chicken & Cheese Taquitos above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.2/5, Chicken & Cheese Taquitos sits ahead of 60% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.2/5 rating on Chicken & Cheese Taquitos?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4.2/5 average places Chicken & Cheese Taquitos 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.