Green Taco Sauce
Green Taco Sauce by Fiesta Juan's has 4 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 B.
- Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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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 Green Taco Sauce, 4 of its 4 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 Green Taco Sauce 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
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
WATER, FIRE ROASTED GREEN CHILES (CHILE PEPPERS, WATER, SALT, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), SALT, ACETIC ACID, JALAPENO PEPPERS, CANE SUGAR, ONION POWDER, GARLIC, CILANTRO, GARLIC POWDER, SPICES, XANTHAN GUM, ASCORBIC ACID
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Green Taco Sauce: 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: 4.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Fiesta Juan's
- Barcode
- 0032458971151
- Nutri-Score
- Grade B
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Green Taco Sauce rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.3/5, Green Taco Sauce 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 Green Taco Sauce's 4.3/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Green Taco Sauce's mapped ingredients average out to 4.3/5, which is 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.