Lean Cuisine Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Mexican style beef and cheddar quesadillas

Mexican style beef and cheddar quesadillas: 4/5 ingredient safety

Mexican style beef and cheddar quesadillas by Lean Cuisine has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.

  • 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 Mexican style beef and cheddar quesadillas, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries 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 Mexican style beef and cheddar quesadillas sits nationally

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

4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
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

FILLING: Light pasteurized process cheddar cheese (cultured milk, skim milk, water, potassium citrate, salt, sodium citrate, whey, sorbic acid, cream, apocarotenal, beta carotene, enzymes, sodium phosphate, lactic acid), black beans, cooked beef pizza topping (hamburger beef, salt, spices, natural flavor, water, textured soy protein concentrate, dehydrated potatoes, soy protein concentrate, sodium phosphate, citric acid, BHA, BHT, cooked in beef fat, pork fat or vegetable oil), poblano chiles, tomatoes, green onions. TORTILLA: Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, enzyme, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, canola oil, salt, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), enzymes. SAUCE: Water, seasoning (sour cream powder, corn starch, buttermilk powder, nonfat dry milk, salt, natural flavor, lactic acid, xanthan gum), paprika, spices, sea salt, chili pepper, dried garlic, dried onion, natural fl

Product Details

Barcode
0013800182654
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Mexican style beef and cheddar quesadillas above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Mexican style beef and cheddar quesadillas sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should Mexican style beef and cheddar quesadillas's 4/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Mexican style beef and cheddar quesadillas's 4/5 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.