Taco Dinner Includes 12 Taco Shells, Taco Sauce And Seasoning Mix
Taco Dinner Includes 12 Taco Shells, Taco Sauce And Seasoning Mix by Carlita has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.7 out of 5, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.42 points below 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 Taco Dinner Includes 12 Taco Shells, Taco Sauce And Seasoning Mix, 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 Taco Dinner Includes 12 Taco Shells, Taco Sauce And Seasoning Mix sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.7 Top 87% higher than 13% 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
- Monosodium Glutamate - Safety score: 2/5
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
Taco shells: ground corn treated with lime (corn masa flour, lime, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin), water, vegetable oils (contains one or more of the following: cottonseed oil, corn oil, palm oil, sunflower oil). taco sauce: tomato puree, water, tomatoes, jalapeno peppers, salt, vinegar, garlic powder, dehydrated onion, sugar, spices, ascorbic acid, sodium benzoate and potassium sorbate (as preservatives), extracts of paprika and natural flavors. taco seasoning: dehydrated onion, salt, garlic powder, bleached wheat flour, chili peppers, spices, monosodium glutamate, paprika, sugar, partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil (processing aid), malic acid, autolyzed yeast, corn syrup solids, dextrose, extractives of paprika and natural flavors, with not more than 2% silicon dioxide added to prevent caking.
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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Taco Dinner Includes 12 Taco Shells, Taco Sauce And Seasoning Mix: 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: 3.7/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Carlita
- Barcode
- 0041130270055
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Taco Dinner Includes 12 Taco Shells, Taco Sauce And Seasoning Mix rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Taco Dinner Includes 12 Taco Shells, Taco Sauce And Seasoning Mix's 3.7/5 average puts it in the lower 87%, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.7/5 rating on Taco Dinner Includes 12 Taco Shells, Taco Sauce And Seasoning Mix?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Taco Dinner Includes 12 Taco Shells, Taco Sauce And Seasoning Mix's mapped ingredients average out to 3.7/5, 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.