Product Insight: Ultimate Taco
Ultimate Taco by Hilo is tracked in PlainIngredients with 1 identified ingredient and carries an overall safety rating of 4 out of 5 — a Low-Risk-to-Safe tier backed by FDA and EU regulatory status. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and no Nutri-Score label has been assigned by Open Food Facts contributors. Within the identified ingredient list, no ingredient on this product currently carries a Caution or High-Risk flag in our database, while 1 ingredient sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.
Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.
Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes
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
iron the % daily value (dv) tells you how much a in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. ngredients: high oleic sunflower oil, defatted almond flour, protein, taco seasoning (cheddar cheese powder ltured milk, salt, enzymes], nonfat dry milk, salt, sour cream [cream, nonfat milk, cultures], spices, natural flavor, yeast, onion powder, tomato powder, yeast extract, garlic powder, sunflower oil, paprika extract, acacia gum). pea protein isolate, chia protein, almond flour, potato starch, baking soda. contains: almonds and milk.
Data Sources
- Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
- FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
- EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
Product Details
- Brand
- Hilo
- Barcode
- 0030000574904
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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