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Is Amy's Kitchen Mexican Burrio ultra-processed?

156 g Burritos Sold in Ireland and France

Pack of Amy's Kitchen Mexican Burrio

It's processed, but not ultra-processed

  1. 1 Unprocessed
  2. 2 Kitchen staple
  3. 3 Processed
  4. 4 Ultra-processed

Whole foods combined with:

  • 22 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score B

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

n edents pinto beans 31%, filtered water, brown rice 11%, chickpea flour, tomato puree, potato starch, tapioca starch, onions, sunflower oil, cheddar cheese, MLO 2%, monterey jack cheese (MI), sweet peppers, sorghum flour, sweet rice flour, sugar, sea salt, spices, garlic, for allergenssee ingredientsin bold, 83%OFTHEARLI RALNGREENISAEPRODUmN ORDAME WITH THERULES OFORGANIC PRODUCTION UNDER CERTFICATIONv

As written on the pack

N EDENTS ORGANIC PINTO BEANS (31 %), FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC COOKED BROWN RICE (11 %), ORGANIC CHICKPEA FLOUR, ORGANIC TOMATO PUREE, ORGANIC POTATO STARCH, ORGANIC TAPIOCA STARCH, ORGANIC ONIONS, SUNFLOWER OIL, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MLO (2%), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (MI) (2%), ORGANIC SWEET PEPPERS, ORGANIC SORGHUM FLOUR, ORGANIC SWEET RICE FLOUR, ORGANIC SUGAR, SEA SALT, SPICES, ORGANIC GARLIC. FOR ALLERGENSSEE INGREDIENTSIN BOLD. 83%OFTHEARLI RALNGREENISAEPRODUmN ORDAME WITH THERULES OFORGANIC PRODUCTION UNDER ORGANIC CERTFICATIONv

What makes it processed

Processed ingredients

Processed foods in their own right, such as cheese or milk powder.

  • Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.

Culinary ingredients

Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.

  • Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
  • Starch Starch extracted from cereals or potatoes, used to thicken.
  • Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
  • Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.

Category rules

Open Food Facts puts every product in this category in at least this group.

  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 burritos

From least to most processed, this one ranks 2nd. 75% of the burritos here are ultra-processed.

Ranked by NOVA group, then by the number of ultra-processing signs, additives and ingredients. Our ordering, not part of NOVA.

All 20 burritos, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272003709, last edited 21 March 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
  • Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
  • The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
  • NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of B (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.