Is Authentic Kitchen Flautas Chicken & Cheese ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 53 ingredients
- 11 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
Tortilla (processing marker) (Enriched Wheat Flour Wheat Flour, Malted Barley, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Water, Corn Flour, Palm Oils, Leavening (Sodium Bicarbonate), Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate (ultra-processing marker), Sodium Aluminum Sulfate, Salt (processing marker), Calcium Propionate, MonoDiglycerides, Fumaric Acid, Potassium Sorbate (processing marker), Enzymes, Sugar (processing marker), Rice Flour, Guar Gum (ultra-processing marker), Yeast, Dough Conditioner), Chicken Breast with Rib Meat, Pepper Jack Cheese (processing marker) (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Red, Green Jalapeño Peppers, Salt (processing marker), Enzymes), Oaxaca Cheese (Milk, Skim Milk, Sea Salt (processing marker), Enzymes, Natamycin (Natural Mold Inhibitor (processing marker))), Vinegar, Lime Juice, Jalapeño Peppers, Water, Cilantro, Garlic, Onion, Sea Salt (processing marker), Cumin, Sodium Alginate (ultra-processing marker), Fried in Canola Oil, Rice Bran Oil (processing marker)
Additives: E202 Potassium sorbate , E235 Natamycin , E282 Calcium propionate , E297 Fumaric acid , E401 Sodium alginate , E412 Guar gum , E450 Diphosphates , E450i Disodium diphosphate , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate , E521 Aluminium sodium sulphate
As written on the pack
Tortilla (Enriched Wheat Flour Wheat Flour, Malted Barley, Ferrous Sulfate, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Water, Corn Flour, Vegetable Oil [May Contain Soybean and/or Palm Oils], Leavening [Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Aluminum Sulfate], Salt, Calcium Propionate, Mono-Diglycerides, Fumaric Acid, Potassium Sorbate, Enzymes, Sugar, Rice Flour, Guar Gum, Yeast, Dough Conditioner), Chicken Breast with Rib Meat, Pepper Jack Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Red and Green Jalapeño Peppers, Salt, Enzymes), Oaxaca Cheese (Cultured Pasteurized Milk and Skim Milk, Sea Salt, Enzymes, Natamycin [Natural Mold Inhibitor]), Vinegar, Lime Juice, Jalapeño Peppers, Water, Cilantro, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Sea Salt, Cumin, Sodium Alginate., Fried in Canola Oil and/or Rice Bran Oil.
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
7 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- E202 Potassium sorbate Preservatives are substances which prolong the shelf-life of foods by protecting them against deterioration caused by micro-organisms and/or which protect against growth of pathogenic micro-organisms.
- Preservative Preservatives slow spoilage by microbes.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Sugar Sugar refined from sugar cane or beet.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850049384827, last edited 1 June 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 D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.