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Is Mariachi Market Beef & Bean Burritos ultra-processed?

32 oz Burritos Sold in the United States

Pack of Mariachi Market Beef & Bean Burritos

Yes, it's ultra-processed

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

Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:

  • 56 ingredients
  • 8 additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Less processed burritos

Less processed isn't automatically healthier, so compare the labels for what matters to you, such as sugar or salt.

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

filling (water), beef, pinto beans, tomato paste, čereal (degermed yellow corn flour, wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine, mononitrate riboflavin, folic acid} rice, oat flours), soy flour, dehydrated oniôn, spices, alt, soy sauce (water, soybeans, vheat, salt), garlic, chili pepper, jalapeño (jalapeño peppers, water, citric acid), paprika, tortilla (flour, wheat flour), niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, water, vegetable oil (soybean, canóla, corn oil), sugar, baking powder (sodium bicařbonate, corn starch, sodium aluminum sulfate, calcium phosphate), salt, guar gum, dough conditioner (sodium metabisulfite, corn starch, microcrystalline cellulose, dicalcium phosphate)

Additives: E223 Sodium metabisulphite , E330 Citric acid , E341 Calcium phosphates , E341ii Dicalcium phosphate , E412 Guar gum , E460 Cellulose , E460i Microcrystalline cellulose , E521 Aluminium sodium sulphate

As written on the pack

filling: water, beef, pinto beans, tomato paste, čereal (degermed yellow corn flour, bleached wheat flour enriched [niacin, reduced iron, thiamine, mononitrate riboflavin, folic acid} rice, oat flours), textured soy flour, dehydrated oniôn, spices, alt, soy sauce (water, soybeans, vheat, salt), garlic powder, chili pepper, jalapeño puree (jalapeño peppers, water, citric acid), paprika, tortilla: enriched flour (bleached wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, vegetable oil (soybean, canóla and/or corn oil), sugar, baking powder (sodium bicařbonate, corn starch, sodium aluminum sulfate, calcium phosphate), salt, guar gum, dough conditioner (sodium metabisulfite, corn starch, microcrystalline cellulose, dicalcium phosphate), contains: wheat, soy,

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.

  • E412 Guar gum Guar gum is a thickener ground from the seeds of the guar plant.
  • E460 Cellulose 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.

Substances rarely used in home kitchens

Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.

  • Soya flour An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
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.

  • 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.
  • Sandwiches Products in the category "Sandwiches" are at least group 3.
  • Sauce A prepared sauce used as an ingredient.
  • Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.

How the NOVA groups work

Among 20 burritos

From least to most processed, this one ranks 11th. 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 4099100108422, last edited 26 April 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.