Is Old El Paso Extra Mild Fajita Kit 476G ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 39 ingredients
- 7 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed meal kits
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
super soft flour tortillas 69% (wheat* flour), water, glycerol (ultra-processing marker), vegetable oils (processing marker) (rapeseed vegetable oils, sunflower vegetable oils), mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids (ultra-processing marker), dextrose (ultra-processing marker), sodium bicarbonate, diphosphates (ultra-processing marker), salt cooking sauce 30% (tomato paste 37%), water, cream, sugar (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker), flavourings (ultra-processing marker), smoke flavouring (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), spices, lemon juice concentrate, modified corn starch (ultra-processing marker), garlic powder, onion powder, coriander leaves, citric acid, topping mix 1% (salt (processing marker)), potato maltodextrin (ultra-processing marker), sugar (processing marker), onion, garlic, fructose (ultra-processing marker), parsley, citric acid, calcium phospate, spices, gum arabic (ultra-processing marker)
Additives: E330 Citric acid , E414 Acacia gum , E422 Glycerol , E450 Diphosphates , E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids , E500 Sodium carbonates , E500ii Sodium hydrogen carbonate
As written on the pack
super soft flour tortillas (69%): *wheat* flour, water, stabiliser (glycerol), vegetable oils (rapeseed, sunflower), emulsifier (mono-and diglycerides of fatty acids), dextrose,raising agents (sodium bicarbonate, diphosphates), salt cooking sauce (30%): tomato paste (37%), water, cream, (*milk*), sugar,sunflower oil,flavourings, smoke flavouring, salt, spices, lemon juice concentrate, modified corn starch,garlic powder, onion powder, coriander leaves, acidity regulator (citric acid) topping mix (1%): salt,potato maltodextrin, sugar, flavouring contains mustard and barley) onion, garlic, fructose, parsley leaves, acidity regulator (citric acid), anti caking agent (calcium phospate), spices, stabiliser (gum arabic)
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.
- E414 Acacia gum Gum arabic (acacia gum) is the hardened sap of acacia trees, used to stabilise flavour emulsions in soft drinks and to coat sweets.
- E422 Glycerol Glycerol is a sweet-tasting liquid used to keep products moist and soft.
- E450 Diphosphates Diphosphates are phosphate salts used as raising agents in baking powder, and to hold water in processed meats and cheese.
- E471 Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids Mono- and diglycerides of fatty acids are made from fats and glycerol.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
- Modified starch Modified starch is starch altered physically, with enzymes or chemically, so that it thickens, gels or survives freezing and heating better than ordinary starch.
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.
- Dextrose Dextrose is pure glucose crystallised from starch-derived syrup.
- Glucose Glucose, usually listed as glucose syrup, is cheap, keeps products moist and stops sugar from crystallising.
- Maltodextrin Maltodextrin is a white powder made by partly breaking down starch.
- Fructose Fructose is the sugar found naturally in fruit and honey, but as an ingredient it is refined industrially, mostly from corn starch.
5 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.
- Meal kits Products in the category "Meal kits" are at least group 3.
Among 20 meal kits
From least to most processed, this one ranks 19th. 75% of the meal kits here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 8410076471475, last edited 20 August 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.