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Is Red's Organic Chicken Cilantro & Lime Burrito ultra-processed?

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Pack of Red's Organic Chicken Cilantro & Lime Burrito

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:

  • 36 ingredients
  • No additives
  • Nutri-Score C

Ingredients

Ultra-processing Processing signs are highlighted

filling (chicken, white meat chicken), water, corn starch, salt, brown rice, white cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, sea salt, vegetable enzymes), black beans, water, tomatillo, contains 2% and less canola oil, cilantro, corn starch, garlic, garlic powder, jalapeno, lime juice, olive oil, onions, parsley, red bell peppers, spice, sugar, yellow corn, sea salt, tortilla (wheat flour), water, soybean oil, sea salt, sugar

As written on the pack

Organic filling: organic grilled chicken (organic white meat chicken, water, organic corn starch, salt), organic brown rice, organic white cheddar cheese (pasteurized organic milk, cheese cultures, sea salt, vegetable enzymes), organic black beans, water, organic tomatillo, contains 2% or less of organic canola oil, organic cilantro, organic corn starch, organic garlic, organic garlic powder, organic jalapeno, organic lime juice, organic olive oil, organic onions, organic parsley, organic red bell peppers, organic spice, organic sugar, organic yellow corn, sea salt. organic tortilla: organic wheat flour, water, organic soybean oil, sea salt, organic sugar.

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

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 324 sandwiches

From least to most processed, this one ranks 36th. 82% of the sandwiches 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 324 sandwiches, least processed first

About this information

  • Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850416002293, last edited 11 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 C (from A, best, to E).
  • General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.