El Monterey

Beef & Bean Burrito

CModerate GoutMarket grade · Moderate · #21 of 27 frozen burritos and taquitos we grade

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Purine and sugar, by the numbers

Serving1 Burrito (113 g)
Purine per servingabout 43 mg, at most 103 mg (26% of the 400 mg daily guide)
Purine per 100 gat most 91 mg
Purine before GoutSafe's weightingat most 120 mg per serving
Main purine sourcelean ground beef
Fructose per serving0 g
Added sugar per servingnot on the label
Total sugar per serving0 g

Where the purine comes from

IngredientMatched GoutSafe foodPurine in that food, per 100 gShare of the productPurine at that share, per servingCounted in the worst case
beef lean ground beef (D) 252 mg up to 33% 95 mg 95 mg
enriched wheat flour bread flour (A) 26 mg up to 50% 15 mg 4 mg
soybean dried soybeans (A) 33 mg up to 20% 8 mg 2 mg
textured vegetable protein soy protein concentrate (A) 192 mg up to 2% 4 mg 1 mg
soy sauce soy sauce (shoyu) (A) 50 mg up to 2% 1 mg under 1 mg
beans canned pinto beans (A) 25 mg up to 25% 7 mg under 1 mg
chili pepper green pepper (A) 2 mg up to 2% under 1 mg under 1 mg

Purine values come from each matched food's page on GoutSafe. Shares come from label order: US labels list ingredients by weight, so the second ingredient is at most half the product, and anything after "2% or less" is at most 2%. The worst case fills the most purine-dense ingredients to their full share first, until the shares reach the whole product, then applies GoutSafe's weighting by source, which counts plant purines at 0.3, dairy at 0 and organ meat at 1.3 because they raise uric acid by different amounts. The grade uses that worst case. How we rate.

Why it's rated C

  • Open Food Facts classes it as ultra-processed (NOVA 4), and GoutSafe's rule keeps ultra-processed foods at Moderate (C) or below. Source on GoutSafe.
  • About 43 mg of purine per serving, and at most 103 mg (26% of the 400 mg daily guide), mostly from lean ground beef. Source on GoutSafe.
  • The panel lists 0 g of total sugars per serving and no added-sugar line.

Estimated from the ingredient label. Labels list ingredients by weight but rarely give amounts, so we grade on the most purine the label allows, which can read stricter than the real recipe and never safer. Sugar comes from the Nutrition Facts panel. How we rate.

What's on the label

Ingredients: WATER, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), BEEF, BEANS, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN, CANOLA, AND/OR CORN OIL), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (SOY FLOUR, CARAMEL COLOR), SALT, ISOLATED PEA PRODUCT, CHILI PEPPER, SPICES, FLAVOR, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), DOUGH CONDITIONERS (YEAST, WHEAT GLUTEN, SUGAR, GUAR GUM, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH).

Serving: 1 Burrito (113 g). Label from USDA FoodData Central (record 2669403), dated 2023-11-16. UPC 071007001659. This label is over a year old and the recipe may have changed. Check the package.

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