Taco Bell Soft Taco. I love the taste of them, I’m not gonna lie. Many a late night driving around I’ve popped in, grabbed a few, and had them finished by the time I’ve gotten home. However, with the recent lawsuit, let’s take a closer look at exactly what we’re eating:
“Yes, I’ll have a Taco Bell soft taco, please!”
“Taco Bell soft taco! Sure thing, that means you’ll be enjoying a “warm, soft, flour tortilla filled with seasoned ground beef, crisp, shredded lettuce, and real cheddar cheese” that actually is made of (from the website)
Seasoned Ground Beef
Beef, Water, Seasoning [Isolated Oat Product, Salt, Chili Pepper, Onion Powder, Tomato Powder, Oats (Wheat), Soy Lecithin, Sugar, Spices, Maltodextrin, Soybean Oil (Anti-dusting Agent), Garlic Powder, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Citric Acid, Caramel Color, Cocoa Powder (Processed With Alkali), Silicon Dioxide, Natural Flavors, Yeast, Modified Corn Starch, Natural Smoke Flavor], Salt, Sodium Phosphates. CONTAINS SOYBEAN, WHEAT
Cheddar Cheese
Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto (Color), Anti-Caking Agent. CONTAINS MILK
Lettuce
Iceberg Lettuce
Tomato
Tomatoes.
Tortilla
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine, Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Ground Corn treated with Lime, Vegetable Oil (Cottonseed Oil, Citric Acid), Contains less than 2% of the following: Salt, Fumaric Acid, Calcium Propionate and Potassium Sorbate (use as Preservatives). CONTAINS: WHEAT Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine, Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Ground Corn treated with Lime, Vegetable Oil (contains one or more of the following: Corn Oil, Soybean Oil) with TBHQ and Citric Acid (to preserve freshness), contains 2% or less of the following: Salt, Calcium Propionate and Potassium Sorbate (to preserve freshness), Furmaric Acid, Dough Conditioner. CONTAINS: WHEAT Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine, Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Ground Corn treated with Lime, Vegetable Oil (contains Soybean Oil) contains 2% or less of the following: Salt, Calcium Propionate, Potassium Sorbate (to preserve freshness), Furmaric Acid. CONTAINS: WHEAT Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine, Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Ground Corn treated with Lime, Vegetable Oil (Cottonseed Oil, Citric Acid), contains less than 2% of the following: Salt, Fumaric Acid, Calcium Propionate and Potassium Sorbate (use as Preservatives). CONTAINS: WHEAT *Will Contain One Of The Ingredient Statements Above, Depending Upon Regional Suppliers
“No no, see, I’m gonna go healthy and get the Taco Bell soft taco with chicken!”
“OHHH…good choice, sir! Well then that means you’ll be having
Southwest Chicken
Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat, Water, Seasoning [Salt, Maltodextrin, Spices, Garlic Powder, Chili Pepper, Paprika, Onion Powder, Carrageenan, Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Natural Flavoring, Mixed Triglycerides, Yeast, Modified Corn Starch, Corn Syrup Solids, Yeast Extract, Alginates (Sodium, Calcium And/Or Ammonium), Cellulose, Calcium Chloride, Sodium Benzoate Used To Protect Quality, Not More Than 2% Silicon Dioxide Added To Prevent Caking, Soybean Oil], Modified Food Starch, Sodium Phosphates Soy Lecithin (Used As A Processing Aid). CONTAINS SOYBEANS
“Mmmmmm, load me up!!”
It’s all part of a nutritious, simple, affordable, handy daily meal, right? Gotta feed our kids the right kinda stuff, right? Make em grow up big and tall and strong! Hmmmmm……maybe that 5 minute trip to the grocery store to buy actual chicken breasts, some whole grain tortillas and some low fat cheese, lettuce and tomato isn’t such a bad idea after all….I mean, 5 ingredients vs like 50…..just seems easier, right?
Dense, fairly tasty.
Tastes a bit like a butterfinger, but less sweet.
Sweet taffy consistency.
Tasty crispy with whole hazelnuts.
Tastes amazing, just like peanut butter cookie dough.
Interesting flavor, grainy, almond butter mixed with dates.
Slightly chewy crispies covered in dark chocolate.
Tastes exactly like a chocolate brownie.
Chewy, like a granola bar, tasty.
Very sweet, nutty, sticky.
Extremely chocolatey, soft and chewy, very tasty.
Thick, chewy, fruity, tasty.
Very soft, chewy, nice chocolate/peanut butter flavor.
Soft, chewy, fruity, like a larabar.
Tons of little seeds, honey, weird taste.
Crispy, sweet.
Tasty chocolate coating, chewy, slightly crunchy.
Larabar is a fruit & nut based bar, very gingery to the point of burning your tongue, chewy texture, not bad but wouldn’t want it every day.
Vega whole food energy bar is similar texture to Larabar, but completely tasteless and dry.
Odwalla is a tasty trail mix bar with chocolate chips on top.
Kashi GoLean Chewy has a nice chocolate coating, thick peanut butter filling, slightly powdery but tasty.
Pro bar is an interesting mix between a trail mix bar and a chewy fruity bar, filling.
Halvah tasted great, melting chocolate outside, butterfinger type inside.
Greens Super food is a chewy, somewhat crunchy bar, tastes like a green superfood, alright, not great.