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Taquitos Roundup

We analyzed 18 products to help you choose the healthiest & safest options.

Finding the perfect Taquitos shouldn't feel like a guessing game. At CakeID, we take food transparency seriously. We have analyzed over 18 products in this category, breaking down every ingredient list to uncover hidden additives, excessive sugar levels, and potential allergens.

Whether you are searching for strictly Vegan options, Gluten-Free snacks, or simply want to avoid high-processed foods, our algorithm ranks products based on a comprehensive Health Score. Below is our definitive ranking of the safest and healthiest Taquitos you can buy in 2026, sorted by their ingredient purity.

Editor's Quick Picks

Detailed Reviews

Calories
246
Sugar
1g
Delimex

White Meat Chicken Taquitos

Ingredients: Tortilla (corn masa flour [corn masa flour, lime], water, salt), cooked chicken filling (white meat chicken, water, soy flour, seasoning [salt, dehydrated garlic, spices], corn oil, gelatin, modified corn starch, salt, vinegar, chicken base [chicken meat including natural chicken juices, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, fructose, chicken fat, autolyzed yeast, dry chicken broth, dextrose, modified corn starch, onion powder, natural flavors, spices including turmeric], modified corn starch, corn masa flour), soybean oil.

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
282
Sugar
1g
Wal-Mart Stores

Beef Taquitos

Ingredients: stone ground corn masa acts 35g) bout 7 (with trace of lime), water, beef, ground beef, soybean oil, green chile peppers (green chiles, citric acid), onions, contains less than 2% of: textured wheat protein (wheat gluten, wheat starch, tetrapotassium pyrophosphate, caramel color, sodium carbonate, tocopherols [preservative]), seasoning blend (salt, spices, garlic powder, beef flav tomato paste, modified food stasch, alpha cellulose, jalapeno peppers (jalapenos, salt, vinegar), calcium carbonate, relecithinated soy flour (defatted soy flour, soy lecithin), salt, caramel color. m fat 110 ily value* 18% 15% 3 13% 4% contains wheat and soy. 因

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
279
Sugar
1g
Delimex

Delimex Chicken & Cheese Taquitos

Ingredients: ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, COOKED CHICKEN WITH NATURAL JUICES (CHICKEN MEAT, SALT), SOYBEAN OIL, MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, TOMATO PASTE, SALT, RED BELL PEPPER, GREEN BELL PEPPER, DEGERMINATED WHITE CORN FLOUR, BRINED JALAPEÑO PEPPERS (JALAPEÑOS, VINEGAR, SALT), CHICKEN BASE (CHICKEN MEAT INCLUDING NATURAL CHICKEN JUICES, SALT, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, FRUCTOSE, CHICKEN FAT, AUTOLYZED YEAST, DRY CHICKEN BROTH, DEXTROSE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS, SPICES (INCLUDING TURMERIC]), LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), DRIED GARLIC, DRIED ONION, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, CUMIN, CORN STARCH, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND GUANYLATE, XANTHAN GUM, DRIED CHIPOTLE CHILI PEPPERS, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, SOY FLOUR, SPICE EXTRACTIVES, SPICES, WHEY, DEXTRIN, SPICE, DOUGH CONDITIONER (SODIUM METABISULFITE, CORN STARCH, MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE, DICALCIUM PHOSPHATE).

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains Sodium Metabisulfite
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Calories
282
Sugar
1g
Jose Ole

Taquitos Beef

Ingredients: Stone ground corn masa flour (with trace of lime), water, shredded beef, ground beef, onions, green chile peppers (green chiles, citric acid). contains less than 2% of: tomato paste, jalapeno peppers (jalapenos, vinegar, salt), seasoning (salt, spices, garlic powder, natural beef flavor), alpha cellulose, modified food starch, calcium carbonate, relicithinated soy flour (soy flour, soybean oil, soy lecithin), textured wheat protein (wheat gluten, wheat starch, tetrapotassium pyrophosphate, caramel color, natural mixed tocopherols), salt, caramel color. prefried in vegetable oil.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
318
Sugar
1g
EL MONTEREY

STEAK & CHEESE TAQUITOS

Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour - enriched wheat flour (enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, vegetable oil - (soybean, canola and/or corn oil), cooked beef steak - cooked beef steak (with broth, salt), cheeses - cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color), pasteurized process cheddar cheese blend (water, palm oil, natural cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], rennet casein, modified food starch, sodium phosphates, salt, lactic acid, natural flavor, annatto color), onion, cooked seasoned beef crumbles - cooked seasoned beef crumbles (with salt, spice extractive), contains 2% or less - beans, tomato paste (tomatoes), soy protein concentrate and/or soy flour, modified corn starch, chipotle puree (water, vinegar, chipotle jalapenos, tomato paste, dried red chili peppers, flavor, salt, spices), chili paste (chili peppers, flavor, yeast extract, salt, spices, paprika, beef extract, citric acid, oleoresin of paprika), green & red bell pepper, distilled vinegar, salt, cheddar flavor (corn syrup solids, cheddar cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], salt, yeast extract, disodium phosphate, natural flavors, annatto [color]), beef flavor (maltodextrin [from corn], salt, beef stock, autolyzed yeast extract, natural flavors, beef extract, rendered beef fat), garlic (with citric acid), flavor, spices, grilled type beef flavor (with beef broth, salt, smoke flavor, grill flavor from vegetable oil), sugar, dough conditioners (yeast, wheat gluten, sugar, guar gum, modified food starch).

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
255
Sugar
1g
El Monterey

Extra Crunchy Taco Seasoned Beef & Cheese Taquitos

Ingredients: WATER, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SEASONED BEEF TOPPING (BEEF, WATER, DEHYDRATED ONION, SALT, CHILI PEPPER, SPICES, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, GARLIC), PASTEURIZED PROCESS MONTEREY JACK CHEESE, BLEND & PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PROCESS MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (MONTEREY JACK CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, SKIM MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, PALM OIL, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT), PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEDDAR CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MILKFAT, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATÉ, SALT, VEGETABLE COLOR [ANNATTO AND PAPRIKA OLEORESIN])), VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN, CANOLA AND/OR CORN OIL), BATTER SEASONING (YELLOW CORN FLOUR, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SPICES, SALT, JALAPENO PEPPER, LEAVENING [SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE], GUAR GUM, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA AND TURMERIC, FLAVORS), GREEN CHILI (WITH CITRIC ACID), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS: SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE AND/OR TEXTURED SOY FLOUR (WITH CARAMEL COLOR), ONIONS, SALT, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SPICES, GROUND CHILI PEPPER, PAPRIKA, GRANULATED GARLIC, SAVORY FLAVOR (WITH MALTODEXTRIN), BEEF FLAVOR (AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, SAFFLOWER OIL), DEHYDRATED ONION, GUAR GUM, SUGAR, DOUGH CONDITIONERS (YEAST, WHEAT GLUTÉN, SUGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH).

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
306
Sugar
1g
José Olé

TAQUITOS BEEF & CHEESE

Ingredients: Enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, enzymes), water, beef, ground beef, pasteurized process cheddar cheese [cultured milk, water, salt, sodium phosphate, cream, sodium hexametaphosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), artificial color, lactic acid, enzymes], sauce (water, tomato paste, dried pasilla peppers, dried anaheim chili peppers, salt, dehydrated onion, dehydrated garlic, crushed red pepper, citric acid), stone-ground corn masa flour (with trace of lime), soybean oil contains less than 2% of: tomatoes (with tomato juice), onions, jalapeno peppers (jalapenos, vinegar, salt), seasoning (chili pepper spices, dehydrated onion and garlic, salt, parsley), textured wheat protein (wheat gluten, wheat starch, tetrapotassium pyrophosphate, caramel color tocopherols), cellulose, modified food starch, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, sodium aluminum sulfate, calcium sulfate, and monocalcium phosphate), relecithinated soy flour (soy flour, soybean oil, soy lecithin), calcium carbonate, l-cysteine monohydrochloride, guar gum, salt, caramel color. prefried in vegetable oil.

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
246
Sugar
1g
Unknown

White Meat Chicken Taquitos

Ingredients: Tortilla (corn masa flour [corn masa flour, lime], water, salt), cooked chicken filling (white meat chicken, water, soy flour, seasoning [salt, dehydrated garlic, spices], corn oil, gelatin, modified corn starch, salt, vinegar, chicken base [chicken meat including natural chicken juices, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, fructose, chicken fat, autolyzed yeast, dry chicken broth, dextrose, modified corn starch, onion powder, natural flavors, spices including turmeric], modified corn starch, corn masa flour), soybean oil.

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
271
Sugar
0g
Unknown

Beef taquitos

Ingredients: tortilla (corn masa flour, water, salt), filling: cooked beef (beef, beef broth, salt),water, corn masa flour, contains less than 2% of: textured soy protein (soy flour, caramel color), beef base (roasted beef and concentrated beef stock, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, corn syrup solids, flavoring [dried onion and garlic], dried whey [milk], caramel color, chicken fat), modified food starch, soybean oil, granulated onion, soy protein isolate, flavors (beef extract, yeast extract, natural flavors [contains milk], salt), salt, spices, lemon juice concentrate, soybean oil,

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
250
Sugar
1g
Trader Joe's

Black Bean & Cheese Taquitos

Ingredients: Whole corn tortilla (water, white corn flour, trace of lime), cooked black beans (water, beans, onion, salt,garlic powder), Monterey Jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, microbial enzyme), onions, mushrooms, soybean oil, cornstarch, jalapeno peppers in brine (jalapeno peppers,water, salt, citric acid, calcium chloride) garlic powder, onion powder, cumin powder, salt. Contains: milk, soy

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
271
Sugar
1g
El Monterey

Frozen chicken and cheese taquitos

Ingredients: enriched wheat flour - enriched wheat flour (enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, cooked chicken - cooked chicken (chicken, water, modified food starch, salt, sodium phosphate), vegetable oil (soybean, canola and/or corn oil), monterey jack cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, calcium chloride, salt, enzymes), tomato (with tomato juice, calcium chloride, citric acid), contains 2% or less beans, soy protein concentrate and/or textured soy flour, green chili (with citric acid), modified corn starch, salt, dehydrated onion, jalapeno puree (jalapeno peppers, salt, acetic acid, calcium chloride), flavor, spices, tomato paste (tomatoes), chili pepper, dough conditioners (yeast, wheat gluten, sugar, guar gum, modified food starch),

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
245
Sugar
1g
El Monterey

Extra Crunchy Southwest Chicken Taquitos

Ingredients: Water, enriched wheat flour - enriched wheat flour (enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), vegetable oil - (soybean, canola and/or corn oil), batter seasoning - (yellow corn flour, enriched wheat flour [enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], spices, salt, jalapeno pepper, leavening [sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate], guar gum, oleoresin paprika and turmeric, flavors), pasteurized process monterey jack and american cheese blend with peppers - pasteurized process monterey jack and american cheese blend with peppers (jack and american cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, skim milk, palm oil, sodium phosphates, modified food starch, peppers [red, green and jalapeno peppers], salt, lactic acid), low moisture mozzarella cheese - low moisture mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cooked chicken - cooked chicken (chicken, water, modified food starch, salt, sodium phosphate), cooked black beans - (water, black beans), pasteurized process cheddar cheese - pasteurized process cheddar cheese (cheddar cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, contains 2% or less sodium phosphate, milkfat, sodium hexametaphosphate, salt, vegetable color [annatto and paprika oleoresin]), spinach, red bell pepper, corn, contains 2% or less - modified corn starch, jalapeno pepper (with salt, acetic acid, calcium chloride), cilantro, salt, spices, garlic (with citric acid), chili pepper, smoke powder (maltodextrin, natural hickory smoke flavor), dough conditioners (yeast, wheat gluten, sugar, guar gum, modified food starch).

The Good

  • Low Sugar

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
260
Protein
10g
El Monterey

Chicken & Cheese Taquitos

Ingredients: WHEAT FLOUR (Enriched with Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), WATER, CHARBROILED CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT Charbroiled Chicken Breast with Rib Meat (Chicken Breast Meat with Rib Meat, Water, Seasoning [Maltodextrin, Garlic Powder, Dextrose, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Spice, Parsley, Natural Flavors (including Oil of Garlic)], Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Lime Juice Powder [Corn Syrup Solids, Natural Flavors (Lime Juice Solids, Natural Flavors)], May Also Contain Flavor [Maltodextrin, Natural Flavor, Modified Food Starch]), VEGETABLE OIL (Soybean, Canola, and/or Corn Oil), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Tomato Paste (Tomatoes), Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Jalapeno Puree (Jalapeno Peppers, Salt, Acetic Acid), Brown Sugar, Cilantro, Spices, Granulated Garlic, Paprika, Chili Pepper, Dehydrated Onion, Wheat Gluten

The Good

  • Sugar Free

The Bad

  • Contains Corn Syrup
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Calories
250
Sugar
0g
Jose Ole

Taquitos

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The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
247
Sugar
0g
José Olé

Mini Taquitos - Nashville Hot Style Chicken

Ingredients: Ingredients updating...

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Sugar Free
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
271
Sugar
1g
José Olé

Mini Taquitos Spinach And Three Cheese

Ingredients: Ingredients updating...

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
259
Sugar
1g
Jose Ole

Taquitos Birria Beef

Ingredients: Ingredients updating...

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Calories
245
Sugar
1g
El Monterey

Southwest Chicken Taquitos

Ingredients: Ingredients updating...

The Good

  • Excellent Health Score
  • Low Sugar
  • Clean Ingredients

The Bad

  • Ultra Processed
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Frequently Asked Questions

Are products in the Taquitos category always vegan?+
Not necessarily. We analyzed over 18 products in the Taquitos category on CakeID. While some are plant-based, many contain hidden animal ingredients like milk powder, whey, or gelatin. Always check the "Is Vegan" status on our product pages.
How does CakeID rank the best Taquitos?+
We rank Taquitos based on their nutritional value, ingredient cleanliness (fewer additives), and vegan compatibility. Products with lower sugar and simpler ingredients rank higher.
Can I find low-calorie Taquitos here?+
Yes! Our list highlights the nutritional details of each product. Look for the "Calories" badge on the product cards above to find low-calorie options.