Taco Bell Cheesy Gordita Crunch: calories and sugar by portion, age and sex

Nutrition information: Taco Bell Cheesy Gordita Crunch

Nutrition figures are Taco Bell UK published data from its nutrition information page (last updated 30 September 2026), per item as served and before any optional extras. Boone converts the figures to the portion and age comparisons on this page.

Taco Bell Cheesy Gordita Crunch carries a large share of a child’s daily salt

Taco Bell Cheesy Gordita Crunch contains 1.9g of salt, which is 63% of the daily limit for a child aged 4 to 6; it also has 9g of saturated fat, 56% of the daily guideline for a child aged 4 to 6.

Adult daily reference intakes (Reference Intake, RI)

Where the sugar comes from: Taco Bell Cheesy Gordita Crunch

Effectively all 3.7g counts as free sugar, or about 0.9 teaspoons against the daily limit. There is a small amount of naturally occurring sugar too, listed below, but Taco Bell publishes total sugar only, so Boone does not deduct it.

Free (added) sugars come from

• sugar in the unfried
• maltodextrin in the seasoned beef
• dextrose, sugar in the cali ranch sauce

Naturally occurring sugars come from

• lactose in the four cheese blend
• sugars naturally present in the iceberg lettuce
• lactose in the cheddar cheese

NHS daily free sugar limits: 30g for adults and children 11+, 24g age 7 to 10, 19g age 4 to 6. Sources are read from the published ingredient list for each component.

Processing and additives: Taco Bell Cheesy Gordita Crunch

Taco Bell Cheesy Gordita Crunch is assembled from 8 separately listed components. Reading the ingredient list closely, it contains anti-caking agents, antioxidants, colours, dextrose, emulsifiers, flavour enhancers, flavourings, maltodextrin, modified starches, preservatives, stabilisers and thickeners. These are not there to add nutritional value. They make industrial production and distribution possible.

Boone classifies Taco Bell Cheesy Gordita Crunch as NOVA group 4, ultra-processed, based on the published ingredient list. NOVA groups foods by how far they are from their whole-food form, not by how nutritious they are. A group 4 food is not automatically unhealthy, and a group 1 food is not automatically healthy. Read from Taco Bell UK’s published ingredient lists, 30 September 2026.

Ingredient count by order: Taco Bell Cheesy Gordita Crunch

The 18 manufactured ingredients

antioxidant e385, buttermilk powder, chalupa improver, colour e414, coloured cheddar cheese ), coloured cheddar contains annatto norbixin, dextrose, e270) spices (black pepper, cumin, flatbread: fortified wheat flour, flour treatment agent e920, guar gum, perservative, potato starch, processed cheese, butter, modified starch, milk protein powder, salt, emulsifying salt: e331, whey powder, flavour, stabilizer: e407, e508), seasoning, stabiliser e415, stabilisers e451, e452, yeast extract.

The 21 raw ingredients

beef, beef fat, corn flour, flatbread, free range egg yolk powder, garlic powder, iceberg lettuce, lemon juice concentrate, monterey jack cheese, mozzarella, oat fiber, onion powder, parsley, rapeseed oil, salt, spirit vinegar, sugar, sunflower oil, water, yeast, yoghurt.

Boone counts every distinct top-level ingredient named on Taco Bell’s published component lists and removes duplicates, so salt appearing in several components counts once. Where an additive class is followed by a named substance, the substance is counted. Raw covers whole foods and basic kitchen staples such as flour, sugar, salt and oil. Manufactured covers substances that only exist as an output of industrial processing. Every figure here is a minimum.

Allergen information: Taco Bell Cheesy Gordita Crunch

Contains = declared by Taco Bell as present. May contain traces = a supplier states the allergen cannot be excluded. Taco Bell prepares food in shared kitchens using shared equipment and cannot guarantee that cross contact with allergens will not occur. Source: Taco Bell UK nutrition and allergen information, last updated 30 September 2026.