Taco Bell Crispy Chicken Tenders (5) with Nacho Cheese Sauce: calories and sugar by portion, age and sex

Nutrition information: Taco Bell Crispy Chicken Tenders (5) with Nacho Cheese Sauce

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 Crispy Chicken Tenders (5) with Nacho Cheese Sauce carries a large share of a child’s daily salt

Taco Bell Crispy Chicken Tenders (5) with Nacho Cheese Sauce contains 3.1g of salt, which is 103% of the daily limit for a child aged 4 to 6.

Adult daily reference intakes (Reference Intake, RI)

Where the sugar comes from: Taco Bell Crispy Chicken Tenders (5) with Nacho Cheese Sauce

Effectively all 2.8g counts as free sugar, or about 0.7 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

• dextrose in the crispy chicken tenders

Naturally occurring sugars come from

• lactose in the nacho cheese sauce

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 Crispy Chicken Tenders (5) with Nacho Cheese Sauce

Taco Bell Crispy Chicken Tenders (5) with Nacho Cheese Sauce is assembled from 2 separately listed components. Reading the ingredient list closely, it contains colours, dextrose, emulsifiers, flavour enhancers, flavourings, modified starches, stabilisers and thickeners. These are not there to add nutritional value. They make industrial production and distribution possible.

Boone classifies Taco Bell Crispy Chicken Tenders (5) with Nacho Cheese Sauce 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 Crispy Chicken Tenders (5) with Nacho Cheese Sauce

The 18 manufactured ingredients

acidity regulator e330, breadcrumb, buttermilk powder, colour e160b & e160b, dextrose, emulsifier e339, modified maize starch, modified starch, natural cheese flavouring, natural flavouring, palm oil sg, raising agents e450, e500, stabiliser e415, starch, vegetable oils, wheat gluten, whey powder, yeast extract.

The 11 raw ingredients

cheese, chicken breast meat, flours, garlic powder, jalapeno peppers, onion powder, salt, spice, spice extracts, vinegar powder, water.

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 Crispy Chicken Tenders (5) with Nacho Cheese Sauce

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.