Taco Bell Quesadilla - Beef: calories and sugar by portion, age and sex

Nutrition information: Taco Bell Quesadilla - Beef

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. Taco Bell’s published standalone figures for this quesadilla are inconsistent with its own meal data (the listed portion weight is several times too large), so Boone has taken the quesadilla’s figures from the published meal total minus the published fries and drink. Boone converts the figures to the portion and age comparisons on this page.

Taco Bell Quesadilla - Beef carries a large share of a child’s daily salt

Taco Bell Quesadilla - Beef contains 2.2g of salt, which is 75% of the daily limit for a child aged 4 to 6; it also has 12g of saturated fat, 75% 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 Quesadilla - Beef

Effectively all 3.9g counts as free sugar, or about 1.0 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 flour tortilla (27.4 cm)
• maltodextrin in the seasoned beef
• dextrose in the creamy jalapeno style sauce

Naturally occurring sugars come from

• lactose in the four cheese blend
• lactose in the creamy jalapeno style 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 Quesadilla - Beef

Taco Bell Quesadilla - Beef is assembled from 4 separately listed components. Reading the ingredient list closely, it contains anti-caking agents, antioxidants, colours, dextrose, emulsifiers, flavour enhancers, flavourings, humectants, 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 Quesadilla - Beef 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 Quesadilla - Beef

The 19 manufactured ingredients

acid e260, e330, e270, antioxidant e385, buttermilk powder, colour e160c, coloured cheddar cheese ), dextrose, emulsifier e471, glycerol, guar gum, l-cystine, malic acid, modified starch, potato starch, preservative e202, processed cheese, butter, modified starch, milk protein powder, salt, emulsifying salt: e331, whey powder, flavour, stabilizer: e407, e508), raising agents e500, seasoning, stabilisers e451, e452, yeast extract.

The 17 raw ingredients

beef, beef fat, dehydrated onion, finely kibbled rice, fortified wheat flour, free range egg yolk powder, garlic powder, malt extract, monterey jack cheese, mozzarella, onion powder, oregano, rapeseed oil, salt, spices, water, yoghurt powder.

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 Quesadilla - Beef

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.