What Is Taco Bell Steak Made Out Of?

The good news is that the first ingredient really is beef: The website’s explanations gesture in the direction of transparency, though there’s certainly some slick copy-writing going on, like connecting modified corn starch to real Mexican cooking because, well, Mexicans eat corn too. 1. Maltodextrin

We took a look at the whole story, start-to-finish, here, so we can definitely say Taco Bell’s seasoned beef is actual beef, except for about 12 percent. That other stuff is seasonings (you season your taco meat at home, too, right?) and pretty standard food additives that adjust the color and texture to something people like.

As Spiceography points out, cocoa powder as an ingredient in mole brings out smoky notes in the Mexican sauce and serves as an excellent complement to beef. Today, Taco Bell ‘s ingredients list for their seasoned beef contains “cocoa” rather than “cocoa powder” as it did in 2011.

Taco Bell clapped back, listing all of the ingredients in their so-called mystery meat, thus revealing that the product is actually 88 percent beef. The lawsuit was dropped and taco-lovers everywhere could once again sleep at night.