Burrito Nutrition Facts
Burritos; a popular Mexican cuisine! Now if you love to experiment different world cuisines, you can't miss out on burritos for sure. Originally, Mexican food is made up of appetizers or snacks and loved by people of all age groups especially the kids. Burritos are made up of tortillas mostly corn tortillas which are filled up with either salads, or vegetables or animal proteins (cooked, roasted or grilled), then are wrapped and baked. These are extremely healthy, of course, unless you fry the tortillas.
It is understandable that not many people would want to know the calories in burritos; I mean who thinks while hogging on them?! However, those of you who are on diet and still can't live without eating burritos, need to know the calories associated with each of the burrito recipes mentioned below. Let's see the nutrition values for better understanding.
| Nutrition | Chicken Burrito (serving size = 1 burrito) | Beef Burrito (serving size = 1 burrito) | Bean and Cheese Burrito (serving size = 1 burrito) | Taco Bell Chicken Burrito (serving size = 1 burrito) |
| Total Fat | 1.0 grams | 12.4 grams | 6.23 grams | 13.0 grams |
| Saturated Fat | 5.2 grams | 3.65 grams | 5.0 grams | |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 1.1 grams | |||
| Monounsaturated Fat | 4.2 grams | |||
| Calories from Fats | 112 | 56.05 | 117 | |
| Cholesterol | 83 milligrams | 85 milligrams | 14.85 milligrams | 57 milligrams |
| Proteins | 35.0 grams | 20.4 grams | 8.02 grams | 17.0 grams |
| Sodium | 766 milligrams | 1046 milligrams | 620 milligrams | 854 milligrams |
| Total carbohydrates | 37.0 grams | 31.0 grams | 29.0 grams | |
| Sugars | 3.0 grams | |||
| Dietary Fibers | 3.0 grams | |||
| Vitamin A | 9% | 13.3% | ||
| Vitamin C | 3% | 1.5% | ||
| Calcium | 11% | 11.4% | ||
| Iron | 22% | 6.7% | ||
| Total Calories in Burritos | 332 chicken burrito calories | 316 beef burrito calories | 200 bean and cheese burrito calories | 345 Taco Bell's chicken burrito calories |
Health Benefits
Now that you have gone through the table given above, you know that Taco bell chicken burritos have the highest number of calories, whereas the bean and cheese burritos have the least amount. If you are wondering, how these would prove to be useful, then let's read through some points which would prove the statement.
- If you see carefully, burritos are a great source of vitamins; vitamin A and vitamin C. So people who are suffering from these deficiencies would have a great food option to include in their diet.
- These are high on calcium as well, so it is a necessity to include burritos, to strengthen the bones and teeth, may be not regularly but on alternate days as breakfast. Your kids would enjoy these for sure!
- Being a source of iron as well, these can help improve the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood and thus maintain an optimum hemoglobin level in people who are anemic or iron deficient.
- Now, most importantly, all the above burrito recipes are high on sodium which is an important mineral in our body that helps maintain the acidity and alkalinity thus facilitating easy transport of nutrients within the cells.
