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Taco Bell Grande Toasted Breakfast Burrito

Taco Bell breakfast burrito with sausage, egg & cheese.

The Taco Bell Grande Toasted Breakfast Burrito is made with seasoned potatoes, scrambled eggs, diced tomatoes, a blend of cheeses, and your choice of protein. All the fixings are stuffed into a flour tortilla, grilled, then served hot.

Before any add-ons such as jalapeño peppers or guacamole, a standard breakfast burrito with steak has 570 calories, 28 grams fat, 52 grams total carbs, and 27 grams of protein.

Read this fast food review for the complete nutritional information, including an analysis of the calories, list of ingredients, and the allergens in this newer menu item. This report covers all three meat options: steak, sausage, and bacon.

Toasted Breakfast Burrito Nutritional Information

Nutrition are based on one serving measured as a single burrito.

% Daily Value

Serving: 1 Burrito
Red indicates %DV is high

STEAK

SAUSAGE

BACON

Saturated Fat

Sodium

Added Sugars

4%

4%

4%

%DV based on 2,000 calories

Reference to daily value (% DV) illustrates how much a nutrient contributes to a diet of 2,000 calories per day (the standard measure used by the FDA for general adult nutrition guidance). However, individual needs vary and your daily value may be higher or lower. Consult with your physician for dietary advice.

Calories

One Grande Toasted Breakfast Burrito contains 570 calories. All three options – steak, sausage, and bacon – have the same amount of total calories.

However, the number of calories by macronutrient differs by type of protein.

A sausage burrito contains the highest proportion of calories from dietary fats (49%). By comparison, approximately 44% of total calories in the steak burrito is derived from fat.

Here is a summary of the number of (and % of total) calories by macronutrient for each type of Grande Breakfast Burrito:

Calories by Macronutrient (% of Total)

Calories from Fat

250 (44%)

280 (49%)

270 (47%)

Calories from Carbohydrates

210 (37%)

205 (36%)

205 (36%)

Calories from Protein

110 (19%)

85 (15%)

95 (17%)

Total Calories

570

570

570

ESTIMATED FITNESS TIME TO BURN 570 CALORIES

  • Run 50 minutes
  • Walk 3 hours
  • Swim 1 hour 20 minutes
Taco Bell breakfast burrito with steak, egg & cheese.
Taco Bell grande toasted steak breakfast burrito

Total Fat

The amount of total fat per serving varies by type of burrito. Here is a summary of the dietary fat and saturated fat in each option.

Amount of Fat per Burrito

Total Fat

28g

31g

30g

Daily Limit*

78g

78g

78g

Daily Value

36%

40%

38%

Saturated Fat

10g

12g

11g

Daily Limit*

20g

20g

20g

Daily Value

50%

60%

55%

*As recommended by the U.S. FDA based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Sodium

Taco Bell’s breakfast burrito contains up to 1,370mg of sodium, depending on your choice of meat. That is high.

Even the sausage breakfast burrito, which has the least amount of sodium of the three options, contains over half the recommended limit of sodium for an entire day (based on a 2,000 calorie diet).

Amount of Sodium per Burrito

Recommended daily limit: 2,300mg sodium

Amount of sodium

1,370mg

1,190mg

1,320mg

Recommended daily limit*

2,300mg

2,300mg

2,300mg

Daily Value

60%

52%

57%

Based on 2,000 calories. Source: U.S. FDA

  • YOU SHOULD KNOW

The FDA suggests consuming less than 2,300mg of sodium daily. One breakfast steak burrito contains 60% of that amount.

Taco Bell breakfast burrito with sausage, egg & cheese.

Nutrition Facts

Amount per serving in 1 Burrito (%DV)

Red indicates %DV is high.

STEAK

SAUSAGE

BACON

Calories

570

570

570

Total Fat

28g (36%)

31g (40%)

30g (38%)

Saturated Fat

10g (50%)

12g (60%)

11g (55%)

Trans Fat

0g

0g

0g

Cholesterol

230mg (77%)

220mg (73%)

225mg (75%)

Sodium

1370mg (60%)

1190mg (52%)

1320mg (57%)

Carbohydrates

52g (19%)

51g (19%)

51g (19%)

Dietary Fiber

4g (14%)

4g (14%)

4g (14%)

Total Sugars

4g

3g

3g

Added Sugars

2g (4%)

2g (4%)

2g (4%)

Protein

27g

21g

23g

%DV based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Calorie needs vary and your %DV may be higher or lower. Provided for informational purposes only. Consult with your physician for dietary or healthcare advice.

  • A sausage breakfast burrito has over 100 calories from saturated fat

Breakfast Burrito Ingredients and Allergens

  • Contains seed oils.
  • Contains preservatives sorbic acid and calcium propionate.
  • Bacon contains sodium nitrite, a preservative.

Ingredients

Here are the lists of ingredients for the food products used to make a Taco Bell Grande Toasted Breakfast Burrito.

In addition to the ingredients listed below, the breakfast burritos contain fresh tomatoes.

Flour Tortilla

The flour tortilla is a certified vegan food product. Menu items may be prepared on equipment used for other foods that are not vegan.

Ingredients in tortilla:Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Water, Shortening, Salt, Leavening, Sugar, Dough Conditioners, Calcium Propionate, and Molasses.

  • Shortening: Interesterified Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Hydrogenated Cottonseed Oil
  • Leavening: Baking Soda, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Yeast, Sugar, Dough Conditioners
  • Yeast: yeast, sorbitan monostearate, ascorbic acid
  • Dough Conditioners: mono- and diglycerides, fumaric acid, sorbic acid, enzymes, wheat starch, calcium carbonate, sodium metabisulfite, cellulose, corn starch, dicalcium phosphate, with tocopherols, and ascorbic acid and citric acid added as antioxidants

Eggs

The eggs are American Humane Society certified cage-free whole eggs.

Ingredients in eggs:Eggs, Soybean Oil, Salt, Citric Acid, Pepper, Flavor (sunflower oil, flavors), Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum.

Cheese Blend

Toasted breakfast burritos are made with a blend of cheeses, including:

  • Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese
  • Cheddar Cheese
  • Pasteurized Process Monterey Jack
  • American Cheese with Peppers

Ingredients in cheeses:Cultured Milk, Cultured Part-Skim Milk, Water, Cream, Salt, Sodium Citrate, Jalapeno Peppers, Sodium Phosphate, Lactic Acid, Sorbic Acid, Color Added, Annatto and Paprika Extract Blend (for color), Enzymes, Anticaking Agents (potato starch, cornstarch, powdered cellulose)

Potato Bites

The vegan potatoes are prepared in canola oil.

Ingredients in potatoes:Potatoes, Soybean Oil, Enriched Wheat Flour, Tapioca Starch, Salt, Rice Flour, Dextrin, Spices, Baking Powder, Onion Powder, Garlic Powder, Natural Flavor, Modified Food Starch, Guar Gum, Paprika and Turmeric (for color), Dextrose

Meat

Ingredients in steak and seasoning:Beef, Water, Modified Potato Starch, Natural Flavors, Salt, Brown Sugar, Dextrose, Carrageenan, Dried Beef Stock, Cocoa Powder, Onion Powder, Disodium Inosinate & Guanylate, Tomato Powder, Corn Syrup Solids, Maltodextrin, Garlic Powder, Spice, Citric Acid, Lemon Juice Powder, Sodium Phosphates

Ingredients in sausage crumbles: Pork, Salt, Maltodextrin, Dextrose, Spices, Natural Flavors, Torula Yeast

Ingredients in bacon: Bacon cured with water, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Erythorbate, Flavor (including smoke flavor), Sodium Nitrite

Allergens

All three varieties of the burrito contain milk, egg, gluten, wheat.


Ingredients, allergens, and nutrition facts are based on available information as of the date this article was published and/or updated. Restaurants and food manufacturers may change their recipes without notice. Check directly with the food provider for the most accurate and up-to-date information. NutritionandIngredients.com does not provide health or wellness advice or dietary recommendations. Our aim is to research commercially processed food and publish articles for informational purposes only. Unless otherwise stated, % Daily Value is based on 2,000 calories per day, but calorie needs vary by individual. Always consult your physician for any healthcare or dietary advice.

Nutrition facts and ingredients source: Taco Bell

  • Burrito images courtesy of Taco Bell. Original designs created by Nutrition & Ingredients for the purposes of research and commentary related to fast food reviews.

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