Sauces and sauce packets

At a glance

The medians span $0.80, from $0.20 for Avocado Verde Salsa Sauce Packet to $1.00 for Mango Pico de Gallo Salsa. Ten of the 13 priced lines were listed in every state read; the others were missing from one or more states’ menus on the read date, and each page names where it was found.

Where prices differ most

The widest spread in the section belongs to Reduced-Fat Sour Cream, $0.39 to $1.70 (451 restaurants). The tightest is Mango Pico de Gallo Salsa, $0.70 to $1.00. By state median Reduced-Fat Sour Cream was cheapest in Idaho ($0.55) and dearest in Connecticut ($1.60); the prices by state page has every state.

Vegetarian and vegan lines

Five are certified vegan by every component tag in the ingredient statement: Avocado Verde Salsa Sauce Packet, Diablo Sauce Packet, Fire Sauce Packet, Hot Sauce Packet and Mild Sauce Packet. The standard is the guide’s: “Items designated as vegetarian on our menu are lacto-ovo, allowing the consumption of dairy and eggs but does not include any animal byproducts.”

Twelve lines carry the AVA mark on the ordering menu but carry a component the statement does not tag, so this site does not list them as certified: Reduced-Fat Sour Cream (), Creamy Jalapeño Sauce (), Nacho Cheese Sauce (), Red Sauce () and Mexican Pizza Sauce ().

Allergen statements

Five of the 17 lines carry an allergen statement; the tool marks five free of milk, five free of eggs, four free of wheat, four free of gluten and two free of soy. Peanuts, tree nuts, fish and shellfish are a different case, in the guide’s words: “Peanuts, tree nuts, fish, and shellfish are not used in regular menu items served in Taco Bell restaurants.” Free of milk by the tool: Avocado Verde Salsa Sauce Packet, Diablo Sauce Packet, Fire Sauce Packet, Hot Sauce Packet and Mild Sauce Packet. Twelve lines carry no statement (Reduced-Fat Sour Cream, Creamy Jalapeño Sauce, Nacho Cheese Sauce, Red Sauce and Mexican Pizza Sauce and seven more) and sit out of every allergen filter on this site rather than being assumed clean. The tool’s own caution stands on every page: “While a particular ingredient may not contain one of these allergens, our products may be prepared on the same equipment and in the same kitchen area as those that do.”

Meals built on these lines

Three meals on the board carry a line from this section as a fixed part: Cantina Chicken Crispy Taco Combo at $9.99 median, Cantina Chicken Rolled Quesadilla Combo at $10.69 median and Cantina Chicken Burrito Combo at $11.34 median. Each meal page sums its parts’ own records and prices the parts bought separately against the meal median.

Availability

Of the 17 lines listed on 19 September 2026: 14 core lines, on nine in ten menus read or more, two lines on most menus read and one regional line. The regional and test lines (Green Sauce) name the states and cities that listed them on their own pages.

How this page is read

Every price on this page is a range read from 452 restaurants’ own ordering menus in 50 states and DC on 19 September 2026, printed with the count of restaurants behind it; nutrition figures are Taco Bell’s own published records. The ticket above prints both calorie figures where the ordering menu and the nutrition record differ, and a state chosen in the controls prints that state’s median beside the national range. The how we check page explains the reads in full.