Comments on: Playing Russian roulette with the Black Jack Taco?

By: name

name — Tue, 04 May 2010 08:04:12 +0000

Best Wishes,

By: Jordon Kalilich

Jordon Kalilich — Mon, 30 Nov 2009 00:47:47 +0000

I don’t even think they offer it anymore, so I guess they pulled a fast one on all of us. (To be fair, though, their featured items usually don’t last more than a few weeks before being replaced with new ones.)

By: Andrea

Andrea — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:43:26 +0000

It isn’t made of blue corn though, as you can tell when you look at it. It’s just BLACK food-coloring on a plain fried white corn shell. Blue corn chips end up being a lightish blue-purpley color, not solid black.
BTW, I love this post :) And I love the fact that Taco Bell doesn’t tell you what makes it black. lolz.

By: Jordon Kalilich

Jordon Kalilich — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:28:40 +0000

No, I don’t think so. She’s just a little more health-conscious than me. I did happen to think that it was blue corn, and I think I suggested the possibility to her, but I can’t remember. It’s been a while now.

By: Kirsten

Kirsten — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 04:26:36 +0000

Blue corn has more protein than yellow corn, as state here (read the last paragraph), but this being Taco Bell, I'm not surprised that there could be food coloring or chemical preservatives. However, based on the 5 minutes of internet research I did, there are many brands of organic blue corn chips that won't have food coloring, so that color can be natural. Is this friend careful to eat an all-organic diet, steering clear of additives like food coloring and preservatives? Just wondering...