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Taco Bell's seasoned beef is famously 88% real ground beef, with the remaining 12% being a blend of water, spices, and other ingredients. This precise combination is what seasoning does Taco Bell use on their meat to achieve its distinctive and beloved flavor profile.

According to Wendy's own ingredient list, sugar is a component of its chili base. While many assume the savory dish is just a mix of beef, beans, and spices, the distinctively craveable, slightly sweet flavor is a result of a combination of natural sugars, added sweeteners, and specialized flavor enhancers.

According to Bloemer Foods' history, the company began making its signature Chile Base in 1919 in a small neighborhood grocery store in Louisville, Kentucky. The ingredients in Bloomer's chili base are ground beef, beef fat, water, defatted soy flour, soybean lecithin, spices, food starch-modified, salt, paprika, and garlic powder. This unique combination creates the distinct, long-lasting flavor that has made the product a local favorite for over a century.