Beef Enchiladas Topped with a Zesty Chipotle Sauce, Monterey Jack & Cheddar Cheese Served with Spanish Style Rice

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 31% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 56% of them.

Where the calories come from: 43% carbohydrate, 38% fat and 19% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other sauce in this aisle

1,633 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named sauce. Per 100 g their median is 125 calories, 285 mg of sodium and 6.2 g of protein; 1,005 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): BEEF ENCHILADA BEEF ENCHILADA (TORTILLA [WATER, CORN FLOUR TREATED WITH HYDRATED LIME, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR {ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID}, WHEAT GLUTEN, VEGETABLE OIL {SOYBEAN, CANOLA AND/OR CORN OIL}, SALT, TURMERIC, DOUGH CONDITIONERS {YEAST, SUGAR, GUAR GUM, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH}], WATER, COOKED SHREDDED BEEF [WITH BROTH, SALT], BEEF, ONION, OATS, CHIPOTLE PUREE [WATER, VINEGAR, CHIPOTLE JALAPENO, TOMATO PASTE, DRIED RED CHILI PEPPERS, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, SALT, SPICES], NATURAL FLAVOR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CHILI PEPPER, BEEF STOCK FLAVOR [BEEF STOCK, SALT, SOY SAUCE {WATER, SOYBEANS, SALT}], ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], PAPRIKA, SPICES, SALT, MONTEREY JACK CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES]), COOKED RICE COOKED RICE (WATER, RICE), WATER TOMATOES TOMATOES (TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, CITRIC ACID), CHEDDAR CHEESE CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO [VEGETABLE COLOR]), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), BLACK BEANS CONTAINS 2% OR LESS TOMATO PASTE, CANOLA OIL, GUAJILLO CHILI PEPPER BASE (WATER, GUAJILLO CHILI, ONION PUREE, SEA SALT, CANE SUGAR, SPICES, CILANTRO, GARLIC PUREE, SESAME SEEDS, PAPRIKA, CORN STARCH, CITRIC ACID), CHICKEN BASE (COOKED CHICKEN WITH NATURAL JUICES, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, CHICKEN FAT, SUGAR, DRIED WHEY, NATURAL FLAVORING [DEHYDRATED ONION AND SPICE EXTRACTIVES], TURMERIC), TOMATILLO, ONION, CHIPOTLE PUREE (CHIPOTLE PEPPER, WATER, SALT, VINEGAR), CHILI POWDER (CHILI PEPPER AND OTHER SPICES, SALT, GARLIC POWDER), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, WHEAT FLOUR, SPICES, SALT, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, TURMERIC (COLOR), ANNATTO EXTRACT COLOR.

The statement lists 20 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Beef Enchilada Beef Enchilada (tortilla [water, Corn Flour Treated with Hydrated Lime, Enriched Wheat Flour {enriched with Niacin. It has no separate "Contains" line; a major allergen (the nine the FDA requires on labels: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, sesame) may be named inside the ingredients instead. For allergies, read the package: this is the record USDA holds (updated Feb 24, 2021), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Ruiz Food Products Inc submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2133725).

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