Cheese Enchiladas Corn Tortillas Filled with Cheese, Topped with Tangy Enchilada Sauce & Cheese and Served Over Rice & Beans

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 64% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 59% of them.

Where the calories come from: 55% carbohydrate, 31% fat and 14% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other cheese in this aisle

1,191 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named cheese. Per 100 g their median is 156 calories, 319 mg of sodium and 7.1 g of protein; 611 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): CHEESE ENCHILADA (CORN TORTILLA [WATER, CORN MASA {CORN MASA FLOUR, LIME}, GUAR GUM, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, HIGH AMYLOSE CORNSTARCH WITH DEXTRIN, CELLULOSE GUM], CHEESE FILLING [WATER, PALM OIL, CHEDDAR CHEESE {PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES}, TOMATO, NATURAL FLAVORS, CULTURED SKIM MILK, MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, RED PEPPER, JALAPENO, SALT, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, DELACTOSED SKIM MILK, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM, ONION, GUAR GUM, BETA-AP08'-CAROTENAL AND BETA CAROTENE{COLORS}, WATER, TOMATOES {TOMATOES, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, CITRIC ACID}, GREEN CHILE {GREEN CHILE, WATER, SALT, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE}, ONION, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, CHILI PEPPERS, YEAST EXTRACT {AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, MALTODEXTRIN}, DRIED CHICKEN BROTH, CILANTRO, SALT]), TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), COOKED ENRICHED LONG GRAIN RICE (WATER, RICE, IRON, NIACIN, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, FOLIC ACID), WATER, MONTEREY JACK AND CHEDDAR CHEESE BLEND (MONTEREY JACK CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO {COLOR}]), BLACK BEANS (WATER, BLACK BEANS), PINTO BEANS (PINTO BEANS, WATER, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, DISODIUM EDTA [TO PRESERVE COLOR]), 2% OR LESS OF CORN, ONIONS, ROASTED RED BELL PEPPER PUREE, POBLANO CHILES, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SUGAR, SPICES, GARLIC PUREE, SALT, JALAPENO PEPPERS, LIME JUICE CONCENTRATE, CHILI PEPPER, ACETIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, GARLIC POWDER.

The statement lists 22 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Cheese Enchilada (corn Tortilla [water, Corn Masa {corn Masa Flour, Lime}. 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 Dec 8, 2020), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Nestle Usa-Frozen Food Division submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2087170).

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