Quinoa & Vegetable Enchiladas with Poblano Crema Sauce

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 51% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 51% of them.

Where the calories come from: 49% carbohydrate, 38% fat and 13% 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; 906 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): QUINOA AND VEGETABLE ENCHILADAS (YELLOW CORN TORTILLAS {STONE GROUND CORN, WATER, GUAR GUM, TRACE OF LIME}, COOKED QUINOA {QUINOA, WATER, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, SALT}, ROASTED TOMATILLOS, ROASTED ANAHEIM PEPPER, ROASTED CORN, COOKED BLACK BEANS {BLACK BEANS, WATER, SALT}, ROASTED RED BELL PEPPERS, MONTEREY JACK CHEESE {PASTEURIZED GRADE A MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT AND ENZYMES}, CHEDDAR CHEESE {PASTEURIZED GRADE A MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ANNATTO [COLOR], ENZYMES}, ROASTED ONIONS, ROASTED MUSHROOMS, ROASTED YELLOW SQUASH, ROASTED GREEN ZUCCHINI, CILANTRO, BLACK OLIVES {RIPE OLIVES, WATER, SALT, AND STABILIZER: FERROUS GLUCONATE [TO STABILIZE COLOR]}, CORNSTARCH, ROASTED GARLIC, DICED JALAPENO PEPPERS {JALAPENO PEPPERS, WATER, VINEGAR, SALT, TRACE OF CALCIUM CHLORIDE}, SALT, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, SPICE, NEW MEXICO CHILE, ROASTED SERRANO PEPPERS, GREEN ONIONS, LIME JUICE, VEGETABLE BASE {SAUTEED VEGETABLES [CARROTS, CELERY, ONIONS], EVAPORATED CANE SUGAR, NATIVE STARCH, SALT, AND NATURAL FLAVORING}, ORGANIC SUGAR, BLACK PEPPER), ROASTED POBLANO CREAM SAUCE (WATER, ROASTED POBLANO CHILE, SOUR CREAM {GRADE A CULTURED CREAM}, BUTTER {PASTEURIZED CREAM}, VEGETABLE BASE {SAUTEED VEGETABLES [CARROTS, CELERY, ONIONS], EVAPORATED CANE SUGAR, NATIVE STARCH, SALT, AND NATURAL FLAVORING}, RICE FLOUR, EXPELLER PRESSED CANOLA OIL, CORNSTARCH, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, JALAPENO PEPPERS, GARLIC POWDER, BLACK PEPPER), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (PASTEURIZED GRADE A MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT AND ENZYMES), CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED GRADE A MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ANNATTO [COLOR], ENZYMES).

The statement lists 4 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Quinoa and Vegetable Enchiladas (yellow Corn Tortillas {stone Ground Corn, Water, Guar Gum. 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 16, 2018), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Cedarlane Natural Foods, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2454301).

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