Southwest Steak Quesadillas

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 19% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 97% of them.

Where the calories come from: 35% carbohydrate, 48% fat and 17% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other quesadillas in this aisle

21 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named quesadillas. Per 100 g their median is 230 calories, 478 mg of sodium and 10.6 g of protein; 18 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, ENRICHMENT [NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], ENZYME), BEEF, WATER, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO [VEGETABLE COLOR], POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), TOMATILLOS, SHREDDED POTATOES (POTATOES, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF DEXTROSE, SALT, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE ADDED TO MAINTAIN NATURAL COLOR), HOT GREEN CHILE, POBLANO PEPPERS, ONIONS, SHORTENING (INTERESTERIFIED SOYBEAN OIL, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, DICED TOMATOES (TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, CITRIC ACID), JALAPENOS, SALT, BAKING POWDER (SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORNSTARCH, SODIUM ALUMINUM SULFATE, CALCIUM SULFATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), CHIPOTLE PEPPERS (CHIPOTLE PEPPERS, WATER, TOMATO PUREE, CORN OIL, CORN STARCH, SALT, VINEGAR, CARAMEL COLOR, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, SPICES), SERRANO PEPPERS, CANOLA OIL, MONO DIGLYCERIDES, POTASSIUM SORBATE, GRANULATED GARLIC, RICE FLOUR, CHILE POWDER (CHILI PEPPER, SPICES, SALT, GARLIC, SILICON DIOXIDE AND ETHOXYQUIN), JALAPENO PEPPERS, TORTILLA PRESERVATIVE (FUMARIC ACID, SODIUM PROPIONATE [MOLD INHIBITOR], POTASSIUM SORBATE [MOLD INHIBITOR], CITRIC ACID, CORN STARCH, SILICON DIOXIDE [FLOW AGENT], SALT), SUGAR, BEEF BASE (HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, SALT, SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, CORNSTARCH, ONION, SUGAR, CELERY SEED, BEEF [COOKED BEEF AND SALT], DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, CARAMEL COLOR [MAY CONTAIN SULFITES] AND POTASSIUM SORBATE), CILANTRO, SPINACH, LIME JUICE FROM CONCENTRATE (WATER, CONCENTRATED LIME JUICE AND LESS THAN 2% OF LIME OIL, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE], SODIUM METABISULFITE [PRESERVATIVE]), FRY OIL (SOYBEAN OIL, TBHQ & CITRIC ACID ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR, DIMETHYLPOLYSILOXANE, AN ANTI-FOAMING AGENT ADDED), WHITE VINEGAR, BLACK PEPPER, ROSEMARY, CUMIN, LIME OIL

The statement lists 37 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Bleached Wheat Flour (wheat Flour, Enrichment [niacin, Reduced Iron. 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 Apr 8, 2020), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Green Chile Concepts LLC submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2470092).

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