Triple Cheese Enchilada

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 23% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 37% of them.

Where the calories come from: 50% carbohydrate, 37% fat and 13% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other enchilada in this aisle

137 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named enchilada. Per 100 g their median is 138 calories, 298 mg of sodium and 5.9 g of protein; 39 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): RICE MIX (COOKED WHITE RICE, BLACK BEANS [WATER, BLACK BEANS, SALT], CORN, ONION, SOYBEAN OIL, TOMATOES IN PUREE [TOMATOES, TOMATO PUREE, CITRIC ACID], WATER, TOMATO PASTE, TOMATO PUREE [TOMATOES, SALT], BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], GARLIC [GARLIC, CITRIC ACID], SALT, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SPICES, XANTHAN GUM), CHEESE ENCHILADA (CHEESE MIX [CHEDDAR CHEESE {PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO COLOR}, CORN, WATER, MILK {WITH VITAMIN D3}, GREEN CHILES {GREEN CHILE PEPPERS, WATER, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, CITRIC ACID, SALT}, GREEN ONIONS, ONION, BREAD CRUMBS {BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), DEXTROSE, SALT, YEAST}, SWISS CHEESE {PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES, SALT}, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CHEDDAR CHEESE FLAVOR {CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, BUTTERMILK SOLIDS, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, FD&C YELLOW #5 AND #6}, BUTTER {CREAM, SALT}, SOYBEAN OIL, CREAM {CREAM, CARRAGEENAN}, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SOY LECITHIN, CAYENNE PEPPER, COLOR {WATER, FD&C YELLOW #5 AND #6, CITRIC ACID, FD&C RED #40, SODIUM BENZOATE}], CORN TORTILLA [CORN, WATER, POTASSIUM SORBATE, CALCIUM PROPIONATE, TRACE OF LIME]), SUIZA SAUCE (WATER, ONION, CREAM [CREAM, CARRAGEENAN], CHABLIS COOKING WINE [CONTAINS SULFITES], GREEN CHILES [GREEN CHILE PEPPERS, WATER, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, CITRIC ACID, SALT], SWISS CHEESE [PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES, SALT], MODIFIED CORN STARCH, VEGETABLE BASE [CARROTS, CELERY, ONION, SUGAR, MALTODEXTRIN, CORN OIL, SALT, CORN STARCH, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVORING], GARLIC [GARLIC, CITRIC ACID], DEHYDRATED SOY SAUCE [SOY SAUCE [WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT}, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT], SOYBEAN OIL, CILANTRO CONCENTRATE [CILANTRO, MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORING, CANOLA OIL, CORNSTARCH]), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES).

The statement lists 4 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Rice Mix (cooked White Rice, Black Beans [water, Black Beans. 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 Jan 23, 2018), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Safeway, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2434624).

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