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Cheese enchiladas

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0013800200297 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0013800200297 · Serving size 1 ENCHILADA, RICE, SAUCE & TOPPING (210 g)

The verdict

Cheese enchiladas scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 65 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 65-component record, beginning with Cheese Enchilada, Corn Tortilla, Water. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 65 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

00200297 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheese enchiladas label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 65 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-RARE Acetic Acid PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …200297 · July 2026

14 of 65 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acetic Acid). Source sheet 00200297 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Cheese enchiladas scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products

Cheese enchiladas lists 65 ingredients on its label

65 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 65 (92nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 7,008 Frozen foods products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Cheese Enchilada
2
Corn Tortilla
3
Water
4
Corn Masa
5
Lime
6
Guar Gum
7
Mono And Diglycerides
8
High Amylose Cornstarch With Dextrin
9
Cellulose Gum
10
Cheese Filling
11
Palm Oil
12
Cheddar Cheese
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Tomato
15
Natural Flavors
16
Cultured Skim Milk
17
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
18
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
19
Modified Food Starch
20
Red Pepper
21
Jalapeno
22
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
23
Delactosed Skim Milk
24
Sodium Phosphate
25
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
26
Onion
27
Beta-apo8'-carotenal And Beta Carotene
28
Tomatoes
29
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
30
Green Chile
31
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
32
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
33
Onion Powder
34
Garlic Powder
35
Chili Peppers
36
Yeast Extract
37
Chicken Broth
38
Cilantro
39
Organic Tomato Puree
40
Tomato Paste
41
Cooked Enriched Long Grain Rice
42
Rice
43
Iron
44
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
45
Thiamin Mononitrate
46
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
47
Monterey Jack Cheddar Cheese Blend
48
Monterey Jack Cheese
49
Cultured Milk
50
Enzymes
51
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
52
Black Beans
53
Pinto Beans
54
Disodium Edta
55
2% Or Less Of Corn
56
Organic Onions
57
Roasted Red Bell Pepper Puree
58
Poblano Chiles
59
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
60
Spices
61
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
62
Jalapeno Peppers
63
Lime Juice Concentrate
64
Chili Pepper
65
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

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 {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-apo8'-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 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, salt, jalapeno peppers, lime juice concentrate, chili pepper, acetic acid, garlic powder, calcium chloride.

Categories

Frozen foods

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Cheese enchiladas has a longer ingredient list than 92% of its Frozen foods category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0013800200297: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.