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Chicken enchiladas verdes

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0025800048106 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0025800048106 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (255 g)

The verdict

Chicken enchiladas verdes scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 87 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 87-component record, beginning with Chicken Enchilada, Filling, Cooked Diced Chicken Meat. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 87 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

00048106 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken enchiladas verdes label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 87 ing. REG-SPARSE 16% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …048106 · July 2026

14 of 87 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00048106 · 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Chicken enchiladas verdes scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products

Chicken enchiladas verdes lists 87 ingredients on its label

87 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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: 87 (98th 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

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 87 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Chicken Enchilada
2
Filling
3
Cooked Diced Chicken Meat
4
White Meat Chicken
5
Dark Meat Chicken
6
Water
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
9
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
10
Sodium Phosphate
11
Modified Food Starch
12
Fire Roasted Green Chiles
13
Green Chile Peppers
14
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
15
Corn Flour
16
Emulsifier
17
Corn Starch
18
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
19
Soy Lecithin
20
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
21
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
22
Guar Gum
23
Corn Starch
24
Chicken Fat
25
Cultured Whey
26
Onion
27
Garlic Powder
28
Nonfat Milk
29
Sour Cream Flavor
30
Corn Maltodextrin
31
Natural Flavor
32
Spices
33
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
34
Egg White Powder
35
Chicken Flavor
36
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
37
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
38
Chicken Broth
39
Cilantro
40
Jalapeno Pepper
41
Green Chili Flavor
42
Green Bell Pepper
43
Spice
44
Natural Smoke Flavor
45
Tortilla
46
White Corn Flour
47
Dough Conditioner
48
Corn
49
Tapioca
50
Mono-& Diglycerides
51
Seasoned Rice And Vegetable Blend
52
Cooked Enriched White Rice
53
Enriched White Rice
54
White Rice
55
Iron
56
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
57
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
58
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
59
Organic Tomato Puree
60
Tomato Paste
61
Cooked Black Beans
62
Green Bell Peppers
63
Dried Red Bell Peppers
64
Cilantro
65
Granulated Garlic
66
Verde Sauce
67
Crushed Tomatillos
68
Tomatillos
69
Poblano Peppers
70
Organic Onions
71
Chicken Meat And Juice
72
Jalapeno Peppers
73
Hydrolyzed Soy And Corn Protein
74
Lime Juice Concentrate
75
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
76
Yeast Extract
77
Onion Powder
78
Carrot Powder
79
Flavorings
80
Turmeric
81
Cheese Blend
82
Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese
83
Cultured Part Skim Milk
84
Enzymes
85
Monterey Jack Cheese
86
Cultured Milk
87
Skim Milk

Full Ingredient List

Chicken enchilada (filling [cooked diced chicken meat (white meat chicken, dark meat chicken, water, salt, isolated soy protein, modified cornstarch, sodium phosphate), water, modified food starch, fire roasted green chiles (green chile peppers, citric acid), corn flour, emulsifier (modified corn starch, maltodextrin, soy lecithin, sodium stearoyl lactylate, xanthan gum, guar gum), corn starch, chicken fat, cultured whey, dehydrated onion, garlic powder, nonfat milk, salt, sour cream flavor (corn maltodextrin, modified corn starch, natural flavor), spices, whey, egg white powder, chicken flavor (natural flavor, salt, modified corn starch, autolyzed yeast extract, corn maltodextrin, caramel color), dehydrated chicken broth, dehydrated cilantro, dehydrated jalapeno pepper, natural green chili flavor (salt, autolyzed yeast extract, dehydrated green bell pepper, corn maltodextrin, modified corn starch, natural flavor, spice), natural smoke flavor, xanthan gum, guar gum], tortilla [white corn flour, water, dough conditioner (modified food starch [corn, tapioca], mono-& diglycerides, xanthan gum, guar gum), salt), seasoned rice and vegetable blend (cooked enriched white rice [water, enriched white rice (white rice, iron, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid)], tomato puree [water, tomato paste], cooked black beans, corn, green bell peppers, red bell peppers, cilantro, salt, granulated garlic, dehydrated onion, spices), verde sauce (water, crushed tomatillos [tomatillos, citric acid], fire roasted green chiles [green chile peppers, citric acid], poblano peppers, onions, modified cornstarch, chicken meat and juice, jalapeno peppers, hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, lime juice concentrate, sugar, yeast extract, cilantro, salt, dehydrated onion, granulated garlic, onion powder, autolyzed yeast extract, carrot powder, spices, flavorings, turmeric), cheese blend (part-skim mozzarella cheese [cultured part skim milk, salt, enzymes], monterey jack cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], modified food starch, skim milk).

Categories

Frozen foods

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chicken enchiladas verdes's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 87-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Chicken enchiladas verdes's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

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

Barcode 0025800048106: 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.