Cheese enchilada

How it scored 75 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 23 listed

• 1 Filtered Water
  Water that has passed through a filtration process to remove impurities.
  Safe
• 2 Corn Tortilla
  A flatbread made from masa (nixtamalized corn flour) and water, traditional to Mesoamerican cuisine.
  Safe
• 3 Monterey Jack
  Mild, semi-hard cow's-milk cheese originating in California.
  Low
• 4 Cheddar
  Hard cow's milk cheese with FDA standard of identity (21 CFR 133.113); aged from a few months to several years.
  Safe
• 5 Onion
  The edible bulb of Allium cepa L., a widely cultivated vegetable in the Allium family that also includes garlic, shallots, and leeks.
  Safe
• 6 Tomato Purée
  Concentrated cooked tomato product with skin and seeds removed.
  Safe
• 7 Olive
  Whole fruit of the olive tree (Olea europaea), typically cured in brine, salt, or oil.
  Safe
• 8 Rice
  Edible cereal grain (Oryza sativa), the seed of the rice plant, consumed as a staple food.
  Safe
• 9 Expeller Pressed High Oleic Oil
  A vegetable oil bred for high oleic acid content and mechanically pressed without chemical solvents.
  Low
• 10 Green Chili Pepper
  Unripe Capsicum fruits (e.g., jalapeño, serrano, poblano), used as a vegetable/spice.
  Safe
• 11 Spice
  A regulatory category (21 CFR 101.22) for aromatic vegetable substances used primarily for seasoning. Excludes onion, garlic, and celery, wh…
  Moderate
• 12 Bell Pepper
  The fruit of Capsicum annuum cultivars lacking pungency (no capsaicin), eaten as a vegetable.
  Safe
• 13 Sea Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl) obtained by evaporating seawater. Chemically identical to mined/refined salt, with trace minerals depending on source…
  Low
• 14 Garlic
  Allium sativum, a bulbous plant whose cloves are rich in organosulfur compounds — most notably allicin (formed when garlic is crushed) — plu…
  Safe
• 15 WHITE CORN COOKED IN WATER WITH A TRACE OF LIME —
• 16 Milk
  Lacteal secretion from cows or other domesticated ruminants (goats, sheep). Contains water, lactose, milk fat, casein and whey proteins, vit…
  Low
• 17 Microbial Culture
  Live or active cultures of bacteria/fungi used for fermentation (e.g., Lactobacillus, Streptococcus thermophilus, Bifidobacterium).
  Low
• 18 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 19 Enzyme
  Industrial food enzyme — protein catalysts derived from plants, animals, or microorganisms (often via fermentation), added to food to perfor…
  Low
• 20 Annatto
  Natural carotenoid pigments (bixin, norbixin) extracted from seeds of the Bixa orellana tree.
  Low
• 21 Safflower Oil
  Edible oil pressed from safflower seeds (Carthamus tinctorius); high-linoleic or high-oleic variants.
  Safe
• 22 Sunflower Oil
  Edible vegetable oil pressed from the seeds of Helianthus annuus, typically high in linoleic acid (omega-6) or, in high-oleic varieties, ole…
  Low
• 23 Rennet
  A complex of proteolytic enzymes (chiefly chymosin) used to coagulate milk; sourced traditionally from animal stomachs or via microbial/ferm…
  Low