Product Insight: Banquet, Meal, Mexican Style Chicken Enchilada
Banquet, Meal, Mexican Style Chicken Enchilada by Banquet is tracked in PlainIngredients with 1 identified ingredient and carries an overall safety rating of 3 out of 5 — a Mixed-Evidence tier where the regulatory picture is still evolving. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and Its Nutri-Score grade is C, the European front-of-pack nutritional label summarizing calories, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, protein, fiber, and produce content. Within the identified ingredient list, no ingredient on this product currently carries a Caution or High-Risk flag in our database, while 0 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.
Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.
Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
Chili Sauce With Chicken Enchilada And Beef Tamale (Water, Chicken & Textured Vegetable Protein Product Enchilada [ Corn Tortilla {Corn Masa Flour (Stoneground Corn Masa Flour, Cellulose Gum, Mono - And Diglycerides, Trace Of Lime), Water}, Water, Chicken Thigh, Structured Vegetable Protein Product {Soy Protein Isolate, Wheat Gluten, Wheat Starch}, Corn Flour {Stoneground Corn Masa Flour, Cellulose Gum, Mono - And Diglycerides, Trace Of Lime}, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Modified Food Starch, Natural Flavors, Chili Powder {Chili Pepper, Spices, Salt, Garlic Powder}, Salt, Sugar, Caramel Color, Oleoresin Of Paprika, Spices, Sodium Alginate], Beef Tamale [ Masa Flour, Water, Seasoned Cooked Beef [ Beef, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Garlic Juice], Lard With Bht, Yellow Cornmeal, Salt, Soy Protein Concentrate, Chili Powder {Chili Pepper, Spices, Salt, Garlic Powder}, Ground Paprika, Spice, Flavoring], Modified Food Starch, Tomato Paste, Beef Fat, Salt, Sugar, Onion, Hydrolyzed Plant Protein [ Hydro
Data Sources
- Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
- FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
- EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
Product Details
- Brand
- Banquet
- Barcode
- 0031000180386
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States,World
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