Kroger NOVA 4

cheese enchildas

cheese enchildas: 5/5 ingredient safety

cheese enchildas by Kroger has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for cheese enchildas has a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where cheese enchildas sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

5 Top 15% higher than 85% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

tortilla (whole grain corn, water, gum blend, fumaric acid, calcium propionate, potassium sorbate, phosphoric acid, sodium hydroxide, hydrated lime), monterey jack cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), water, jalapeno pepper, guajillo puree (water, chile guajillo pods), tomato puree (tomatoes, citric acid), tomato puree (tomatoes, sea salt, citric acid), salt, xanthan gum, cumin, clove, whole egg. contains: milk, eggs.

Product Details

Brand
Kroger
Barcode
0011110131379
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States
Stores
Kroger

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Frequently asked questions

Is cheese enchildas above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, cheese enchildas sits ahead of 85% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should cheese enchildas's 5/5 score be read?

Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; cheese enchildas's 5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Generally Safe tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.