Is Amy's Cheese Enchilada ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 34 ingredients
- 1 additive
- Nutri-Score B
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
black beans, corn, filtered water, tomato puree, onions, corn tortillas (processing marker) (white corn cooked in water with a trace of lime), monterey jack cheese (processing marker) (milk, culture, salt (processing marker), enzymes (without animal enzymes, rennet)), cheddar cheese (processing marker) (milk, culture, salt (processing marker), annatto (ultra-processing marker) (color (ultra-processing marker)), enzymes (without animal enzymes, rennet)), olives, expeller pressed high oleic oil (safflower oil (processing marker), sunflower oil (processing marker)), green chiles, bell peppers, sweet rice flour, spices, sea salt (processing marker), cilantro, garlic
Additives: E160b Annatto
As written on the pack
ORGANIC BLACK BEANS, ORGANIC CORN, FILTERED WATER, ORGANIC TOMATO PUREE, ORGANIC ONIONS, ORGANIC CORN TORTILLAS (ORGANIC WHITE CORN COOKED IN WATER WITH A TRACE OF LIME), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES [WITHOUT ANIMAL ENZYMES OR RENNET]), CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURE, SALT, ANNATTO [COLOR], ENZYMES [WITHOUT ANIMAL ENZYMES OR RENNET]), OLIVES, EXPELLER PRESSED HIGH OLEIC SAFFLOWER AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, ORGANIC GREEN CHILES, ORGANIC BELL PEPPERS, ORGANIC SWEET RICE FLOUR, SPICES, SEA SALT, ORGANIC CILANTRO, ORGANIC GARLIC.
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E160b Annatto Colours are substances which add or restore colour in a food, and include natural constituents of foods and natural sources which are normally not consumed as foods as such and not normally used as characteristic ingredients of food.
- Colour Colours are added to restore colour lost in processing or to make a product look more appealing.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Vegetable oil Vegetable oils are pressed or extracted from seeds, nuts and fruits.
- Bread An ingredient mostly produced industrially and rarely used in home kitchens.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0042272000579, last edited 8 April 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of B (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.