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El Charrito Queso Enchilada Dinner, 2 Cheese Enchiladas In Chili Con Queso Sauce, Beans And Spanish Rice

Don Miguel Mexican Foods, Inc. · Frozen Dinners & Entrees · barcode 00000007700914

What stands out

  • From the label

    The ingredients list Partially hydrogenated oils, Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) and Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), which have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Details

  • Lab testsNo lab has published results for this exact product.
  • RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
  • Additives3 ingredients have stricter rules elsewhere. Strictest: No longer allowed by FDA; EU warning label. Which
  • TypicalFDA's tests of frozen dinners & entrees show what's typical. See levels

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-10-28). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Rules that apply to more than one of these

  • Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to all of them.
  • US (FDA): Allowed Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • EU: Allowed with warning label (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, Annex V) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • California: Banned in school meals from 2027-12-31 Banned in food and drinks offered in California public schools from December 31, 2027. (AB 2316 (2024)) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • West Virginia: Banned from 2028-01-01 Food containing it is treated as adulterated in West Virginia from January 1, 2028. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • West Virginia: Banned in school meals from 2025-08-01 Banned in West Virginia school meals since August 1, 2025. (HB 2354 (2025)) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow).
  • Louisiana: Banned in school meals from 2028-2029 school year Banned in Louisiana school food from the 2028-2029 school year (concession stands and vending machines exempt). (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source. Applies to Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine), Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow), BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene).

Partially hydrogenated oils

  • US (FDA): Authorization revoked FDA determined in 2015 that they are no longer generally recognized as safe; makers had to remove them, with final compliance dates in 2018-2020. Labels on file may predate that. (80 FR 34650 (2015)) Source

Yellow No. 5 (tartrazine) (E102)

Only the shared rules above.

Yellow No. 6 (Sunset Yellow) (E110)

Only the shared rules above.

BHT (butylated hydroxytoluene) (E321)

  • US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows it as a preservative. Source
  • EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E321. For limited uses. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source

Typical for frozen dinners & entrees

FDA doesn't test this exact kind of food, so these are the closest foods it does test. Treat them as a rough guide.

FDA samples behind these numbers
  • Lead in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 1 of 3 samples, average 2.2, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Lead in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.63, highest 7.5 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 6.33, highest 7.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Cadmium in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 11.1, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Mercury in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Chili con carne with beans, canned: found in 3 of 3 samples, average 3.87, highest 5.3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Arsenic (total) in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3 samples, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
  • Perchlorate in Chicken potpie, frozen, heated: found in 14 of 20 samples, average 1.97, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Chili con carne w/ beans, canned: found in 18 of 20 samples, average 2.39, highest 6 ppb (2008-2012)
  • Perchlorate in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from box mix: found in 19 of 20 samples, average 3.5, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)

"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.

Not tested

No published results for this product cover: Metals, Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

Ingredients (from the label)

ENCHILADAS:TORTILLA: CORN FLOUR (GROUND CORN, TRACE OF LIME), WATER. FILLING: WATER, DEHYDRATED CHEESE POWDER (CORN SYRUP, AMERICAN CHEESE [MILK, CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], FOOD STARCH MODIFIED, WHEY, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED OIL COCONUT AND/OR SOYBEAN), BUTTER (MILK FAT), NONFAT MILK, BUTTERMILK. DI-SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM CASEINATE, MONO & DI-GLYCERIDES, CITRIC ACID, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SODIUM CITRATE, DI-POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL COLORS [ANNATTO, PAPRIKA, FD&C YELLOW #5, FD&C YELLOW #6, BETA CAROTENE] AND CARRAGEENAN), CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES AND ANNATTO), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: VINEGAR, DEHYDRATED ONION. QUESO GRAVY: WATER, CHEESE SAUCE (A DEHYDRATED BLEND OF FOOD STARCH MODIFIED, MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY, CHEESE [GRANULAR & BLUE {PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES}}, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, LACTOSE, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, TUMERIC [COLOR], YELLOW 6 LAKE), GREEN CHILES, BELL PEPPERS, TOMATOES (TOMATOES, CITRIC ACID), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, DEHYDRATED ONION, SOYBEAN OIL, VINEGAR, FLAVORINGS, DEHYDRATED SOY SAUCE (FLAVOR [HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, SALT, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS], YEAST EXTRACT, SOYBEAN OIL), JALAPENOS (JALAPENO PEPPERS, SALT, ACETIC ACID, WATER, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), SALT, CHICKEN FLAVOR BASE (SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, DEXTROSE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SUGAR, DEHYDRATED ONION, YEAST EXTRACT, CORN OIL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID), GUAR GUM. BEANS: WATER, BEANS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SHORTENING (REFINED, BLEACHED BEEF TALLOW, SOY-BEAN OIL AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL. BHT ADDED AS ANTIOXIDANT AND DIMETHYLPO-LYSILOXANE ADDED AS ANTIFOAMING AGENT), FLAVORINGS, VINEGAR, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CHILI POWDER (CHILI PEPPER, SALT, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER). SPANISH RICE: COOKED RICE (WATER, RICE), TOMATO PASTE, BELL PEPPERS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: FLAVORINGS INCLUDING PAPRIKA, VINEGAR SOY-BEAN OIL DEHYDRATED ONION, CHICKEN FLAVOR BASE (SALT. MALTODEXTRIN, DEXTROSE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SUGAR, DEHYDRATED ONION, YEAST EXTRACT, CORN OIL, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, CITRIC ACID), SALT. MODIFIED FOOD STARCH.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-10-28. Labels change; check the package.

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