Green Chile Enchilada Sauce

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 4 ingredients to avoid

Hatch Green Chile Enchilada Sauce scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. Per serving it carries 0g fiber, 0g protein and 2g sugar. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Hatch Green Chile Enchilada Sauce lists 19 ingredients, starting with Water, Green Chile Puree, Diced Green Chiles, Corn Starch and High Oleic Safflower Oil. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

48 kcal per serving, or 79 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Hatch Green Chile Enchilada Sauce on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 5/100 Hatch Green Chile Enchilada Sauce scores worse than most pasta & cooking sauces we have scored. A higher-scoring option in pasta & cooking sauces is Simply Nature Organic Tomato & Basil Pasta Sauce at 100/100.