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Grain Based Products / Meals

USDA's branded food database lists 119 grain based products / meals products; the median has 160 calories, 3.4 g of sugars, 7.0 g of protein and 364 mg of sodium per 100 g.

Products as manufacturers categorize them when they submit to USDA.

How grain based products / meals products are spread

Half of all grain based products / meals products have between 1.4 g and 6.9 g of sugars per 100 g

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Each dot is one of 39 evenly spaced points across the middle 95% of the category. USDA FoodData Central.
Per 100 gLowest quarter up toMedianHighest quarter from
Calories114160335
Sugars1.4 g3.4 g6.9 g
Protein5.6 g7.0 g9.7 g
Sodium247 mg364 mg985 mg
Fiber1.1 g1.8 g2.8 g
Saturated fat0.0 g0.4 g0.8 g

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; quartiles computed by GetFoodFacts.

How many are at or under FDA's claim lines, per labeled serving

FDA threshold (per labeled serving)ProductsShare
"Low calorie": 40 calories or less per serving*1 of 1191%
"High in fiber": 5.6 g or more per serving10 of 1198%
"High in protein": 10 g or more per serving57 of 11948%
"Low sodium": 140 mg or less per serving*4 of 1193%
"Sugar free": less than 0.5 g per serving11 of 1199%

Source: 21 CFR 101.54, 101.60 and 101.61 (ecfr.gov). * Also per 50 g when a serving is 30 g or less; a product in a meal or entree category with a serving of 6 oz or more stands in for FDA's meal and main-dish products and is tested per 100 g: 140 mg of sodium, 120 calories (101.61(b)(5), 101.60(b)(3)). Counted per labeled serving, which since 2016 follows FDA's reference amounts for most products; the counts are not findings that any label complies; the protein line is before FDA's protein-quality correction (fda.gov).

Brands with the most grain based products / meals products

BrandProducts
P.F. Chang's26
Healthy Choice20
Near East19
Rice A Roni12
Old El Paso8
Minh6
Marie Callender's6
Banquet4

Every grain based products / meals product, A to Z

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release.

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Sources for this page
USDA FoodData Central
the food and product records, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
FoodData Central documentation
what each data type is and how branded records are submitted. fdc.nal.usda.gov
21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
the label format, rounding and Daily Values. ecfr.gov
21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
the thresholds for "low sodium", "sugar free", "high in". ecfr.gov
FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov