Andouille Sausage & Cheese Dip

How it compares with other cheese

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 75% of the 15,853 cheese products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 21% of them.

Where the calories come from: 11% carbohydrate, 77% fat and 11% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other cheese in this aisle

14,327 of the 15,853 cheese products are named cheese. Per 100 g their median is 357 calories, 643 mg of sodium and 21.4 g of protein; 3,068 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, STABILIZERS [CAROB BEAN AND/OR XANTHAN AND/OR GUAR GUMS]), BEER CHEESE (WATER, CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], BEER [WATER, MALTED BARLEY, HOPS, YEAST], CREAM CHEESE [PASTEURIZED CULTURE MILK AND CREAM, SALT, STABILIZERS {XANTHAN AND/OR CAROB BEAN AND/OR GUAR GUMS}], CREAM, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CHEESE SAUCE BASE [WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE {CULTURE MILK, SALT, ENZYMES}, REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, CANOLA OIL, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, BLUE CHEESE {CULTURE MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, NON FAT DRY MILK, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS}, SALT, SODIUM CASEINATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CARRAGEENAN, ANNATTO EXTRACT, PAPRIKA EXTRACT, SUNFLOWER LECITHIN, MALTODEXTRIN, WHITE DISTILLED VINEGAR, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, LACTIC ACID, YELLOW NO 5], PEPPER SAUCE [AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, WATER, SALT, GARLIC POWDER], SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SALT, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SPICES, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE, PAPRIKA EXTRACT), ANDOUILLE SAUSAGE (MEAT INGREDIENTS [PORK, BEEF], WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: SALT, CORN SYRUP, SPICES, POTASSIUM LACTATE, PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVORS, SUGAR, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SODIUM DIACETATE, SASSAFRAS, ASCORBIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, SODIUM NITRATE), DICED TOMATOES (TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, CITRIC ACID, AND CALCIUM CHLORIDE), RED BELL PEPPER (PEPPERS, WATER, CITRIC ACID AND CALCIUM CHLORIDE), WHITE ONION, CITRIC ACID, GRANULATED GARLIC, XANTHAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE).

The statement lists 10 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Cream Cheese (pasteurized Milk and Cream, Cheese Culture, Salt. It has no separate "Contains" line; a major allergen (the nine the FDA requires on labels: milk, eggs, fish, shellfish, tree nuts, peanuts, wheat, soybeans, sesame) may be named inside the ingredients instead. For allergies, read the package: this is the record USDA holds (updated Jul 22, 2023), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Meijer, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2627241).

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