Banquet · Frozen Dinners and Entrees
Banquet, Creamy Pesto with Chicken
One meal (198g) serving of Banquet, Creamy Pesto with Chicken has 260 calories, 1g of sugars and 540mg of sodium, as submitted by Conagra Frozen Foods to USDA (FoodData Central 1595086, record updated Sep 7, 2018).
Values for the declared serving and per 100 g. FoodData Central 1595086, available Mar 19, 2021; USDA record.
Nutrition Facts
* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice. Protein % DV here is not corrected for protein quality.
Computed from the values per 100 g that Conagra Frozen Foods submitted to USDA, for the declared 198g serving. They are rounded as FDA requires labels to round; the package in your hand is the authority. Check the USDA record.
- UPC
- 031000223250
- Category
- Frozen Dinners and Entrees
- Records
- 3 under this UPC; this page shows the newest record of this barcode
How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees
Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 7% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 41% of them.
Where the calories come from: 51% carbohydrate, 31% fat and 18% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).
Where it sits among frozen dinners and entrees: sugar per 100 g
| Per 100 g | This product | Median of the category | Share of the category lower |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total sugars | 0.5 g | 1.9 g | 7% |
| Sodium | 273 mg | 296 mg | 41% |
| Protein | 6.1 g | 6.5 g | 43% |
| Calories | 131 | 133 | 48% |
Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release; category statistics computed by GetFoodFacts from 4,995 products, one per barcode.
Other chicken in this aisle
1,702 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named chicken. Per 100 g their median is 129 calories, 295 mg of sodium and 7 g of protein; 707 have less sodium than this one.
| Other brands with less sodium | Sodium per 100 g | Calories per 100 g |
|---|---|---|
| Bertolli, Meal Soup For 2, Roasted Chicken & Rotini Pasta BERTOLLI | 218 mg | 82 |
| Chicken Souvlaki Protein Bowls CEDARLANE | 218 mg | 106 |
| Chipotle Chicken Big Burrito EVOL. | 218 mg | 186 |
Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release: products in this aisle whose name contains "chicken", one per barcode.
What is in it
Ingredients (as submitted): COOKED PASTA (WATER, DURUM FLOUR [DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE {IRON}, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SOYBEAN OIL, DRIED EGG WHITES), CREAMY PESTO (WATER, BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], PARMESAN CHEESE [PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], SOYBEAN OIL, ROMANO CHEESE FROM COW'S MILK [PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NONFAT DRY MILK, SPICE, SALT, BASIL, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, FLAVORING), CHICKEN (WHITE MEAT CHICKEN, WATER, MODIFIED RICE STARCH, ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES).
The statement lists 3 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Cooked Pasta (water, Durum Flour [durum Wheat Semolina, Niacin. 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 Sep 7, 2018), not the label on the shelf today.
Source: the ingredient statement Conagra Frozen Foods submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 1595086).
More Banquet frozen dinners and entrees
| Product | Calories per 100 g | Sugars per 100 g | Sodium per 100 g |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banquet, Pork Patty Meal | 132 | 1.32 g | 352 mg |
| Banquet, Chicken Patty Meal , Honey Mustard | 129 | 3.92 g | 259 mg |
| Banquet, Creamy Pasta Carbonara | 128 | 0.44 g | 326 mg |
| Bacon Mac 'n Cheese Macaroni in Creamy Cheese Sauce with Pieces of Bacon Wrapped in a Flaky Crust Mega Deep Dish | 126 | 1.51 g | 209 mg |
| Double Meat Meals | 136 | 5.08 g | 325 mg |
Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release.
Next questions
- Every Banquet product (332)each with its place in its category
- Everything Conagra Frozen Foods submits (197 products)
- #111 of 4,580 frozen meals for least sugarsee the products ranked above and below it
- Frozen meals with less sodium
- Foods high in proteinthis serving has 12g, 20% of the Daily Value or more
- Compare two foods side by sidecalories, sugar, sodium and protein per 100 g and per portion
Questions about this product
How many calories are in Banquet, Creamy Pesto with Chicken?
260 per 1 meal (198g) serving, and 131 per 100 g.
How much sodium is in Banquet, Creamy Pesto with Chicken?
540mg per serving (24% of the 2,300 mg Daily Value).
Is this the label on the package today?
It is the record Conagra Frozen Foods submitted to USDA, last updated Sep 7, 2018. Recipes change: the package in your hand is the authority.
Sources for this page
- USDA FoodData Central
- this record and every record it is compared with, April 30, 2026 release. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- FoodData Central documentation
- what branded, SR Legacy, Foundation and survey records are. fdc.nal.usda.gov
- USDA Food and Nutrient Database for Dietary Studies
- survey foods and their household portions. ars.usda.gov
- 21 CFR 101.9, Nutrition labeling of food
- the label format, its rounding and the Daily Values. ecfr.gov
- 21 CFR 101 subpart D, Nutrient content claims
- the FDA thresholds the comparisons count. ecfr.gov
- FDA, How to Understand and Use the Nutrition Facts Label
- the 5% and 20% Daily Value rule. fda.gov