Broccoli and Cheese Soup with Garlic Cheese Croutons

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 54% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 78% of them.

Where the calories come from: 40% carbohydrate, 43% fat and 17% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): BROCCOLI AND CHEESE SOUP: WATER, WHOLE MILK (MILK, VITAMIN D3), BROCCOLI FLORETS, PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEESE SPREAD (AMERICAN CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, WHEY, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF MILKFAT, SALT, SODIUM ALGINATE, LACTIC ACID, [BETA]-APO-8'-CAROTENAL [COLOR]), CARROTS, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, ONIONS, SEASONING (WHEY, DEXTROSE, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, WHEAT FLOUR, GARLIC POWDER, SUGAR, SPICE, YEAST EXTRACT, ONION POWDER, PAPRIKA, SPICE EXTRACTIVES [INCLUDING TURMERIC]), CHEDDAR CHEESE INGREDIENT (CHEDDAR, GRANULAR, SEMI-SOFT AND BLUE CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, VINEGAR, SALT), CHICKEN BASE (CHICKEN MEAT INCLUDING CHICKEN JUICES, SALT, HYDROLYZED SOY AND CORN PROTEIN, SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVORING, POTATO FLOUR, YEAST EXTRACT, CARROT POWDER, TURMERIC), SALTED BUTTER (PASTEURIZED CREAM, SALT), DIJON MUSTARD (WATER, MUSTARD SEED, VINEGAR, SALT, RED PEPPER). GARLIC CHEESE CROUTONS: ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL (ROSEMARY EXTRACT AND ASCORBIC ACID [PRESERVATIVE]), PARMESAN CHEESE FLAVORED POWDER (BUTTERMILK, PARMESAN CHEESE [CULTURED PART SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], SOYBEAN OIL, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, SALT), SALT, YEAST, SUGAR, 2% OR LESS OF DEHYDRATED PARSLEY, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, NATURAL FLAVORS, ENZYMES, ASCORBIC ACID.

The statement covers several recipes in one package, so its ingredients are not counted. 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 Feb 22, 2021), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2338574).

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