Buffalo Chicken Mac N' Cheese

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 41% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 53% of them.

Where the calories come from: 29% carbohydrate, 49% fat and 22% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other cheese in this aisle

1,191 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named cheese. Per 100 g their median is 156 calories, 319 mg of sodium and 7.1 g of protein; 508 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): ELBOWS [100% DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, FERROUS LACTATE (IRON), THIAMINE MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLATE), WATER], PASTEURIZED CHEDDAR CHEESE [(PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MILKFAT, SALT, APOCAROTENAL (COLOR), AMERICAN CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK AND SKIM MILK, BUTTERMILK, MILK FAT, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, ACETIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, ENYMES), LIGHT CREAM, CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), SALT, NATURAL CHEDDAR CHEESE FLAVOR (MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY SOLIDS, NATURAL CHEESE FLAVOR, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT), ONION POWDER, SPICES, YEAST EXTRACT, NISIN PREPARATION AND ANNATTO], DICED CHICKEN BREAST, BUFFALO SAUCE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, SALT, WATER, CANOLA OIL, PAPRIKA, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), NATURAL BUTTER TYPE FLAVOR AND GARLIC POWDER), RANCH DRESSING (SOUR DRESSING (WATER, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, WHEY POWDER, SODIUM CASEINATE, NONFAT DRY MILK, FOOD STARCH MODIFIED (CORN), LACTIC AND CITRIC ACIDS, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, SOY LECITHIN, POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), SODIUM CITRATE, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, LOCUST BEAN GUM, SODIUM CARBONATE, CARRAGEENAN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS), CULTURED BUTTERMILK, MAYONNAISE (SOYBEAN OIL, EGG YOLK, VINEGAR, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, SALT, SPICE AND CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA TO PROTECT FLAVOR)), WATER, SOUR CREAM, (CULTURED PASTEURIZED SKIM MILK, CREAM, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, LOCUST BEAN GUM, CARRAGEENAN), SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, SUGAR, GARLIC, ONION, XANTHAN GUM, SPICES AND POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE), SALT, PEPPER.

The statement lists 18 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Elbows [100% Durum Wheat Semolina, Niacin, Ferrous Lactate (iron). 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 6, 2018), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Alfredo Aiello Italian Foods submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 1813875).

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