Cajun-style Chicken Carbonara Seasoned White Meat Chicken and Linguine in a Creamy Bacon and Parmesan Flavored Sauce with a Cajun-style Twist, Cajun-style Chicken Carbonara

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 76% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 76% of them.

Where the calories come from: 43% carbohydrate, 39% fat and 18% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): LINGUINE PASTA (WATER, DURUM WHEAT FLOUR, EGG WHITES), HALF & HALF (MILK, CREAM), COOKED BLACKENED SEASONED CHICKEN BREAST STRIPS WITH RIB MEAT (CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, BLACKENED SEASONING [SALT, SPICES {INCLUDING RED PEPPER, PAPRIKA}, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CORN STARCH, ONION, CARRAGEENAN, GARLIC, SOY LECITHIN]), WATER, CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED CULTURED MILK AND CREAM, SALT, STABILIZERS [XANTHAN AND/OR CAROB BEAN AND/OR GUAR GUMS]), WHEY, RENDERED BACON FAT AND COOKED BACON (CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE. MAY ALSO CONTAIN SMOKE FLAVORING, SUGAR, DEXTROSE, BROWN SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, FLAVORING), CREAM SAUCE (SHORTENING POWDER [SOYBEAN OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE AND MONO & DIGLYCERIDES], CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SWEET CREAM SOLIDS, SALT, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, LEMON JUICE POWDER [CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, LEMON JUICE, LEMON OIL], NATURAL BUTTER TYPE FLAVOR), MARGARINE (PALM OIL, WATER, SALT, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, ARTIFICIAL BUTTER FLAVOR, ANNATTO [COLOR], CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA [PRESERVATIVE], VITAMIN A PALMITATE), CHEESE POWDER (ROMANO CHEESE [PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], SODIUM PHOSPHATE), BUTTERMILK POWDER, CHEESE FLAVOR (DEHYDRATED BLEND OF PARMESAN CHEESE [PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY, BUTTERMILK SOLIDS, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, BACON (CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE. MAY ALSO CONTAIN DEXTROSE, HONEY, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SMOKE FLAVORING, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE), GREEN ONION, SEA SALT, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, BAKER'S YEAST EXTRACT, SPICES (GROUND RED PEPPER, PAPRIKA, BLACK PEPPER, CUMIN, PARSLEY, GROUND WHITE PEPPER), GARLIC, ONION & CHILI POWDER (SPICES [CHILI PEPPER, CUMIN, OREGANO], SALT, GARLIC POWDER).

The statement lists 21 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Linguine Pasta (water, Durum Wheat Flour, Egg Whites). 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 Jan 28, 2022), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Zatarain's Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2680498).

More Zatarain's frozen dinners and entrees

Questions about this product