Cheddar Stuffed Jalapeno Poppers Jalapeno Peppers Filled with Cheddar and Covered in a Light Crunchy Breading Appetizer

How it compares with other frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 66% of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 73% of them.

Where the calories come from: 45% carbohydrate, 44% fat and 11% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other appetizer in this aisle

46 of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products are named appetizer. Per 100 g their median is 247 calories, 494 mg of sodium and 7.5 g of protein; 33 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): GREEN JALAPENO PEPPERS (PEPPERS, WATER, ACETIC ACID, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM BENZOATE [PRESERVATIVE]), WATER, PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEDDAR CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, MILKFAT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, SALT, ARTIFICIAL COLOR), ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WHEAT FLOUR, VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA), ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MODIFIED CORN STARCH. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), CELLULOSE GUM, CITRIC ACID, DEXTROSE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, DISTILLED VINEGAR, DRIED CHEDDAR AND SEMISOFT CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), DRIED GARLIC, DRIED ONION, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA AND ANNATTO (COLOR), FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, LACTIC ACID, LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE), LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), NATURAL FLAVOR, NONFAT MILK, SALT, SILICON DIOXIDE (TO PREVENT CAKING), SODIUM ALGINATE, SPICES, SUNFLOWER OIL, WHEAT GLUTEN, WHEAT STARCH, WHEY, YEAST, YEAST NUTRIENTS (CALCIUM SULFATE, AMMONIUM CHLORIDE).

The statement lists 33 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Green Jalapeno Peppers (peppers, Water, Acetic Acid. 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 9, 2020), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Topco Associates, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2080306).

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