Cheeseburger Mac Macaroni with Beef Patty Crumbles in a Creamy Blend of Cheeses

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 59% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 83% 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).

Other cheeses in this aisle

117 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named cheeses. Per 100 g their median is 147 calories, 308 mg of sodium and 6.3 g of protein; 96 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WATER, DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, COOKED BEEF PATTY CRUMBLES (BEEF, WATER, TEXTURED SOY FLOUR, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, SPICES, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, NATURAL FLAVORS, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE), HALF AND HALF (MILK, CREAM), CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO [COLOR]), KETCHUP (TOMATO CONCENTRATE, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, ONION POWDER, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORING), CHEDDAR CLUB CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, SALT, ANNATTO [COLOR]), LESS THAN 2% OF DILL RELISH (PICKLES, WATER, VINEGAR, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, XANTHAN GUM, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, POLYSORBATE 80, SODIUM BENZOATE, FD&C YELLOW #5), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CANOLA OIL, CHEESE FLAVOR (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVORS, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, XANTHAN GUM), VINEGAR, SALT, RENDERED BACON FAT (CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE. MAY ALSO CONTAIN SMOKE FLAVORING, DEXTROSE, BROWN SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SODIUM DIACETATE, FLAVORING, HONEY), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SEARED BEEF FLAVOR (NATURAL FLAVOR [CONTAINS CANOLA OIL], BEEF STOCK, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, GRILL FLAVOR [CONTAINS SUNFLOWER OIL], SILICONE DIOXIDE), XANTHAN GUM, ANNATTO (COLOR), GRANULATED ONION, SPICE.

The statement lists 21 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Enriched Macaroni Product (water, 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 Oct 17, 2023), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Bellisio Foods Inc submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2666958).

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