Chicken Parmesan with Reduced Fat Mozzarella, Parmesan and Asiago & Tomato Sauce in a Baked Garlic & Herb Seasoned Crust Sandwiches

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

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 78% of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 27% of them.

Where the calories come from: 65% carbohydrate, 18% fat and 17% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other mozzarella in this aisle

202 of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products are named mozzarella. Per 100 g their median is 265 calories, 560 mg of sodium and 11.3 g of protein; 29 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, COOKED AND GRILL MARKED WHITE MEAT CHICKEN (WHITE MEAT CHICKEN, WATER, 2% OR LESS OF SALT, TAPIOCA STARCH, RICE STARCH, OAT FIBER, CHICKEN STOCK, ROSEMARY EXTRACTIVES, SUGAR), REDUCED FAT MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, NONFAT MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH*, CULTURES, SALT, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, ENZYMES, *INGREDIENTS NOT IN REGULAR MOZZARELLA CHEESE), TOMATO PASTE, SUGAR, 2% OR LESS OF MARGARINE (PALM OIL, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, SOYBEAN LECITHIN, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND CITRIC ACID [PRESERVATIVES], ANNATTO AND TURMERIC COLOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED), SEASONING (BREAD CRUMB [BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE, YEAST, SALT], DRIED GARLIC, TOMATO POWDER, SPICE, SALT, DEXTROSE, DRIED ONION, MALTODEXTRIN, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR), PARMESAN AND ASIAGO CHEESE BLEND WITH FLAVOR (PARMESAN & ASIAGO CHEESES [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], ENZYME MODIFIED PARMESAN CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, WATER, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY, SALT), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, FRACTIONATED PALM OIL, DOUGH CONDITIONER BLEND (CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT, L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, GARLIC POWDER, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES), SALT, EGG YOLKS, YEAST, GARLIC, WHEY, CREAMER (COCONUT OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE [MILK], MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN), DOUGH CONDITIONER (DISTILLED MONOGLYCERIDES WITH ASCORBIC ACID AND CITRIC ACID [ANTIOXIDANTS]), BUTTERMILK POWDER, SKIM MILK, BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, AMYLASE, ASCORBIC ACID, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SPICES, SOY LECITHIN, METHYLCELLULOSE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, FLAVORING (YEAST EXTRACT, SALT), DRIED ONIONS, SOY FLOUR, EGG WHITE, GUAR GUM, XANTHAN GUM.

The statement lists 32 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Enriched Flour (wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced 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 Dec 7, 2020), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Nestle USA Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2086747).

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