Chipotle Macaroni & Cheese Meal Kit

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 83% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 95% of them.

Where the calories come from: 35% carbohydrate, 50% fat and 15% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other meal in this aisle

210 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named meal. Per 100 g their median is 120 calories, 284 mg of sodium and 6.4 g of protein; 203 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): MACARONI AND CHEESE (BLANCHED ENRICHED MACARONI [WATER, SEMOLINA, EGG WHITES, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SKIM MILK, AMERICAN CHEESE SPREAD [CHEDDAR AND COLBY CHEESE {PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES}, WATER, WHEY, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SKIM MILK, MILKFAT, SALT, CARRAGEENAN, CELLULOSE GUM], RED PEPPERS, CHEESE SAUCE [CHEDDAR CHEESE {PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES}, WATER, MILKFAT, WHEY, ENZYME MODIFIED CHEESE {PASTEURIZED MILK, WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MILKFAT, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES}, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM ALGINATE, SORBIC ACID {PRESERVATIVE}], MARGARINE [PALM OIL, SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, SALT, VEGETABLE MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BENZOATE {A PRESERVATIVE}, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL & ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED, BETA CAROTENE {COLOR}, WHEY], NEUFCHATEL CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, STABILIZERS {XANTHAN AND/OR CAROB BEAN AND/OR GUAR GUMS}], 2% OR LESS OF SOYBEAN OIL, GREEN ONIONS, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SEASONING [CHEDDAR AND MONTEREY JACK CHEESES {CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES}, WHEY, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, SOUR CREAM {CULTURED CREAM, NONFAT MILK}, NATURAL FLAVOR, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, CULTURED WHEY, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, ANNATTO], ROASTED RED BELL PEPPER PUREE, MALTODEXTRIN, SPICES, ONION PUREE, JALAPENOS [JALAPENOS, VINEGAR, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR], MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, CORN OIL, OLIVE OIL, SUGAR, MOLASSES, CARROT PUREE, CELERY, DRIED ONIONS, PALM OIL, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, GARLIC PUREE, VINEGAR, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM LACTATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, SMOKE FLAVORING). MONTEREY JACK CHEESE WITH PEPPERS (PASTEURIZED MILK, PEPPER BLEND [JALAPENO, HABANERO, SERRANO, AND RED BELL PEPPERS], CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE [TO PREVENT CAKING], NATAMYCIN [MOLD INHIBITOR]).

The statement lists 1 ingredient at the top level, beginning with Macaroni and Cheese (blanched Enriched Macaroni [water, Semolina, 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 Dec 14, 2020), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Nestle Usa-Frozen Food Division submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2124775).

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