Chorizo, Egg & Cheese with Cheddar Cheese & Sauce in a Crispy Buttery Crust Sandwiches, Chorizo

How it compares with other frozen breakfast sandwiches, biscuits and meals

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 36% of the 892 frozen breakfast sandwiches, biscuits and meals products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 40% of them.

Where the calories come from: 47% carbohydrate, 34% fat and 18% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): INGREDIENTS: WATER, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), COOKED SCRAMBLED EGGS (WHOLE EGGS, SKIM MILK, SOYBEAN OIL, CORN STARCH, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, CITRIC ACID), COOKED CHORIZO (PORK, SEASONING [SPICES, SALT, PAPRIKA, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, EXTRACTIVE OF PAPRIKA], WATER), CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO[COLOR]), ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, 2% OR LESS OF GREEN BELL PEPPERS, 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), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, BREAD CRUMBS (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE, YEAST, SALT), SUGAR, PALM OIL, FRACTIONATED PALM OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, SOYBEAN OIL, WHEY, DOUGH CONDITIONER BLEND (CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT, L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, GARLIC POWDER, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES [WHEAT]), CREAMER (COCONUT OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE [MILK], MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN), BUTTERMILK POWDER, YEAST, SEASONING (CHEDDAR/BLUE CHEESES [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, SALT, DEXTROSE, DRIED ONION, NATURAL FLAVOR, SOYBEAN OIL, GARLIC POWDER, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, SPICE, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA AND ANNATTO), SPICE, SEASONING (FLAVORING, CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, BUTTERMILK FAT, ENZYME MODIFIED YEAST EXTRACTIVES, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, GARLIC POWDER, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, MIXED TRIGLYCERIDES, ONION POWDER), BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, AMYLASE, ASCORBIC ACID, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), POTASSIUM CHLORIDE (POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, CITRIC ACID), SOY LECITHIN, SEASONING (MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, BUTTER FLAVOR), SEASONING (CORNSTARCH, EXTRACTIVES OF TURMERIC AND ANNATTO, NATURAL FLAVOR), ANNATTO COLOR, LACTIC ACID BLEND (LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM LACTATE), METHYLCELLULOSE, SOY FLOUR, DRIED EGG WHITES.

The statement lists 34 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Ingredients: Water, Enriched Flour (wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour. 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 8, 2020), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Nestle USA Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2157442).

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