Cordon Bleu Orzo Herb Breaded White Meat Chicken with Uncured Ham Over Orzo in a Rich Swiss Cheese Sauce

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 12% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 37% of them.

Where the calories come from: 52% carbohydrate, 18% fat and 30% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other sauce in this aisle

1,633 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named sauce. Per 100 g their median is 125 calories, 285 mg of sodium and 6.2 g of protein; 653 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): COOKED ORZO (WATER, PASTA [SEMOLINA FLOUR (WHEAT), NIACIN, IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], CARRAGEENAN), SAUCE (WATER, DICED SMOKED UNCURED HAM - NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR ADDED - NO ADDED NITRATES OR NITRITES EXCEPT THOSE NATURALLY OCCURING IN CELERY JUICE POWDER - [HAM, WATER, SALT, SUGAR, CELERY JUICE POWDER, NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR], SWISS CHEESE [CULTURED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], HALF AND HALF [MILK, CREAM], PASTEURIZED PROCESS WHITE CHEDDAR CHEESE [CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MILKFAT, SALT], WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CORNSTARCH, PARMESAN CHEESE [CULTURED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], SALT, ROASTED GARLIC, ROMANO CHEESE FROM COW'S MILK [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], SWISS CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], NATURAL FLAVOR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, GARLIC POWDER, SPICES, ENZYMES), COOKED SEASONED BREADED CHICKEN (BONELESS, SKINLESS CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, HERB SEASONING [CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, DEXTROSE, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVORS, SPICES, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, GREEN PEPPER, SOY SAUCE (WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT) AND LESS THAN 2% SUNFLOWER OIL], SODIUM PHOSPHATES, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], DEXTROSE, SALT, PARMESAN CHEESE [PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], CHEESE POWDER [PARMESAN CHEESE (MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE], DRIED WHEY, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR AND EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, SOYBEAN OIL), SHREDDED PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, SKIM MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES), PARSLEY.

The statement covers several recipes in one package, so its ingredients are not counted. 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 Apr 8, 2020), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Kraft Heinz Foods Company submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2213452).

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