Creamy Cajun-style Pasta Seasoned Grilled White Chicken and Rotini Pasta in a Savory, Creamy, Cajun-style Sauce, Creamy Cajun-style Pasta

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 77% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 59% of them.

Where the calories come from: 45% carbohydrate, 34% fat and 21% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other savory in this aisle

125 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named savory. Per 100 g their median is 122 calories, 333 mg of sodium and 6.5 g of protein; 58 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): INGREDIENTS: COOKED ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WATER, DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA [ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID]), WATER, BLACKENED SEASONED GRILLED CHICKEN TENDERS (CHICKEN TENDERS, WATER, BLACKENED SEASONING [SALT, SPICES {INCLUDING RED PEPPER AND PAPRIKA}, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CORN STARCH, ONION, CARRAGEENAN, GARLIC, EXTRACTIVES OF OREGANO, SOY LECITHIN]), HALF AND HALF (MILK, CREAM), MARGARINE (LIQUID AND HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, SALT, VEGETABLE MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, BHA & BHT ADDED TO PROTECT FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE AND VITAMIN D3 ADDED), SWEET DAIRY WHEY, CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM), HEAVY CREAM SAUCE (SHORTENING POWDER [SOYBEAN OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES], CORN MALTODEXTRIN, SWEET CREAM SOLIDS, SALT, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, LEMON JUICE POWDER [CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, LEMON JUICE, LEMON OIL], NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR), CHEESE FLAVOR (A DEHYDRATED BLEND OF ROMANO CHEESE [PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], SODIUM PHOSPHATE), GREEN ONION, DRY BUTTERMILK, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CHEESE FLAVOR (A DEHYDRATED BLEND OF PARMESAN CHEESE [PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY, BUTTERMILK SOLIDS, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT), LOWER SODIUM SEA SALT (SEA SALT, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, MAGNESIUM SALTS), CORN MALTODEXTRIN, CANOLA OIL, PAPRIKA, YEAST EXTRACT, PARSLEY FLAKES, GRANULATED GARLIC, SPICES, XANTHAN GUM, CHILI POWDER (CHILI PEPPERS, SPICES, SALT, GARLIC POWDER), DEXTROSE, GRANULATED ONION, SUGAR.

The statement lists 26 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Ingredients: Cooked Enriched Macaroni Product (water, Durum Wheat Semolina [enriched with Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate. 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 Jan 20, 2021), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Zatarain's Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2034530).

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