Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken & Broccoli Pasta in a Creamy Sauce with White Chicken & Broccoli

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 29% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 63% of them.

Where the calories come from: 42% carbohydrate, 39% fat and 19% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other broccoli in this aisle

351 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named broccoli. Per 100 g their median is 116 calories, 282 mg of sodium and 6 g of protein; 242 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WATER, DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, HALF AND HALF (MILK, CREAM), COOKED WHITE CHICKEN (CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, 2% OR LESS OF SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN AND NATURAL FLAVOR), BROCCOLI, LOW MOISTURE WHOLE MILK MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES), NEUFCHATEL CHEESE (MILK, CREAM, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM), WHITE CHEDDAR CLUB CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, SALT), LESS THAN 2% OF MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, GRATED CHEESE BLEND (PARMESAN AND ASIAGO CHEESES [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], NATURAL FLAVOR, POWDERED CELLULOSE [TO PREVENT CAKING]), MARGARINE (LIQUID AND HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, SALT, LESS THAN 2% OF 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, ROMANO CHEESE BLEND (ROMANO CHEESE [PASTEURIZED COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], NATURAL FLAVOR, POWDERED CELLULOSE [TO PREVENT CAKING]), SALT, CANOLA OIL, CHEESE FLAVOR (PARMESAN CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CITRATE), MALTODEXTRIN, XANTHAN GUM, YEAST EXTRACT (WITH SALT), SPICE, DEXTROSE, GRANULATED GARLIC.

The statement lists 22 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Enriched Macaroni Product (water, Durum Wheat Semolina, Wheat 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 Oct 12, 2023), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Bellisio Foods Inc submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2667129).

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