Ham Croquettes

How it compares with other frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 80% of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 61% of them.

Where the calories come from: 42% carbohydrate, 40% fat and 18% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other croquettes in this aisle

20 of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products are named croquettes. Per 100 g their median is 214 calories, 541 mg of sodium and 9.8 g of protein; 11 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): COOKED HAM AND WATER PRODUCT - 25% OF WEIGHT IS ADDED INGREDIENTS (CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, NATURAL LIQUID SMOKE, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, SODIUM NITRITE), BATTER MIX (WATER, ALL PURPOSE FLOUR (BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR, (FUNGAL ENZYME, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID)), SUGAR, COM FLOUR, NON FAT DRY MILK, GRANULATED GARLIC, BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORN STARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), WHITE PEPPER, XANTHAM GUM, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE), WATER, BREAD CRUMBS (ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, YEAST, SALT, VEGETABLE SHORTENING (SOYBEAN OIL, COTTONSEED OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL), SUGAR, MAY CONTAIN 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: WHEAT GLUTEN, DEXTROSE, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE AND/OR SOY FLOUR, WHEY, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE (DOUGH CONDITIONER), MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOY LECITHIN, MOLASSES, HONEY, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, CORN FLOUR, CORNMEAL, CITRIC ACID, GRAIN VINEGAR, WHEAT STARCH, CORN STARCH, POTATO FLOUR, RICE FLOUR, WHEAT BRAN, OAT FIBER, CALCIUM SULFATE, DATEM, POTASSIUM LODATE, GUAR GUM, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ENRICHMENT (VITAMIN E ACETATE, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, VITAMIN D3), LACTIC ACID, ASCORBIC ACID (DOUGH CONDITIONER), SPICE & COLORING, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SESAME SEEDS.), AND/OR BREADER (WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, WHEY, SOYBEAN OIL), SOY FLOUR, ALL PURPOSE FLOUR (BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR, (FUNGAL ENZYME, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID)), WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, CURED RENDERED PORK FAT (CURED WITH WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE) AND/OR VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR COTTONSEED OIL), HAM SEASONING BASE (HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, SALT, SUGAR, FLAVORINGS (INCLUDING AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR), LESS THAN 2% TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE TO PREVENT CAKING), PEPPER STRIPS (PEPPERS, WATER, CITRIC ACID AND/OR CALCIUM CHLORIDE), GRANULATED GARLIC, DEHYDRATED ONIONS, SPICES, RED GEL BASED COLOR (WATER, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, CORN SYRUP, GLYCERINE, SORBITOL, SUGAR, FD&C RED 40 (E129), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, FD&C RED 3 (E127), FD&C YELLOW 5 (E102), SODIUM BENZOATE AND POTASSIUM SORBATE, (PRESERVATIVES), CARRAGEENAN GUM, AGAR GUM, CITRIC ACID).

The statement lists 15 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Cooked Ham and Water Product - 25% of Weight Is Added Ingredients (cured with Water, Salt, Sugar. 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 7, 2018), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Catalina Finer Food Corp submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2132705).

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