Italian Style Melt, Meatballs and Pepperoni Stromboli, Mambo Italiano

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

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 57% of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 64% of them.

Where the calories come from: 34% carbohydrate, 50% fat and 16% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other melt in this aisle

42 of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products are named melt. Per 100 g their median is 250 calories, 562 mg of sodium and 11.5 g of protein; 21 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): DOUGH: ENRICHED UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, PALM OIL, SUGAR, SALT, SEMOLINA FLOUR (SEMOLINA [MILLED FROM DURUM WHEAT], NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), GARLIC POWDER, YEAST (YEAST, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, ASCORBIC ACID), DOUGH CONDITIONER (WHEAT FLOUR, ASCORBIC ACID, ENZYMES). FILLING: CHEESE BLEND (PART SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE [PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], RICOTTA CHEESE [WHEY, WHOLE MILK, CREAM, VINEGAR, AND XANTHAN GUM, LOCUST BEAN GUM, GUAR GUM {STABILIZERS}], NATURAL CHEESE FLAVOR [CHEDDAR CHEESE, PARMESAN CHEESE, ROMANO CHEESE, MOZZARELLA CHEESE {ALL MADE WITH PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES}, WHEY PROTEIN POWDER, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT]), COOKED MEATBALLS (BEEF, PORK, WATER, ROMANO CHEESE [PASTEURIZED SHEEP'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], BREAD CRUMBS [WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, SALT, YEAST, CANOLA OIL], SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, RICOTTA CHEESE [WHEY, PASTEURIZED WHOLE MILK, VINEGAR, SALT), SALT, NATURAL FLAVORINGS, BROWN SUGAR, SPICES, DEHYDRATED PARSLEY), PEPPERONI (PORK, BEEF, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SUGAR, SPICES, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, SODIUM ASCORBATE, NATURAL FLAVORINGS, GARLIC POWDER, DEXTROSE, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID), TOMATO SAUCE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE, SPICE BLEND [SUGAR, SALT, SPICES, LESS THAN 2% SILICON DIOXIDE ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING], GARLIC PUREE, GUAR GUM, SOYBEAN OIL). TOPPING: PARMESAN & ROMANO CHEESE BLEND (PARMESAN CHEESE [MADE FROM COW'S MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], ROMANO CHEESE [MADE FROM COW'S MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], POWDERED CELLULOSE/STARCH BLEND ADDED TO PREVENT CAKING), BREAD CRUMBS (BLEACHED FLOUR, WATER, VEGETABLE OIL [SOYBEAN OIL, COTTONSEED OIL, AND/OR CANOLA OIL], SALT, YEAST, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SUGAR, DEXTROSE), 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 26, 2020), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Palermo Villa Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 1008227).

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