Kraft Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, 8.5 Oz

How it compares with other pizza mixes and other dry dinners

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 48% of the 537 pizza mixes and other dry dinners products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 20% of them.

Where the calories come from: 44% carbohydrate, 39% fat and 17% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other dinner in this aisle

26 of the 537 pizza mixes and other dry dinners products are named dinner. Per 100 g their median is 329 calories, 1,015 mg of sodium and 10.3 g of protein; none has less sodium than this one.

Source: USDA FoodData Central branded foods, April 30, 2026 release: products in this aisle whose name contains "dinner", one per barcode.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): MACARONI & CHEESE SAUCE (WATER, ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT [WHEAT FLOUR, DURUM WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE (IRON), THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID], HALF AND HALF [MILK, CREAM], CHEESE SAUCE MIX [WHEY, MILKFAT, SALT, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SODIUM TRIPHOSPHATE, TAPIOCA FLOUR, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, WITH PAPRIKA, TURMERIC, AND ANNATTO ADDED FOR COLOR, ENZYMES, CHEESE CULTURE], BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], SHARP CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (COLOR)], TAPIOCA STARCH, CHEESE BLEND [CHEDDAR, GRANULAR, SEMISOFT AND BLUE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, VINEGAR, SALT], FLAVOR ENHANCER [MILK SOLIDS, NONFATDRY MILK, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR], WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, FLAVOR), COOKED CHICKEN & BEEF MEATBALLS (CHICKEN, BEEF, WATER, BREAD CRUMBS [WHOLE GRAIN WHEAT FLOUR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, YEAST, SEA SALT, LEAVENING (SODIUM BICARBONATE), SPICE EXTRACTIVE], EGGS, ROMANO CHEESE [CULTURED COW'S MILK, ENZYMES, SALT], DEHYDRATED ONIONS, DRIED CANE SYRUP, SALT, GARLIC POWDER), GREEN BEANS, MARINARA SAUCE (WATER, TOMATO PUREE [TOMATO PASTE, WATER], HONEY, CORNSTARCH, SALT, SPICES, GARLIC POWDER, DRIED ONION, NATURAL FLAVOR)

The statement lists 4 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Macaroni & Cheese Sauce (water, Enriched Macaroni Product [wheat Flour, Durum 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 Jun 1, 2023), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Kraft Heinz Foods Company submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2561435).

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