Lobster Mac and Cheese

How it compares with other other deli

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 45% of the 3,317 other deli products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 40% of them.

Where the calories come from: 31% carbohydrate, 51% fat and 18% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other cheese in this aisle

666 of the 3,317 other deli products are named cheese. Per 100 g their median is 207 calories, 427 mg of sodium and 9.2 g of protein; 150 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): WHITE CHEESE SAUCE (WATER, MILK [MILK, VITAMIN D3], HEAVY CREAM [PASTEURIZED HEAVY CREAM, CARRAGEENAN], AMERICAN WHITE CHEESE [AMERICAN CHEESES {MILK, CULTURE, SALT, ENZYME}, WATER, MILKFAT, SODIUM CITRATE, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES], CREAM CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK AND CREAM, SALT, LESS THAN 1 PERCENT OF: CHEESE CULTURES, CAROB BEAN GUM, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM], PROVOLONE CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], MONTEREY JACK CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT & ENZYMES, POWDERED CORN STARCH AND POTATO STARCH], CANOLA OIL, BUTTER [PASTEURIZED CREAM, NATURAL FLAVORS {LACTIC ACID, STARTER DISTILLATE}], SUGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, PARMESAN CHEESE [PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEAT FLOUR [BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], ROMANO CHEESE [PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES], SALT, WHITE PEPPER, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, ANNATO EXTRACT [FOR COLOR]), COOKED MACARONI (WATER, MACARONI [SEMOLINA {WHEAT}, DURUM WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON {FERROUS SULFATE}, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID]), CANOLA OIL AND EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL), LOBSTER SENSATIONS (LOBSTER, FISH PROTEIN [ALASKA POLLOCK AND/OR PACIFIC WHITING], WATER, WHEAT STARCH, SUGAR, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, EGG WHITE, SALT, SORBITOL, MIRIN [RICE EXTRACT, ALCOHOL, SALT, DEXTROSE, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS], MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, POTATO STARCH, CALCIUM CARBONATE, CORNSTARCH, CARRAGEENAN, HYDROLYZED CORN/SOY/WHEAT/WHEY PROTEIN, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE AND/OR TETRASODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, COLOR ADDED, CARMINE), WHITE CHEDDAR CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE [TO PREVENT CAKING]), PARMESAN CHEESE (PARMESAN CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE [TO PREVENT CAKING]), BREADCRUMB (UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], WATER, YEAST, WHEAT GLUTEN, FULLY REFINED SOYBEAN OIL, GRANULATED SUGAR, SALT, DOUGH IMPROVER [MALTED WHEAT FLOUR, ENZYMES AND 2% OR LESS OF ASCORBIC ACID], CALCIUM PROPIONATE [TO RETAIN FRESHNESS], CALCIUM SULFATE, ENZYMES), PARSLEY.

The statement lists 8 ingredients at the top level, beginning with White Cheese Sauce (water, Milk [milk, Vitamin D3]. 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 Sep 14, 2018), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Raley's submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2118414).

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