Mac & Cheese with Chorizo Elbow Macaroni with Pork Chorizo Sausage in a Creamy Cheese Sauce Bowl

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 61% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 60% of them.

Where the calories come from: 41% carbohydrate, 50% fat and 9% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other bowl in this aisle

473 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named bowl. Per 100 g their median is 118 calories, 268 mg of sodium and 6.2 g of protein; 357 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): CHORIZO MAC AND CHEESE SAUCE (WATER, HALF AND HALF [MILK, CREAM], CHORIZO [PORK, WATER, SEASONING {PAPRIKA, CHILI PEPPER, SALT, GARLIC, SPICES, SUGAR}, LESS THAN 2% RICE STARCH, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE], BECHAMEL [DRY WHOLE MILK, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, SUGAR, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR {ORGANIC MALTODEXTRIN, ORGANIC NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR, NATURAL FLAVOR}, ONION POWDER], CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO {VEGETABLE COLOR}, POTATO STARCH, CORN STARCH], MONTEREY JACK CHEESE [MONTEREY JACK CHEESE {PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES}, POWDERED CORN STARCH AND POTATO STARCH], ORGANIC YELLOW ONION [ORGANIC YELLOW ONION, ORGANIC SUGAR], JALAPENO CHILI PEPPER, BUTTER [PASTEURIZED CREAM {MILK}], CHIPOTLE PUREE [WATER, DISTILLED VINEGAR, CHIPOTLE JALAPENO, TOMATO PASTE, SALT, DEHYDRATED RED CHILE PEPPERS, SPICES, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER], NATURAL CHEESE TYPE FLAVOR [CREAM, CHEESE {PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES}, WATER, MILKFAT, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CITRATE, XANTHAN GUM], NATURAL CHEESE FLAVOR [CHEDDAR CHEESE {PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES}, BUTTERFAT, WATER, NONFAT MILK SOLIDS, CREAM, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, WHEY, YEAST EXTRACT, XANTHAN GUM], SEA SALT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH), ELBOW MACARONI (WATER, ENRICHED DURUM SEMOLINA [DURUM SEMOLINA WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID]), CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES & ANNATTO [COLORING], NATAMYCIN [NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR]), GRATINEE TOPPING (WHEAT FLOUR, YEAST, SUGAR, SALT, PARMESAN CHEESE [PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, PARSLEY).

The statement lists 4 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Chorizo Mac and Cheese Sauce (water, Half and Half [milk, Cream]. 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 Aug 22, 2019), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Safeway, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2406395).

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