Mac & Cheese with Seasoned Beef

How it compares with other other deli

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 28% of the 3,317 other deli products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 30% of them.

Where the calories come from: 30% carbohydrate, 53% fat and 17% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other beef in this aisle

204 of the 3,317 other deli products are named beef. Per 100 g their median is 159 calories, 372 mg of sodium and 8.4 g of protein; 41 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): COOKED MACARONI PASTA (WATER, MACARONI [SEMOLINA {WHEAT}, DURUM WHEAT FLOUR, VITAMIN B3 {NIACIN}, IRON {FERROUS SULFATE}, VITAMIN B1 {THIAMINE MONONITRATE}, VITAMIN B2 {RIBOFLAVIN}, FOLIC ACID], CANOLA OIL AND EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL), FIVE 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% 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, WHEAT FLOUR [BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], PARMESAN CHEESE [PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES], ROMANO CHEESE [PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, SALT, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES], SALT, WHITE PEPPER, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, ANNATTO EXTRACT [FOR COLOR]), SEASONED BEEF CRUMBLE (BEEF, WATER, FLAVORING, SALT), ROASTED RED ONION (RED ONION, CANOLA OIL AND EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL), SHARP CHEDDAR CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO {VEGETABLE COLOR}], POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE [TO PREVENT CAKING], NATAMYCIN [A MOLD INHIBITOR]), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, [POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE {TO PREVENT CAKING}, NATAMYCIN {A MOLD INHIBITOR}]).

The statement lists 6 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Cooked Macaroni Pasta (water, Macaroni [semolina {wheat}, 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 Sep 14, 2018), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Safeway, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2316369).

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