Macaroni and Cheese with Blackened Chicken

How it compares with other other deli

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 26% of the 3,317 other deli products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 72% of them.

Where the calories come from: 31% carbohydrate, 46% fat and 23% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other chicken in this aisle

774 of the 3,317 other deli products are named chicken. Per 100 g their median is 150 calories, 351 mg of sodium and 9.7 g of protein; 572 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): INGREDIENTS: MACARONI AND CHEESE MIX (COOKED MACARONI PASTA [WATER, MACARONI {SEMOLINA (WHEAT), DURUM WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON (FERROUS SULFATE), THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID}, OIL DRESSING {CANOLA OIL AND EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, SEA SALT, CULTURED SUGAR),}] CHEESE SAUCE [MILK SMILK, VITAMIN D3}, WATER, MILD CHEDDAR CHEESE {CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO [VEGETABLE COLOR]), POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE (TO PREVENT CAKING), NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR)}, CHEDDAR AND MONTEREY JACK CHEESE BLEND {CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO [VEGETABLE COLOR]), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE (TO PREVENT CAKING), NATAMYCIN (A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR)}, SPICE MIX {FLOUR (UNBLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN AND FOLIC ACID), SEA SALT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, STABILIZER (XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM, DEXTROSE), CAYENNE PEPPER WHITE PEPPER}, BUTTER {PASTEURIZED CREAM, NATURAL FLAVORING}, PARMESAN CHEESE {CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES}, BLUE CHEESE CRUMBLES {BLUE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), POWDERED CELLULOSE TO PREVENT CAKING, NATAMYCIN TO PROTECT FAVOR}, CANOLA OIL AND EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, CHEDDAR CHEESE {CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO [COLOR]), POWDERED CELLULOSE (TO PREVENT CAKING)}], MILD CHEDDAR CHEESE [CHEDDAR CHEESE {PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO (VEGETABLE COLOR)}, POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE TO PREVENT CAKING}, NATAMYCIN {A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR}]), BLACKENED WHITE CHICKEN MEAT (CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT [BONELESS, SKINLESS CHICKEN BREASTS WITH RIB MEAT, CONTAINS UP TO 2% RETAINED WATER], CAJUN SEASONING SPICE MIX [PAPRIKA, SEASONED SALT {SALT, SUGAR, SPICES (INCLUDING PAPRIKA AND TURMERIC), ONION, CORN STARCH, GARLIC, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE (PREVENTS CAKING), NATURAL FLAVOR, AND PAPRIKA OLEORESIN (FOR COLOR)}, GARLIC POWDER, CHILI PEPPER, CAYENNE PEPPER, ONION POWDER, RED PEPPER, BLACK PEPPER, DRIED THYME, OREGANO], WATER, CANOLA OIL AND EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, MARINADE SPICE [STARCH BLEND {RICE STARCH, RICE FLOUR, SEA SALT, SODIUM TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE]), MILD CHEDDAR CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO {VEGETABLE COLOR}], POTATO STARCH AND POWDERED CELLULOSE [TO PREVENT CAKING], NATAMYCIN [A NATURAL MOLD INHIBITOR]).

The statement lists 13 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Ingredients: Macaroni and Cheese Mix (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 Aug 3, 2023), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Meijer, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2638604).

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