Macaroni & Cheese Bites

How it compares with other frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 56% of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 54% of them.

Where the calories come from: 44% carbohydrate, 45% fat and 11% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other cheese in this aisle

1,027 of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products are named cheese. Per 100 g their median is 260 calories, 500 mg of sodium and 9.4 g of protein; 539 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): MACARONI (WATER, ENRICHED SEMOLINA [DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, FERROUS SULFATE, NIACIN, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID]), WHEAT FLOUR, PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEDDAR CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, MILKFAT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, SALT, ARTIFICIAL COLOR), VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA), DEHYDRATED POTATOES (POTATOES, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE AND CITRIC ACID [TO PRESERVE NATURAL COLOR]), ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, CHEDDAR CHEESE SAUCE (WATER, AGED CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO COLOR], SOYBEAN OIL, FOOD STARCH - MODIFIED, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, CELLULOSE GUM, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SPICE, YEAST EXTRACT, ANNATTO COLOR), MONTEREY JACK CHEESE SAUCE (WATER, MONTEREY JACK CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, NONFAT DRY MILK, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], YEAST EXTRACT, SODIUM CITRATE, ACETIC ACID, MONOGLYCERIDES, NATURAL FLAVORS, BUTTER OIL, LACTIC ACID, MALTODEXTRIN, XANTHAN GUM, ANNATTO COLOR), ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF BUTTERMILK POWDER, CELLULOSE GUM, CHEESE POWDER (WHEY, BUTTERMILK SOLIDS, GRANULAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, ENZYME MODIFIED CHEESE [CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MILKFAT, SORBIC ACID (AS A PRESERVATIVE), ENZYMES], SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, LACTIC ACID), CHEESE SAUCE MIX (DEHYDRATED BLEND OF CHEESE [SEMISOFT AND CHEDDAR CHEESES (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES)], FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, WHEY, SALT, CELLULOSE GUM, BUTTER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SILICON DIOXIDE, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6), CITRIC ACID, DEXTROSE, DRIED ONION, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA, ANNATTO, AND TURMERIC (COLOR), FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, LACTIC ACID, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL CHEDDAR CHEESE FLAVOR (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, MALTODEXTRIN, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR], BUTTERMILK, WHEY, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, ENZYME MODIFIED CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], CULTURED WHEY, SALT, CREAM), NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, SPICE, SUGAR, TURMERIC OLEORESIN (COLOR), WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, YEAST, YELLOW 5, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, YELLOW 6.

The statement covers several recipes in one package, so its ingredients are not counted. 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, 2023), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Winco Foods, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2634011).

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