Meat Lovers Baked Ziti Pasta Topped with Pepperoni, Italian Sausage, Ground Beef and Pork in a Zesty Tomato Sauce with Mozzarella Cheese

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 60% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 79% of them.

Where the calories come from: 29% carbohydrate, 54% fat and 18% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other pepperoni in this aisle

35 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named pepperoni. Per 100 g their median is 162 calories, 381 mg of sodium and 7.9 g of protein; 19 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): COOKED ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WATER, SEMOLINA WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), TOMATOES, COOKED ITALIAN SAUSAGE (PORK, WATER, SPICES, SALT, SUGAR, GARLIC POWDER, SPICE EXTRACTS), PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE AND MODIFIED CORNSTARCH (PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, NONFAT MILK, FLAVORS), TOMATO JUICE, PEPPERONI (PORK, BEEF, SALT, 2% OR LESS OF SPICES, DEXTROSE, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, SODIUM ASCORBATE, FLAVORING, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID [TO PROTECT FLAVOR]), COOKED BEEF, COOKED PORK, ONIONS, 2% OR LESS OF PARMESAN AND ASIAGO CHEESE BLEND WITH FLAVOR (PARMESAN AND ASIAGO CHEESES [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), ENZYME MODIFIED PARMESAN CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, WATER, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY, SALT), RENDERED BEEF FAT, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SUGAR, SALT, GARLIC PUREE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SPICES, MOLASSES, BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, SOY SAUCE (WATER, SOYBEANS, WHEAT, SALT), AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, DEXTROSE, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE, SOYBEAN OIL.

The statement lists 28 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Cooked Enriched Macaroni Product (water, Semolina Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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 May 30, 2023), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Nestle Usa-Frozen Food Division submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2572002).

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