Panini

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 42% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than nearly all of them.

Where the calories come from: 27% carbohydrate, 51% fat and 22% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): PANINI BREAD (ENRICHED, UNBLEACHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], WATER, SHORTENING [INTERESTERIFIED SOYBEAN OIL, HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL], MONO AND DIGLYCERIDE, CALCIUM PROPIONATE, SALT, BAKING POWDER (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORN STARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), DOUGH CONDITIONER (MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, GUAR GUM, CELLULOSE GUM, MONOGLYCERIDES), SORBIC ACID, FUMARIC ACID, POTASSIUM SORBATE, ENZYMES, SODIUM METABISULFITE, GENOA (PORK, SEA SALT, LESS THAN 2% OF THE FOLLOWING: DEXTROSE, SPICES, WINE, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, NATURAL FLAVORING, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, GARLIC, SODIUM NITRATE, SODIUM NITRITE), PROVOLONE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES).

The statement lists 1 ingredient at the top level, beginning with Panini Bread (enriched, Unbleached Flour [wheat Flour, Malted Barley 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 Jul 14, 2017), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Daniele International, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2094750).

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