Philly Cheesesteak Lean Stuffed Sandwiches

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

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 85% of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 28% of them.

Where the calories come from: 63% carbohydrate, 23% fat and 15% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other sandwiches in this aisle

233 of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products are named sandwiches. Per 100 g their median is 248 calories, 476 mg of sodium and 9.9 g of protein; 51 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SEASONED COOKED BEEF STRIPS (BEEF, WATER, NATURAL BEEF FLAVOR, DEXTROSE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SALT, SODIUM AND POTASSIUM PHOSPHATES, CARAMEL COLOR, SPICE EXTRACTIVES), LOW FAT MOZZARELLA CHEESE ([PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES] NON FAT MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH,* *INGREDIENTS NOT IN REGULAR MOZZARELLA CHEESE.), ONIONS, MARGARINE (PALM OIL, WATER, SALT, VEGETABLE MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDIES, NATURAL BUTTER, FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID (PRESERVATIVES), BETA CAROTENE [FOR COLOR], VITAMIN A PALMITATE), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: SEASONING (CORN MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY, WHEAT FLOUR, PALM OIL, SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], GRANULAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SUNFLOWER OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, METHYLCELLULOSE, SWEET CREAM BUTTERMILK, LACTIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, BLUE CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND GUANYLATE, SODIUM CASEINATE, EXTRACTIVES OF ANNATTO AND TURMERIC), WHEY POWDER, FULLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL WITH SOY LECITHIN, RED AND GREEN PEPPERS, SUGAR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SEASONING (SWEET CREAM BUTTERMILK, NON FAT MILK SOLIDS, PARMESAN CHEESE [PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND GUANYLATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SPICE, SUCCINIC ACID, BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], EXTRACTIVES OF ANNATTO, LACTIC ACID, EXTRACTIVES OF TURMERIC), DOUGH CONDITIONERS (CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT, L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, DEODORIZED GARLIC POWDER, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, FUNGAL ENZYMES, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, ETHOXYLATED MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES), SALT, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, YEAST (YEAST, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, ASCORBIC ACID), SOY FLOUR, DRIED EGG YOLKS, DRIED EGG WHITES, POWDERED CELLULOSE.

The statement lists 21 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Enriched Flour (wheat Flour, Malted Barley 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 Oct 5, 2018), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Topco Associates, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 1616532).

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