Philly Cheesesteak Seasoned Beef Steak Layered with a Blend of Melted Cheeses, Onions and Red & Green Peppers in a Crispy Golden Crust Stuffed Sandwiches

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

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 61% of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 36% of them.

Where the calories come from: 48% carbohydrate, 39% fat and 12% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other cheeses in this aisle

69 of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products are named cheeses. Per 100 g their median is 235 calories, 462 mg of sodium and 9.7 g of protein; 19 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): UNBLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, FULLY COOKED SEASONED BEEF STEAK (BEEF, WATER, DEXTROSE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, SPICES, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, TOMATO POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, AUTOLYZED YEAST, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL SPICE OILS), LOW FAT MOZZARELLA CHEESE WITH MODIFIED FOOD STARCH ([PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], NON-FAT MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH), PROVOLONE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES, SALT, CALCIUM CHLORIDE), ONIONS, PALM OIL (WITH LECITHIN, NATURAL FLAVORS, BETA CAROTENE), CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: RED & GREEN PEPPERS, SUGAR, FULLY HYDROGENATED PALM KERNEL OIL WITH SOY LECITHIN, 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, METHYLCELLULOSE, SWEET CREAM BUTTERMILK, LACTIC ACID, FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, BLUE CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND GUANYLATE, SODIUM CASEINATE, ANNATTO, TURMERIC), MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SEASONING (SWEET CREAM BUTTERMILK, NON FAT MILK SOLIDS, PARMESAN CHEESE [PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT ENZYMES], WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, SUGAR, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], CITRIC ACID, DISODIUM INOSINATE & GUANYLATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SPICE, SUCCINIC ACID, BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], EXTRACTIVES OF ANNATTO, LACTIC ACID, EXTRACTIVES OF TURMERIC), FULLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, BEEF FLAVOR, SALT, DRIED EGG YOLKS, DOUGH CONDITIONER (CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT, L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, DEODORIZED GARLIC POWDER, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, FUNGAL ENZYMES, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, WHEY, ETHOXYLATED MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES, WHEAT FLOUR), YEAST, SOY LECITHIN, WHEY, SOY FLOUR, DRIED EGG WHITES, POWDERED CELLULOSE.

The statement lists 24 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Unbleached 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 Jan 9, 2020), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Topco Associates, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2090020).

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