Philly Steak & Cheese with Reduced Fat Mozzarella Cheese, Peppers, Onions & Sauce in a Seasoned Crust 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 63% of them.

Where the calories come from: 54% carbohydrate, 34% fat and 12% 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; 621 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, COOKED BEEF STEAK GROUND AND FORMED CARAMEL COLOR ADDED (CONTAINS UP TO 14% SOLUTION OF WATER, SALT, SEASONING [YEAST EXTRACT, MALTODEXTRIN, FLAVORS, BEEF STOCK, SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, BEEF FAT], SODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, CARAMEL COLOR), REDUCED FAT MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, NONFAT MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH*, CULTURES, SALT, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, ENZYMES, *INGREDIENTS NOT IN REGULAR MOZZARELLA CHEESE), ONIONS, 2% OR LESS OF MARGARINE (PALM OIL, WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, SOYBEAN LECITHIN, POTASSIUM SORBATE AND CITRIC ACID [PRESERVATIVES], ANNATTO AND TURMERIC COLOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE ADDED), GREEN BELL PEPPERS, RED BELL PEPPERS, SEASONING (BUTTERMILK POWDER, NONFAT DRY MILK, WHEY POWDER, CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], PARMESAN CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], SALT, SUGAR, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, BLUE CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], FLAVOR, CALCIUM LACTATE, XANTHAN GUM, ANNATTO [COLOR], ANHYDROUS MILKFAT, SUCCINIC ACID), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, PALM OIL, SUGAR, SALT, SOYBEAN OIL, FRACTIONATED PALM OIL, MALTODEXTRIN, BREAD CRUMBS (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE, YEAST, SALT), BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, AMYLASE, ASCORBIC ACID, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), DOUGH CONDITIONER BLEND (CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT, L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, GARLIC POWDER, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES), SEASONING (CHEDDAR/BLUE CHEESES [MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY, SALT, DEXTROSE, DRIED ONION, NATURAL FLAVOR, SOYBEAN OIL, GARLIC POWDER, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, SPICE, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA AND ANNATTO), CREAMER (COCONUT OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE [MILK], MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN), YEAST, WHEY, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SOY LECITHIN, SEASONING (MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, BUTTER FLAVOR), DRIED ONIONS, LACTIC ACID BLEND (LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM LACTATE), SOY FLOUR, EGG WHITES.

The statement lists 30 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 Dec 9, 2020), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Nestle USA Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2087239).

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