Pulled Pork in Bbq Sauce with Gouda Macaroni and Cheese

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 96% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 89% of them.

Where the calories come from: 41% carbohydrate, 33% fat and 26% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other cheese in this aisle

1,191 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named cheese. Per 100 g their median is 156 calories, 319 mg of sodium and 7.1 g of protein; 1,061 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): GOUDA MACARONI AND CHEESE (COOKED ELBOW MACARONI [SEMOLINA WHEAT FLOUR, EGG WHITES, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, AND FOLIC ACID], WATER, GOUDA CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, WATER, CREAM, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SALT, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), ENZYMES], CREAM, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF UNSALTED BUTTER (PASTEURIZED CREAM, NATURAL FLAVORING], CHEESE BLEND (CHEDDAR CHEESE {MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES}, ROMANO CHEESE MADE FROM COW'S MILK {PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES}, PARMESAN CHEESE {PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES}, WATER, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, BUTTER {CREAM, SALT}, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES], MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, NONFAT DRY MILK, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, GOUDA CHEESE CONCENTRATE [GOUDA CHEESE {PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES}, WATER SALT, XANTHAN GUM], SOYBEAN OIL, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVOR [CREAM, WATER, SALT, NONFAT DRY MILK, AND ENZYMES], ROUX [WHEAT FLOUR, COTTONSEED OIL AND FULLY HYDROGENATED COTTONSEED OIL], WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, BROWN SUGAR [SUGAR, CANE SYRUPS], NATURAL FLAVOR [MALTODEXTRIN, ENZYME MODIFIED BUTTER OIL, SALT, DEHYDRATED BUTTER, GUAR GUM, SODIUM BICARBONATE, ANNATTO AND TURMERIC FOR COLOR], XANTHAN GUM, PROPYLENE GLYCOL ALGINATE, CHEESE FLAVOR [SWISS CHEESE {MILK, STARTER CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES}, WATER, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE], EMULSIFYING SALT [SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, TRISODIUM PHOSPHATE]), SOY LECITHIN, SPICES, RED PEPPER SAUCE (VINEGAR, AGED RED PEPPER, SALT), NATURAL FLAVOR (MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY SOLIDS, BLEU CHEESE FLAVOR, SALT), LACTIC ACID (LACTIC ACID POWDER, CALCIUM L-LACTATE), NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, BBQ SAUCE (KETCHUP [TOMATO CONCENTRATE, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF ONION POWDER, SPICE, NATURAL FLAVORING {CONTAINS CELERY SEED}], WATER, WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE [DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR, MOLASSES, WATER, SALT, SUGAR, TAMARIND EXTRACT, ONIONS, GARLIC, CLOVES, NATURAL FLAVORINGS, CHILI PEPPER EXTRACT], BROWN SUGAR, TOMATO PASTE, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, NATURAL FLAVOR, DEHYDRATED ONION, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, SEA SALT, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SPICES, CARAMEL COLOR, SMOKE FLAVOR), PORK, SEASONING BLEND (SALT, CANE SUGAR, SPICES, DEHYDRATED BROWN SUGAR, CHILI PEPPER, PAPRIKA [COLOR], DEHYDRATED GARLIC, AND DEHYDRATED ONION).

The statement lists 12 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Gouda Macaroni and Cheese (cooked Elbow Macaroni [semolina Wheat Flour, Egg Whites, 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 Feb 10, 2023), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Publix Super Markets, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2499965).

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