Sicilian-style with Creamy Polenta Beef Stew

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 38% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 55% of them.

Where the calories come from: 32% carbohydrate, 51% fat and 17% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other stew in this aisle

31 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named stew. Per 100 g their median is 96 calories, 276 mg of sodium and 6.2 g of protein; 19 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): POLENTA: WATER, ENRICHED YELLOW CORN MEAL (NIACIN, IRON, RIBOFLAVIN, THIAMIN, FOLIC ACID), CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CREAM, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, STABILIZERS [CAROB BEAN AND/OR XANTHAN AND/OR GUAR GUMS]), BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), HALF & HALF (MILK, CREAM), PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), SALT, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER, SPICES, SAUCE: WATER, TOMATO SAUCE (TOMATOES, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL, SUNFLOWER OIL, BASIL, SALT, CITRIC ACID), FENNEL, MANZANILLA OLIVES (MANZANILLA OLIVES, WATER, SALT, CITRIC ACID), SALTED BURGUNDY (WINE GRAPES, SALT), SHALLOTS, CONCENTRATED BEEF STOCK (BEEF STOCK CONCENTRAT, MALTODEXTRIN, MUSHROOM JUICE CONCENTRATE, BEEF FAT, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, GELATIN, BEEF STOCK, NATURAL FLAVOR, 2% OR LESS OF SUGAR, CORN OIL), MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, ORANGE JUICE (WATER, ORANGE JUICE CONCENTRATE), POTATO STARCH, ORANGE ZEST (ORANGE PEELS, CANE SUGAR, NATURAL ORANGE FLAVOR), XANTHAN GUM, OLIVE OIL (REFINED POMACE OLIVE OIL, EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OIL), SALT, SPICES, BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), BEEF (BEEF, WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, SEA SALT, SUGAR, VINEGAR, RICE STARCH, DRIED ORANGE PULP, YEAST EXTRACT, CORNSTARCH, BEEF STOCK, DRIED ONION, DRIED CARROTS, MUSHROOM POWDER, OLIVE OIL, NATURAL FLAVORS)

The statement covers several recipes in one package, so its ingredients are not counted. 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 Jun 23, 2023), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Mediacast Martha Foods, LLC submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2624515).

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