Smoked Pulled Pork with Gouda Macaroni & Cheese

How it compares with other other deli

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 90% of the 3,317 other deli products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 77% of them.

Where the calories come from: 43% carbohydrate, 35% fat and 22% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other cheese in this aisle

666 of the 3,317 other deli products are named cheese. Per 100 g their median is 207 calories, 427 mg of sodium and 9.2 g of protein; 443 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): MACARONI & CHEESE (ELBOW MACARONI [(COOKED) SEMOLINA (WHEAT), EGG WHITES, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN 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 THE FOLLOWING: 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), FULLY COOKED SMOKED PULLED PORK (PORK, SEASONING BLEND [SALT, CANE SUGAR, SPICES, DEHYDRATED BROWN SUGAR, CHILI PEPPER, PAPRIKA, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, DEHYDRATED ONION]), BARBECUE SAUCE (KETCHUP (TOMATO CONCENTRATE MADE FROM RED RIPE TOMATOES, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SUGAR, SALT, ONION POWDER, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVORING], WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE [DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR, MOLASSES, WATER, SUGAR, ONIONS, ANCHOVIES, SALT, GARLIC, CLOVES, TAMARIND EXTRACT, NATURAL FLAVORINGS, CHILI PEPPER EXTRACT], TOMATO PASTE [VINE-RIPENED FRESH TOMATOES, CITRIC ACID], BROWN SUGAR, APPLE CIDER VINEGAR, WATER, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, SEA SALT, CHILI POWDER [CHILI PEPPER, SPICES, SALT, GARLIC, ETHOXYQUIN], BLACK PEPPER), NATURAL FLAVOR.

The statement lists 4 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Macaroni & Cheese (elbow Macaroni [(cooked) Semolina (wheat), 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 Jan 19, 2023), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Roth Industries, LLC submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2478029).

More Brothers Kitchen other deli

Questions about this product