Stuffed Polpette, Bleu Cheese & Bacon

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

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 30% of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 25% of them.

Where the calories come from: 8% carbohydrate, 58% fat and 34% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): MEATBALL: BEEF, PORK, TEXTURED SOY FLOUR, EGG (EGG, CITRIC ACID, WATER), ONION, WHEY PROTEIN, BREAD (WHEAT FLOUR, NATURAL CANE SUGAR, YEAST, SEA SALT), CREAM (CREAM, CARRAGEENAN, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES), ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, GARLIC, BASIL, SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT), SEA SALT, WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (VINEGAR, MOLASSES, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, ANCHOVIES, WATER, ONIONS, SALT, GARLIC, TAMARIND CONCENTRATE, CLOVES, NATURAL FLAVORINGS, CHILI PEPPER EXTRACT), BUTTER (PASTEURIZED CREAM, SALT), RED PEPPER, BLACK PEPPER, BALSAMIC VINEGAR (WINE VINEGAR, GRAPE MUST, CARAMEL [COLOR], CONTAINS SULFITES), ROSEMARY EXTRACT, CANOLA AND OLIVE OIL, BROWN SUGAR. FILLING: BLUE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CULTURE, SEA SALT, RENNET ENZYME, PENICILLIUM ROQUEFORTI MOLD SPORE, NATAMYCIN [TO PROTECT FLAVOR], CELLULOSE [TO PREVENT CAKING]), MILK (MILK, ASCORBIC ACID [VITAMIN C], VITAMIN D2), BACON (WATER, SALT, SUGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE, MAY CONTAIN HONEY), ONION, MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, CELLULOSE [TO PREVENT CAKING]), CREAM (CREAM, CARRAGEENAN, MONO- AND DIGLYCERIDES), PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), EGG (EGG, CITRIC ACID, WATER), BUTTER (PASTEURIZED CREAM, SALT), ENRICHED SPRING WHEAT FLOUR ([NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], MALTED BARLEY FLOUR], ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), GREEN ONION, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SEA SALT, WHEY PROTEIN, GARLIC, RICE STARCH, BALSAMIC VINEGAR (WINE VINEGAR, GRAPE MUST, CARAMEL [COLOR], CONTAINS SULFITES), CARRAGEENAN, BROWN SUGAR, BLACK PEPPER, CANOLA AND OLIVE OIL, RED PEPPER.GLAZE: WATER, CHIANTI, DEMI GLACE (VEAL STOCK [WATER, ROASTED VEAL BONES, ONIONS, CELERY, CARROTS, TOMATO PASTE, MUSHROOMS, PARSLEY, KOSHER SALT], BAY LEAVES, THYME, WHITE PEPPERCORNS), BUTTER (PASTEURIZED CREAM, SALT), GARLIC, ONION, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SHALLOTS, ENRICHED SPRING WHEAT FLOUR ([NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], MALTED BARLEY FLOUR), SEA SALT, CARRAGEENAN, BROWN SUGAR, THYME, CANOLA AND OLIVE OIL, BALSAMIC VINEGAR (WINE VINEGAR, GRAPE MUST, CARAMEL [COLOR], CONTAINS SULFITES), RED PEPPER, BLACK PEPPER.

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 Sep 27, 2017), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Ahold USA, Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 1913698).

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