Triple Cheese Stix a Rich and Creamy Three-cheese Blend Stuffed in a Crispy Crust Stick

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

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 74% of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 71% of them.

Where the calories come from: 63% carbohydrate, 26% fat and 11% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other stick in this aisle

242 of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products are named stick. Per 100 g their median is 263 calories, 585 mg of sodium and 9.6 g of protein; 129 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): INGREDIENTS: WATER, ENRICHED FLOUR ( WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID) , IMITATION CHEDDAR CHEESE ( WATER, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CASEIN,SOYBEAN OIL, WHEY, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, ANNATTO [COLOR]), REDUCED FAT CHEDDAR CHEESE ( PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, SKIM MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH*, CULTURES, SALT, FLAVORS*, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, ANNATTO VITAMIN PALMITATE, ENZYMES, *INGREDIENTS NOT IN REGULAR CHEDDAR CHEESE), PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEDDAR CHEESE, (CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK. CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, MILK FAT, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, ENZYME MODIFIED CHEESE [ENZYME MODIFIED FAT, CHEESE {PASTEURIZED MILK, CREAM, CULTURES, SALTT}, CREAM, NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT, XANTHAN GUM] SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, ANNATTO [COLOR]), SOYBEAN OIL, SWISS CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), 2% OR LESS OF SUGAR, REDUCED FAT MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, NONFAT MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH* CULTURES, SALT, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, ENZYMES, *INGREDIENTS NOT Ä°N REGULAR MOZZARELLA CHEESE), MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, FRACTIONATED PALM OIL, WHEY, BUTTERMILK POWDER, CREAMER(COCONUT OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE [MILK], MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SOY LECITHIN, DOUGH CONDITIONER BLEND (CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT,L- CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, GARLIC POWDER, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES [WHEAT]), YEAST, METHYLCELLULOSE, WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE (VINEGAR, MOLASSES, WATER, TAMARIND, NATURAL FLAVOR SUGAR, SALT, CARAMEL COLOR, ONION, GARLIC), BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, AMYLASE ASCORBIC ACID, NACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), XANTHAN GUM, DRIED EGG YOLKS, CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT ENZYMES) NONFAT DRY MILK, COCONUT OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, NATURAL FLAVOR, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, EMULSIFIER (MONOGLYCERIDES, 2% OR LESS OF ASCORBIC ACID [ANTIOXIDANT], CITRIC ACID [ANTIOXIDANT]), BUTTERMILK, ANNATTO COLOR, PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED PART SKIM COW'S MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), LACTIC ACID, SEASONING (CORNSTARCH, EXTRACTIVES OF TURMERIC AND ANNATTO, NATURAL FLAVOR) ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, ENZYME MODIFIED YEAST EXTRACTIVES, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SILICON DIOXIDE, LACTIC ACID BLEND (LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM LACTATE), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM CASEINATE, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, ANHYDROUS MILK FAT BLUE CHEESE MILK, (CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SPICE, CALCIUM LACTATE, SUCCINIC ACID, SOY FLOUR, MIXED TRIGLYCERIDES, SODIUM HYDROXIDE, SOY LECITHIN, DRIED EGG WHITES.

The statement lists 17 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Ingredients: Water, Enriched Flour ( Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour. 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 Aug 20, 2020), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Nestle USA Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 1096903).

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