Uncured Ham and White Cheddar with Reduced Fat Vermont Cheddar, Sharp Cheddar Cheeses & Sauce in a Baked Pretzel Bread Sandwiches

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

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 71% of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 41% of them.

Where the calories come from: 58% carbohydrate, 23% fat and 19% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other cheddar in this aisle

251 of the 4,401 frozen appetizers and hors d'oeuvres products are named cheddar. Per 100 g their median is 237 calories, 488 mg of sodium and 8.8 g of protein; 111 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, COOKED UNCURED HICKORY HAM AND WATER PRODUCT NO NITRITES OR NITRATES ADDED NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR ADDED (HAM CONTAINING UP TO 25% OF A SOLUTION WITH WATER, SUGAR, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, DRIED PORK BROTH, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, CARRAGEENAN, NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR), REDUCED FAT VERMONT CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED LOW FAT MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, VITAMIN A PALMITATE), SEASONING (MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY, NONDAIRY CREAMER [COCONUT OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE, MONO- & DIGLYCERIDES, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, SILICON DIOXIDE, SOY LECITHIN], BUTTERMILK POWDER, CHEESE FLAVOR [NATURAL FLAVOR, CHEDDAR CHEESE {CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES}, WHEY, MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, BUTTERMILK, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, GARLIC POWDER, POTATO MALTODEXTRIN, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, ONION POWDER, CITRIC ACID], BLEACHED ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, BENZOYL PEROXIDE, AMYLASE, ASCORBIC ACID, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SALT, SUGAR, SEASONING [CORNSTARCH, PROPYLENE GLYCOL, EXTRACTIVES OF TURMERIC AND ANNATTO, POLYSORBATE 80, NATURAL FLAVOR], ANNATTO COLOR, METHYLCELLULOSE, LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM LACTATE), SHARP CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), 2% OR LESS OF SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, NONFAT MILK, SUGAR, SEASONING (RICE FLOUR, CORN STARCH, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SALT, COCONUT OIL, WHEAT STARCH, SODIUM ALGINATE), YEAST, SALT, FLAVORING (MALTODEXTRIN, GUM ARABIC, NATURAL FLAVOR [CONTAINS BARLEY]), DOUGH CONDITIONER BLEND (CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT, L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, GARLIC POWDER, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES), BAKING SODA, EGG YOLKS, WHEY, SOY FLOUR.

The statement lists 19 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Enriched Flour (wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, 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 Dec 8, 2020), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Nestle USA Inc. submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2105688).

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