Veal Parmigiana

How it compares with other frozen dinners and entrees

Per 100 g, it has more sugar than 70% of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products in USDA's branded database, and it has more sodium than 41% of them.

Where the calories come from: 45% carbohydrate, 36% fat and 19% protein (4 calories a gram of protein or carbohydrate, 9 of fat).

Other parmigiana in this aisle

25 of the 4,995 frozen dinners and entrees products are named parmigiana. Per 100 g their median is 132 calories, 293 mg of sodium and 6 g of protein; 9 have less sodium than this one.

What is in it

Ingredients (as submitted): BREADED VEAL PATTY (VEAL, SEASONING [MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, SPICES, ONION, GARLIC, SOY SAUCE {WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT}, RED BELL PEPPER], PARMESAN CHEESE [CULTURED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], SALT, BREADED WITH: BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, SALT, DEXTROSE, ROMANO CHEESE-TYPE POWDER [ROMANO CHEESE {<MADE FROM COW'S MILK>, CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES}, CULTURED SKIM MILK, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, WHEY, SODIUM CITRATE, SALT], SPICES, DRIED WHEY, SOYBEAN OIL, PARMESAN CHEESE-TYPE POWDER [PARMESAN CHEESE {CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES}, CULTURED SKIM MILK, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, WHEY, SODIUM CITRATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT], PARSLEY, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, SPICE EXTRACT, PAPRIKA, ANNATTO COLOR. BATTERED WITH: WATER, WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT STARCH, SALT, BUTTERMILK BLEND [BUTTERMILK, WHEY], LEAVENING [SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, CORNSTARCH, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE], SPICE), BLANCHED SPAGHETTI (WATER, SEMOLINA), TOMATOES (DICED TOMATOES, TOMATO JUICE, CITRIC ACID, CALCIUM CHLORIDE),TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE), WATER, PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE AND MODIFIED CORNSTARCH (PART-SKIM MOZZARELLA CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, CULTURES, ENZYMES], MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, NONFAT MILK, FLAVORS), ONIONS, 2% OR LESS OF SOYBEAN OIL, SUGAR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SALT, BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, SPICES, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, YEAST EXTRACT, SEASONING (SOY SAUCE [WATER, SOYBEAN, WHEAT, SALT], AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, DEXTROSE, SOYBEAN OIL), CULTURED WHEY.

The statement lists 17 ingredients at the top level, beginning with Breaded Veal Patty (veal, Seasoning [maltodextrin, Salt. 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 Oct 13, 2017), not the label on the shelf today.

Source: the ingredient statement Nestle Usa-Frozen Food Division submitted to USDA (FoodData Central 2107886).

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