CHED OVER HEELS CREAMY MILD CHEDDAR SAUCE CHEESY SHELLS

How it scored 65 / 100

Nutrition snapshot

Ingredients 28 listed

• 1 Cheddar Cheese Sauce
  A sauce made primarily from cheddar cheese with milk/cream, butter, and starch thickeners.
  Low
• 2 Wheat Flour
  Powder ground from wheat grain (Triticum aestivum). Contains starch, gluten-forming proteins (gliadin, glutenin), bran, and germ depending o…
  Low
• 3 Chickpea Protein
  Protein isolate or concentrate derived from chickpeas (Cicer arietinum).
  Safe
• 4 Wheat Protein
  Protein fraction extracted from wheat (Triticum aestivum), primarily gluten (gliadin and glutenin). Sold as vital wheat gluten, hydrolyzed w…
  Low
• 5 Broccoli
  Edible green flowering head and stalk of Brassica oleracea var. italica.
  Safe
• 6 Spinach
  Leafy green vegetable (Spinacia oleracea).
  Safe
• 7 Kale
  A leafy green cruciferous vegetable (Brassica oleracea, Acephala group).
  Safe
• 8 Pumpkin
  Edible fruit of Cucurbita species (Cucurbita pepo, C. maxima); a whole-food vegetable.
  Safe
• 9 Sweet Potato
  Edible storage root of Ipomoea batatas, a whole vegetable rich in beta-carotene, fiber, and complex carbohydrates.
  Safe
• 10 Sunflower Seed
  Edible seed of the sunflower plant (Helianthus annuus).
  Safe
• 11 Cranberry
  Tart red berry of Vaccinium macrocarpon, eaten fresh, dried, or as juice.
  Safe
• 12 Chlorella
  A genus of single-celled green freshwater algae (Chlorella vulgaris, C. pyrenoidosa) used as a nutritional supplement.
  Low
• 13 Maitake Mushroom
  Grifola frondosa, edible and medicinal mushroom
  Safe
• 14 Shiitake
  Edible mushroom (Lentinula edodes) used fresh or dried.
  Safe
• 15 Water
  Water intended for human consumption; the most common ingredient in processed foods and beverages. Bottled water is regulated as a food unde…
  Safe
• 16 Cheddar
  Hard cow's milk cheese with FDA standard of identity (21 CFR 133.113); aged from a few months to several years.
  Safe
• 17 Canola Oil
  Edible oil pressed from low-erucic-acid varieties of Brassica napus or B. campestris (rapeseed). Refined, bleached, deodorized, and standard…
  Low
• 18 Whey
  Liquid or dried protein-rich byproduct of cheese making, derived from milk.
  Low
• 19 Skimmed Milk Powder Low
• 20 Milk Protein Concentrate
  Concentrated dairy protein product (40-90% protein) made by ultrafiltration of skim milk; contains both casein and whey proteins.
  Low
• 21 Salt
  Sodium chloride (NaCl), a crystalline mineral compound composed of roughly 40% sodium and 60% chloride by mass.
  Low
• 22 Disodium Phosphate
  Disodium phosphate (sodium hydrogen phosphate) — sodium salt of phosphoric acid.
  Moderate
• 23 Natural Flavouring
  A regulatory umbrella term (21 CFR 101.22) for flavor extracts derived from spices, fruit, vegetable, herb, bark, root, leaf, meat, seafood,…
  Low
• 24 Lactic Acid Safe
• 25 Sorbic Acid
  Sorbic acid, an unsaturated fatty acid used as a preservative against mold, yeast, and certain bacteria.
  Low
• 26 Xanthan Gum
  Xanthan gum is a high-molecular-weight polysaccharide produced by aerobic fermentation of glucose or sucrose by the bacterium Xanthomonas ca…
  Low
• 27 Annatto
  Natural carotenoid pigments (bixin, norbixin) extracted from seeds of the Bixa orellana tree.
  Low
• 28 Paprika
  Ground spice from dried Capsicum annuum peppers.
  Safe