Brand
Chef Boyardee
Made by
Conagra Brands
Aisle
Boxed meals, noodles and soup
Kind
canned pasta meal
Barcode
00064144043026

Chef Boyardee

Chef Boyardee Beefaroni

Canned elbow macaroni in tomato and beef sauce, a shelf-stable microwave meal.

Label check

Flagged ingredients2

Fails 2 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

IngredientCheckOn the label as
High fructose corn syrupCorn syrupHIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP
Soybean oilSeed oilsSOYBEAN OIL

Ingredients as listed

Tomatoes (Tomato Puree, Water), Water, Enriched Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Beef, LESS THAN 2% OF: High Fructose Corn Syrup, Salt, Textured Vegetable Protein (Soy Flour, Caramel Color), Modified Corn Starch, Enzyme Modified Cheese (Cheddar Cheese [Pasteurized Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Water, Sodium Phosphate, Xanthan Gum), Flavorings, Citric Acid, Soybean Oil. CONTAINS: MILK, SOY, WHEAT

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2737188). Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More canned pasta meal first, then the rest of the boxed meals, noodles and soup aisle. Each fails fewer than 2 of the checks; fewest flags first.