Brand
Hamburger Helper
Made by
General Mills
Aisle
Boxed meals, noodles and soup
Kind
boxed dinner
Barcode
00016000419780

Hamburger Helper

Hamburger Helper Cheeseburger Macaroni

Boxed macaroni and cheeseburger-flavoured sauce mix that is cooked with ground beef in one skillet.

Label check

Flagged ingredients5

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
Yellow 5Synthetic dyesYELLOWS 5 & 6
Yellow 6Synthetic dyesYELLOWS 5 & 6
Canola oilSeed oilsCANOLA, SOYBEAN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL
Soybean oilSeed oilsCANOLA, SOYBEAN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL
Sunflower oilSeed oilsCANOLA, SOYBEAN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL

Ingredients as listed

Enriched Macaroni (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Corn Starch, Salt, Modified Whey, Enriched Flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Sugar. Contains 2% or less of: Tomato*, Onion*, Vegetable Oil (canola, soybean, and/or sunflower oil), Citric Acid, Whey, Maltodextrin, Garlic*, Spice, Cheddar Cheese* (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), Color (yellows 5 & 6, yellow lakes 5 & 6, annatto & turmeric extracts), Monoglycerides, Yeast Extract, Nonfat Milk*, Gum Arabic, Natural Flavor, Sodium Phosphate, Blue Cheese* (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), Silicon Dioxide (anticaking agent). *DRIED

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2720270). Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

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