Hamburger Helper Chili Macaroni

Name: Hamburger Helper Chili Macaroni
Brand: Hamburger Helper

Boxed macaroni with chili seasoning, cooked with ground beef and tomato sauce.

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Flagged ingredients3

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupNone listed
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsCanola oil, Soybean oil, Sunflower oil
PreservativesNone listed

Fails 1 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredient	Check	On the label as
Canola oil	Seed oils	CANOLA, SOYBEAN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL
Soybean oil	Seed oils	CANOLA, SOYBEAN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL
Sunflower oil	Seed oils	CANOLA, SOYBEAN, AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL

Ingredients as listed

Enriched Macaroni (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Corn Starch, Enriched Flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Sugar, Salt, Chile Pepper. Contains 2% or less of: Tomato, Spices, Natural Flavor, Citric Acid, Vegetable Oil (canola, soybean, and/or sunflower oil), Cumin, Malic Acid, Garlic, Color (caramel color, annatto extract), Yeast Extract, Onion, Monoglycerides, Silicon Dioxide (anticaking agent). DRIED

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2719887). Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

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Hamburger Helper Chili Macaroni

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Ingredients as listed

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