- Brand
- Hamburger Helper
- Made by
- General Mills
- Kind
- boxed dinner
- Barcode
- 00016000420878
Hamburger Helper
Hamburger Helper Stroganoff
Boxed pasta and creamy stroganoff-style sauce mix that is cooked with ground beef.
Label check
- Synthetic dyesNone listed
- Corn syrupNone listed
- Artificial sweetenersNone listed
- Seed oilsCanola oil, Soybean oil, Sunflower oil, Safflower 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 |
| Safflower oil | Seed oils | SAFFLOWER OIL |
Ingredients as listed
Enriched Pasta (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), Modified Whey, Corn Starch, Salt, Enriched Flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid). Contains 2% or less of: Maltodextrin, Sugar, Tomato*, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Onion*, Vegetable Oil (canola, soybean, and/or sunflower oil), Calcium Lactate, Nonfat Milk*, Hydrolyzed Corn, Soy, and Wheat Protein, Garlic*, Monoglycerides, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Parsley*, Spice, Yeast Extract, Safflower Oil, Silicon Dioxide (anticaking agent). *DRIED
Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2720274). Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.
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