Brand
Hot Pockets
Made by
Nestlé USA
Aisle
Frozen meals, pizza and nuggets
Kind
handhelds
Barcode
00043695097344

Hot Pockets

Hot Pockets Philly Steak & Cheese Sandwiches

Seasoned beef, cheese and onion baked into a crisping-sleeve turnover for the microwave.

Label check

Flagged ingredients4

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
Corn syrup solidsCorn syrupCORN SYRUP SOLIDS
Canola oilSeed oilsCANOLA OIL
Soybean oilSeed oilsSOYBEAN OIL
Sunflower oilSeed oilsSUNFLOWER OIL

Ingredients as listed

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, COOKED BEEF STEAK GROUND AND FORMED CARAMEL COLOR ADDED (CONTAINS UP TO 14% SOLUTION OF WATER, SALT, SEASONING [YEAST EXTRACT, MALTODEXTRIN, FLAVORS, BEEF STOCK, SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, BEEF FAT], SODIUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUM SALT, CARAMEL COLOR), REDUCED FAT MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, NONFAT MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH*, CULTURES, SALT, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, ENZYMES, *INGREDIENTS NOT IN REGULAR MOZZARELLA CHEESE), VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR PALM OIL AND/OR FRACTIONATED PALM OIL AND/OR CANOLA OIL), ONIONS, BELL PEPPERS, SUGAR, 2% OR LESS OF MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, BLEACHED ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), DOUGH CONDITIONER BLEND (CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT, L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, GARLIC POWDER, ENZYMES), EGG YOLKS, WHEY, NONDAIRY CREAMER (CANOLA OIL, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SODIUM CASEINATE [A MILK DERIVATIVE], DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES), BUTTERMILK POWDER, NONFAT DRY MILK, CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), EMULSIFIER (MONOGLYCERIDES, 2% OR LESS OF ASCORBIC ACID [ANTIOXIDANT], CITRIC ACID [ANTIOXIDANT]), LACTIC ACID, PARMESAN CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), ONION POWDER, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, NATURAL FLAVORS, GARLIC POWDER, SOY LECITHIN, ANHYDROUS MILKFAT, ANNATTO (COLOR), BLUE CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), CITRIC ACID, XANTHAN GUM, SUCCINIC ACID, CALCIUM LACTATE, SOY FLOUR, EGG WHITES.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2739670). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

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