- Brand
- Kraft
- Made by
- The Kraft Heinz Company
- Kind
- mac and cheese
Kraft
Kraft Original Macaroni & Cheese Dinner
The blue box: elbow macaroni with a powdered cheese sauce mix, the best-known boxed mac and cheese in the US.
Label check
- Synthetic dyesNone listed
- Corn syrupNone listed
- Artificial sweetenersNone listed
- Seed oilsNone listed
- PreservativesNone listed
Fails 0 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.
Ingredients as listed
ENRICHED MACARONI (WHEAT FLOUR, DURUM FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE [IRON], THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1] , RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), CHEESE SAUCE MIX (WHEY, MILKFAT, SALT, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, NONFAT DRY MILK, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM TRIPHOSPHATE, WITH OLEORESIN PAPRIKA, OLEORESIN TURMERIC, AND ANNATTO ADDED FOR COLOR, DRY BUTTERMILK, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, TAPIOCA FLOUR, CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, MILK, SILICON DIOXIDE, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES).
Source: The Kraft Heinz Company’s product page, copied as published. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.
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