Marie Callender's Chicken Pot Pie

Name: Marie Callender's Chicken Pot Pie
Brand: Marie Callender's

Single-serve pot pie with chicken, vegetables and gravy in a flaky pastry crust.

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Flagged ingredients1

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupNone listed
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsSoybean 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
Soybean oil	Seed oils	SOYBEAN OIL

Ingredients as listed

Filling: Chicken Broth (Water, Chicken Flavor [Chicken Broth, Salt, Chicken Fat]), Cooked Chicken (White Meat Chicken, Water, Isolated Soy Protein Product [Isolated Soy Protein, Modified Potato Starch, Corn Starch, Carrageenan, Soy Lecithin], Dextrose, Salt, Flavoring), Carrots, Water, Peas, Modified Corn Starch, Celery, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Onions, Soybean Oil, Nonfat Dry Milk, Salt, Sugar, Methylcellulose, Flavoring, Xanthan Gum, Guar Gum, Extractives of Turmeric. Crust: Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Interesterified Soybean Oil, Water, Salt, Modified Whey, Caramel Color. CONTAINS: MILK, SOY, WHEAT.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2738922). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

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Marie Callender's Chicken Pot Pie

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Ingredients as listed

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