Prego Homestyle Alfredo Pasta Sauce

Name: Prego Homestyle Alfredo Pasta Sauce
Brand: Prego

A cream and parmesan Alfredo in a jar, thickened with modified food starch and enzyme-modified egg yolk.

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Flagged ingredients2

Synthetic dyesNone listed
Corn syrupNone listed
Artificial sweetenersNone listed
Seed oilsCanola oil, Soybean 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	SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL
Soybean oil	Seed oils	SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL

Ingredients as listed

WATER, CREAM, PARMESAN CHEESE (PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES, CULTURES), BUTTER, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, ENZYME MODIFIED EGG YOLKS (EGG YOLKS, SALT, PHOSPHOLIPASE), SOYBEAN AND/OR CANOLA OIL, ROMANO CHEESE (PART-SKIM COW'S MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% OF: SALT, SUGAR, DEHYDRATED WHEY, ENZYME MODIFIED CHEESE PASTE (GRANULAR AND PARMESAN CHEESE [MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, ENZYMES), DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, GARLIC, BLACK PEPPER, XANTHAN GUM, NONFAT DRY MILK, YEAST EXTRACT, DRIED ONIONS, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), LACTIC ACID, NATURAL FLAVORING, ANHYDROUS MILKFAT. CONTAINS: EGG, MILK

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2695747). The maker’s page for it is here. Recipes change, and the pack you buy may print a newer list.

Same aisle, fewer flags

More pasta sauce first, then the rest of the condiments, dressings and sauces aisle. Each passes all five checks.

Prego Homestyle Alfredo Pasta Sauce

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What was flagged, and the words it was read from

Ingredients as listed

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