Brand
Stouffer's
Made by
Nestlé USA
Aisle
Frozen meals, pizza and nuggets
Kind
frozen dinners
Barcode
00013800188311

Stouffer's

Stouffer's Baked Macaroni and Cheese

Baked macaroni in a cheese sauce, sold as a single-serve tray and in family sizes.

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Fails 1 of 5 standards. Read from the ingredient list below; what each check counts.

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IngredientCheckOn the label as
Soybean oilSeed oilsSOYBEAN OIL

Ingredients as listed

COOKED PASTA (WATER, SEMOLINA WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT GLUTEN), WATER, SKIM MILK, AMERICAN CHEESE SPREAD (CHEDDAR AND COLBY CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], WATER, WHEY, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SKIM MILK, MILKFAT, SALT, CARRAGEENAN, CELLULOSE GUM), SOYBEAN OIL, BREADCRUMBS (WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, YEAST, SOYBEAN OIL, SALT), SHARP CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), 2% OR LESS OF MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, CREAM BLEND (CREAM, NONFAT MILK), PARMESAN CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, LACTOSE (CONTAINS MILK), BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, GARLIC POWDER, SPICE, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, POTASSIUM CITRATE, MALTODEXTRIN, PAPRIKA, NATURAL FLAVOR, TURMERIC & ANNATTO COLOR.

Source: the label filed with USDA’s branded food database (record 2732722). 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 frozen dinners first, then the rest of the frozen meals, pizza and nuggets aisle. Each passes all five checks.