Brand
Velveeta
Made by
The Kraft Heinz Company
Aisle
Boxed meals, noodles and soup
Kind
boxed dinner

Velveeta

Velveeta Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac One Pan Dinner Kit

A skillet kit of pasta, seasoning and cheese sauce that is cooked with ground beef.

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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
Yellow 5Synthetic dyesYELLOW 5
Yellow 6Synthetic dyesYELLOW 6
Canola oilSeed oilsCANOLA OIL
Sunflower oilSeed oilsSUNFLOWER OIL

Ingredients as listed

CHEESE SAUCE (WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], CANOLA OIL, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MILK, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM ALGINATE, SORBIC ACID AS A PRESERVATIVE, MILKFAT, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA [COLOR], CHEESE CULTURE, ANNATTO EXTRACT [COLOR], NATURAL FLAVOR, ENZYMES); ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE [IRON], THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID); SEASONING BLEND (ONION*, MILK, WHEY, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SUNFLOWER OIL, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, TOMATO*, LACTOSE, SPICE [CONTAINS MUSTARD], SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SODIUM DIACETATE, BUTTER [CREAM]*, BUTTERMILK*, GARLIC*, YELLOW 5 LAKE, LACTIC ACID, ANCHO PEPPERS*, NATURAL FLAVOR, SUGAR, YELLOW 6 LAKE, CITRIC ACID, CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6). *DRIED

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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