Boxed meals, noodles and soup without the listed preservatives

43 of the 48 boxed meals, noodles and soup foods on the list pass this check. A short, fixed list: BHA, BHT, TBHQ, potassium bromate, brominated vegetable oil, propylparaben and azodicarbonamide. Other preservatives, such as citric acid or sorbates, are not counted.

They may still fail one of the other four checks; the strip on each card shows which. The 5 that fail it are on the full boxed meals, noodles and soup page.