Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese
The processing score reflects 78 ingredients, including modified ingredients, enriched flour or grain, emulsifiers or gums, plus 1 more we flag. No nutrient exceeds our high thresholds. It also contains trans fat.
Nutrition Highlights

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Ingredients
4 listed · 4 flagged for reviewSAUCE (WATER, PASTEURIZED PROCESS WHITE CHEDDAR CHEESE [CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, MILKFAT, SALT], SOYBEAN OIL, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CAYENNE PEPPER PUREE [CAYENNE PEPPERS, SALT, ACETIC ACID], NONFAT MILK, DISTILLED WHITE VINEGAR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, MODIFIED CELLULOSE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, ANNATTO EXTRACT) [COLOR], COOKED ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WATER, ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT [SEMOLINA WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE (IRON), THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], CARRAGEENAN), FULLY COOKED BONELESS BREADED CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT (CHICKEN BREAST MEAT WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, SALT, POTATO STARCH, SODIUM PHOSPHATES. BREADED WITH WHEAT FLOUR, BREAD CRUMB [BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE SALT, DRIED YEAST, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA AND ANNATTO (COLOR)], WATER, BREAD CRUMB [BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT FLOUR, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, DEXTROSE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, SOYBEAN OIL, MODIFIED WHEAT STARCH, RICE STARCH, FLAVOR (YEAST, DEXTROSE, SILICON DIOXIDE), CARAMEL COLOR, EXTRACTIVES OF PAPRIKA (COLOR), NATURAL FLAVOR, SOY LECITHIN], MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CRACKER MEAL [BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, SOYBEAN OIL], SALT, RICE FLOUR, WHEAT GLUTEN, LEAVENING [SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE], SPICES, DRIED EGG WHITES, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, RICE STARCH, DEXTROSE, DISODIUM INOSINATE AND DISODIUM GUANYLATE, CITRIC ACID, GARLIC POWDER, ONION, POWDER, YEAST EXTRACT, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, EXTRACTIVES, OF PAPRIKA [COLOR], SUGAR, GUAR GUM, CARAMEL COLOR, SUNFLOWER OIL), BLUE CHEESE CRUMBLES (BLUE CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], POWDERED CELLULOSE, NATAMYCIN).
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What These Ingredients Tell Us
We group Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese's ingredients into ingredient categories and note how each relates to food processing. The notes below describe the category, not this specific product's formulation.
- MineralsProcessing indicator
In this product: Sauce (Water, Pasteurized Process White Cheddar Cheese [Cheddar Cheese (Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Water, Sodium Phosphate, Milkfat, Salt], Soybean Oil, Whey Protein Concentrate, Cayenne Pepper Puree [Cayenne Peppers, Salt, Acetic Acid], Nonfat Milk, Distilled White Vinegar, Modified Cornstarch, Sodium Phosphates, Modified Cellulose, Potassium Chloride, Annatto Extract) [Color], Fully Cooked Boneless Breaded Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat (Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat, Water, Salt, Potato Starch, Sodium Phosphates. Breaded With Wheat Flour, Bread Crumb [Bleached Wheat Flour, Dextrose Salt, Dried Yeast, Yellow Corn Flour, Soybean Oil, Oleoresin Paprika And Annatto (Color)], Water, Bread Crumb [Bleached Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour, Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Dextrose, Mono And Diglycerides, Soybean Oil, Modified Wheat Starch, Rice Starch, Flavor (Yeast, Dextrose, Silicon Dioxide), Caramel Color, Extractives Of Paprika (Color), Natural Flavor, Soy Lecithin], Modified Corn Starch, Cracker Meal [Bleached Wheat Flour, Soybean Oil], Salt, Rice Flour, Wheat Gluten, Leavening [Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate], Spices, Dried Egg Whites, Yellow Corn Flour, Rice Starch, Dextrose, Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate, Citric Acid, Garlic Powder, Onion, Powder, Yeast Extract, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Extractives, Of Paprika [Color], Sugar, Guar Gum, Caramel Color, Sunflower Oil).
Added minerals often compensate for processing.
- Synthetic VitaminsProcessing indicator
In this product: Cooked Enriched Macaroni Product (Water, Enriched Macaroni Product [Semolina Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate (Iron), Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Carrageenan).
Fortification often compensates for processing losses.
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