Cheesy Macaroni Salad

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 9 ingredients to avoid

Cheesy Macaroni Salad scores 5/100 on Tallow — our avoid band. That number comes from what is on the label: the ingredients, how processed it is, and what it is packaged in. It is not a verdict on your diet — Tallow does not weigh calories, portion size or how often you eat it, so a high score means the ingredients are clean, not that the food is unlimited.

Cheesy Macaroni Salad lists 30 ingredients, starting with Cooked Elbow Macaroni, Mayonnaise, Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup and Soybean Oil. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 5/100 Cheesy Macaroni Salad scores worse than most prepared meals we have scored. A higher-scoring option in prepared meals is Amylu Organic Chicken Meatballs at 97/100.