Pasta in Butter Sauce

Name: Pasta in Butter Sauce
Brand: Chef Boyardee

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Ingredients · 25

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Common questions

Is Chef Boyardee Pasta in Butter Sauce healthy?

Chef Boyardee Pasta in Butter Sauce scores 0/100 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.

What is in Chef Boyardee Pasta in Butter Sauce?

Chef Boyardee Pasta in Butter Sauce lists 25 ingredients, starting with Water, Enriched Pasta, Durum Wheat Semolina, Niacin and Ferrous Sulfate. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

Does Chef Boyardee Pasta in Butter Sauce contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Chef Boyardee Pasta in Butter Sauce’s ingredient list matches a seed oil — canola, soybean, corn, cottonseed, grapeseed, sunflower, safflower, rice bran or peanut oil, or an unspecified "vegetable oil".

How processed is Chef Boyardee Pasta in Butter Sauce?

Chef Boyardee Pasta in Butter Sauce is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Chef Boyardee Pasta in Butter Sauce compare to other prepared meals?

At 0/100 Chef Boyardee Pasta in Butter Sauce scores worse than most prepared meals we have scored. A higher-scoring option in prepared meals is Amylu Organic Chicken Meatballs at 97/100.

Is Chef Boyardee Pasta in Butter Sauce organic?

Chef Boyardee Pasta in Butter Sauce is not certified organic in our data.

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