Gerber Graduates lil meals pasta stars with chicken and vegetables

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Gerber Graduates lil meals pasta stars with chicken and vegetables scores 46/100 on Tallow — our okay 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.

Gerber Graduates lil meals pasta stars with chicken and vegetables lists 22 ingredients, starting with Water, Corn, Carrots, Chicken Meat and Salt. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 46/100 Gerber Graduates lil meals pasta stars with chicken and vegetables lands mid-scale — below the typical score in frozen meals, but clear of the bottom band. A higher-scoring option in frozen meals is Dovgan Taschki Pelmeni at 92/100.