Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz

Name: Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz
Brand: GOODLES

15Avoid

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 2 contaminants flagged · 6 ingredients to watch

Includes lab results from its product family: Goodles Mac & Cheese (wheat base)

100

Lab-measured contaminants

Measured against published safety limits

−53

cadmium−43

lead−10

Ingredients

−21

goodles macaroni−4

cheddar cheese blend−4

whey−4

disodium phosphate−3

annatto−3

enzymes−3

Processing

−10

NOVA 4: ultra-processed−10

Packaging

−1

Packaging−1

Final score15

Contaminants · 4

2 at/over limit

From lab tests of this product’s family

Goodles Mac & Cheese (wheat base)

This product wasn’t tested · results may differ

In the family’s tests: measured by an independent lab and compared against published safety limits.

Cadmium29 ppbof 5 ppb

Over the limit — 5.8×FDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Shella Good Aged White Cheddar & Shells Protein Mac & Cheese, 6 oz

Lead5 ppbof 5 ppb

At the limitFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.005 mg/L

Measured in: Shella Good Aged White Cheddar & Shells Protein Mac & Cheese, 6 oz

ArsenicNDof 10 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.010 mg/L (= EPA MCL)

Measured in: Shella Good Aged White Cheddar & Shells Protein Mac & Cheese, 6 oz

MercuryNDof 2 ppb

Not detectedFDA bottled-water Standard of Quality, 21 CFR 165.110(b) — 0.002 mg/L

Measured in: Shella Good Aged White Cheddar & Shells Protein Mac & Cheese, 6 oz

Ingredients · 29

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Nutrition facts

Nutrient	Per 100g	Per serving
Calories	364.86 kcal	270 kcal
Fat	5.41 g	4 g
Saturated fat	2.03 g	1.5 g
Carbohydrates	64.86 g	48 g
Sugars	9.46 g	7 g
Fiber	9.46 g	7 g
Protein	20.27 g	15 g
Sodium	0.81 g	0.6 g

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Common questions

Is GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz healthy?

GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz scores 15/100 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, plus lab results from its product family, Goodles Mac & Cheese (wheat base). Per serving it carries 7g fiber, 15g protein and 7g sugar. 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 GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz?

GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz lists 29 ingredients, starting with Goodles Macaroni, Wheat Flour, Chickpea Protein, Wheat Protein and Broccoli. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

How many calories are in GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz?

270 kcal per serving, or 365 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

Does GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz’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 GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz?

GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz compare to other pasta & noodles?

At 15/100 GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz scores worse than most pasta & noodles we have scored. A higher-scoring option in pasta & noodles is Rao's Homemade Spaghetti at 100/100.

Is GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz organic?

GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz is not certified organic in our data.

Has GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz been lab tested?

Not this product itself. It shares a base recipe (Wheat-flour noodle with chickpea and wheat protein plus veg-nutrient blend (broccoli, spinach, kale, sunflower seed, chlorella); no rice, cocoa or cinnamon) with the other products in its family, Goodles Mac & Cheese (wheat base), and 1 product in its family has been lab tested. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Those results are in the family's Contaminants section above; its own results may differ.

Does GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz contain heavy metals?

GOODLES Cheddy Mac Creamy Cheddar and Macaroni, 6 oz itself has not been tested for heavy metals, but other products in its family, which share its base recipe, have: a lab detected cadmium at 29 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Shella Good Aged White Cheddar & Shells Protein Mac & Cheese, 6 oz and lead at 5 ppb against a 5 ppb limit in Shella Good Aged White Cheddar & Shells Protein Mac & Cheese, 6 oz. This product is scored with the worst result for each contaminant across those tests. Its own results may differ.

Full methodology: how we score products.