Kraft macaroni & cheese sauce mix

Breakdown

3 ingredients to avoid

Kraft macaroni & cheese sauce mix scores 38/100 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.

Kraft macaroni & cheese sauce mix lists 21 ingredients, starting with Wheat Flour, Durum Flour, Niacin, Folic Acid and Whey. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 38/100 Kraft macaroni & cheese sauce mix scores worse than most pantry & staples we have scored. A higher-scoring option in pantry & staples is Trader Joe's Organic Garbanzo Beans at 100/100.