Mac and cheese

Name: Mac and cheese
Brand: Kraft

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Ingredients · 21

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Common questions

Is Kraft Mac and cheese healthy?

Kraft Mac and cheese 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.

What is in Kraft Mac and cheese?

Kraft Mac and cheese 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.

Does Kraft Mac and cheese contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Kraft Mac and cheese’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 Kraft Mac and cheese?

We don’t have a NOVA classification on file for Kraft Mac and cheese yet, so the processing axis scores it neutrally.

How does Kraft Mac and cheese compare to other pasta & noodles?

At 38/100 Kraft Mac and cheese scores worse than most pasta & noodles we have scored. A higher-scoring option in pasta & noodles is Western Family Signature Rigatoni at 99/100.

Is Kraft Mac and cheese organic?

Kraft Mac and cheese is not certified organic in our data.

Has Kraft Mac and cheese been lab tested?

Not yet. No independent lab has published results for Kraft Mac and cheese, so its score is based on its ingredient list, processing and packaging alone.

Full methodology: how we score products.