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Kraft Original Mac & Cheese Dinner

Original Mac & Cheese Dinner

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Ingredients · 27

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Nutrition facts

NutrientPer 100gPer serving
Calories357.14 kcal250 kcal
Fat2.86 g2 g
Saturated fat1.43 g1 g
Carbohydrates70 g49 g
Sugars12.86 g9 g
Fiber2.86 g2 g
Protein12.86 g9 g
Sodium0.8 g0.56 g
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Common questions

Is Kraft Original Mac & Cheese Dinner healthy?

Kraft Original Mac & Cheese Dinner scores 5/100 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. Per serving it carries 2g fiber, 9g protein and 9g 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 Kraft Original Mac & Cheese Dinner?

Kraft Original Mac & Cheese Dinner lists 27 ingredients, starting with Enriched Macaroni, Wheat Flour, Durum Flour, Niacin and Ferrous Sulfate. 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 Kraft Original Mac & Cheese Dinner?

250 kcal per serving, or 357 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Kraft Original Mac & Cheese Dinner on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

Does Kraft Original Mac & Cheese Dinner contain seed oils?

No. Nothing in Kraft Original Mac & Cheese Dinner’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 Original Mac & Cheese Dinner?

Kraft Original Mac & Cheese Dinner is NOVA group 4: ultra-processed. That is the top of the scale and the classification the score penalises most heavily.

How does Kraft Original Mac & Cheese Dinner compare to other pasta & noodles?

At 5/100 Kraft Original Mac & Cheese Dinner 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 Original Mac & Cheese Dinner organic?

Kraft Original Mac & Cheese Dinner is not certified organic in our data.

Has Kraft Original Mac & Cheese Dinner been lab tested?

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

Full methodology: how we score products.

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