Kroger Deluxe Mac and Cheese

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 6 ingredients to avoid

Kroger Deluxe Mac and Cheese 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. 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.

Kroger Deluxe Mac and Cheese lists 25 ingredients, starting with Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate and Riboflavin. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 5/100 Kroger Deluxe Mac and Cheese scores worse than most prepared meals we have scored. A higher-scoring option in prepared meals is Trader Joe's Shredded Iceberg Lettuce at 100/100.