Kroger Mac and cheese

Breakdown

6 ingredients to avoid

Kroger Mac and cheese 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. 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 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 15/100 Kroger 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.