Shells & White Cheddar

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 8 ingredients to avoid

Pasta Roni Shells & White Cheddar 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.

Pasta Roni Shells & White Cheddar lists 26 ingredients, starting with Wheat Flour, Palm Oil, Whey, Cheddar Cheese and Blue Cheese. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 5/100 Pasta Roni Shells & White Cheddar scores worse than most pasta & noodles we have scored. A higher-scoring option in pasta & noodles is Rao's Homemade Spaghetti at 100/100.