Cheesy Classic Alfredo Pasta Sauce

Breakdown

Ultra-processed · 4 ingredients to avoid

Ragu Cheesy Classic Alfredo Pasta Sauce scores 25/100 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 0g fiber, 1g protein and 1g 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.

Ragu Cheesy Classic Alfredo Pasta Sauce lists 18 ingredients, starting with Water, Soybean Oil, Cream, Parmesan Cheese and Part-skim Milk. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

90 kcal per serving, or 148 kcal per 100g. Calories are only part of the picture — Tallow scores Ragu Cheesy Classic Alfredo Pasta Sauce on what the ingredients are, not how many calories they carry.

At 25/100 Ragu Cheesy Classic Alfredo Pasta Sauce scores worse than most pasta & cooking sauces we have scored. A higher-scoring option in pasta & cooking sauces is Trader Joe's Organic Tomato Sauce at 100/100.