Velveeta Extra Creamy Shells & Cheese

Breakdown

4 ingredients to avoid

Velveeta Extra Creamy Shells & Cheese scores 19/100 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.

Velveeta Extra Creamy Shells & Cheese lists 23 ingredients, starting with Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamin Mononitrate and Riboflavin. Ingredients are listed in descending order by weight, so the first few make up most of what you are eating.

At 19/100 Velveeta Extra Creamy Shells & 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.