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Calories in Kraft Macaroni & cheese dinner microwavable, original flavor
260Calories
| Amount Per 2.5 oz | |||
| Calories | 260 Kcal (1089 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 22.5 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 2.5g | 4% | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saturated Fat | 1.5g | 8% | |
| Cholesterol | 10mg | 3% | |
| Sodium | 560mg | 23% | |
| Total Carbs | 48g | 16% | |
| Sugars | 7g | 28% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 1g | 4% | |
| Protein | 11g | 22% | |
| Iron | 2.3mg | 13% | |
| Calcium | 100mg | 10% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.
Ingredients And Nutrition Overview
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WeightWatchers Points: 5.2, PointsPlus: 7, SmartPoints: 8
WeightWatchers Points are estimated by carbohydrates, fats, protein and fiber in product. They are not an affirmation of better quality or nutritional value of the product or its manufacturer. Only way to count for dieters. Less points are better.
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Salty! Has over 23% of the daily sodium max
The average American consumes 5,000 mg of sodium daily — twice the recommended amount amount of 2400mg for healthy adults, this is 1 teaspoon of salt.
For medical reasons many people should not exceed 1500mg of sodium.
Surprisingly, you're responsible for only 15% of the sodium in your diet the bigger part - 75% of the sodium that you consume each day comes from processed foods, not home cooking or the salt shaker.
Excess sodium intake increases the risk of high blood pressure, hypernatremia, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and other heart problems.
Are these reasons enough to cut the sodium intake? No doubt! -
Convert Salt tsps to Sodium mg easily
Salt (NaCl) is not excactly sodium (Na).
It is not right to use these terms as synonyms.
The FDA recommended limit of sodium is 2,300 mg per day (or even less - about 1500 mg while one is on low sodium diets).
This is much less than the weight of salt.
(5,750 mg per day or 3,750 mg for low sodium diet) and not so convenient to calculate.
Know how much sodium is in your salt - without a calculator:
1/4 tsp salt = 600 mg sodium
1/2 tsp salt = 1200 mg sodium
3/4 tsp salt = 1800 mg sodium
1 tsp salt = 2300 mg sodium -
3 tsp of sugars per serving
This volume includes both naturally occurring from ingredients and specially added sugars.
USDA tells us that last years each American consumed an average 130 pounds of caloric sweeteners per year!
That works out to 30 tsp of sugars per day approximately 480 extra calories!
Just to think: Eating just 200 more calories daily than your body requires for body functioning and exercise leads to a 20-pound weight gain in a year. -
Low fiber :-(
It is not really good to have a breakfast with so little amount of fiber!
Your morning meal should have more fiber or it won't have good effect on your health.
You should add some natural fiber to your cereal or switch to a better one, that has more than 4g of fiber per serving.
Some suggestions to make this product better:
- add some fresh fruits or eat them as a dessert
- add some seeds or nuts
- add any high fiber cereal (for example Granola or bran)
There is not much fiber in here and that's not good!
Your breakfast should have more fiber and this cereal alone won't do the trick.
Either switch to a healthier cereal (with at least 4 grams of naturally occurring fiber)
or add some healthy natural fiber to your cereal or breakfast.
TIPS on adding fiber to cereal:
- Mix in some high fiber cereal, like wheat bran
- Add 2 Tbsp of ground flax seeds
- Eat fresh fruit or berries
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Interested in getting more protein?
Protein is important, but some of the protein you find in this product isn't exactly natural.
The protein comes from one of the following sources:
- milk protein concentrate
- whey protein isolate
- soy protein isolate
and that it's not ideal to get protein only from processed goods.
If you're looking for more protein, try beans, quinoa, nuts, seeds, peas and spinach & leafy greens.
Not only do they have protein, they're filled with other vitamins and minerals. -
Contains milk protein concentrate
Milk Protein Concentrate (MPC) is a white to light-cream-colored dry powder.
It is a very cheap milk byproduct of skim milk through a series of processes that includes ultrafiltration,
evaporation and drying of the milk until it reaches a powder form.
Some more info:
- Most of the MPC's are imported as a dry powder from countries with lax food safety regulations (China for example).
- MPC's are added to processed food products to increase the amount of protein without increasing the carbs.
Allergens
Gluten Allergy, Wheat Allergy, Lactose Allergy, Milk Allergy, Soy Allergy
Macaroni & cheese dinner microwavable, original flavor Ingredients
Enriched Macaroni Product (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous [Iron], Thiamin Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid), Cheese Sauce Mix (Whey, Milkfat, Milk Protein Concentrate, Salt, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Contains Less Than 2% of Citric Acid, Sodium Phosphate, Lactic Acid, Milk, Calcium Phosphate, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Enzymes, Cheese Culture, Maltodextrin, Buttermilk Solids, High Acid Whey, Butter, Food Starch-Modified, Partially Hydrogenated Cottonseed and Soybean Oil, Dried Cream, Silicon Dioxide, Natural and Artificial Flavor).
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% RDI of Main Nutrition Facts
13%
of RDI* (260 calories) 70.88 g
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Cal: 13 %
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Fat: 3.8 %
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Carb: 16 %
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Prot: 22 %
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0%25%75%RDI norm*
Calories Breakdown
- Carbs (73%)
- Fat (10.3%)
- Protein (16.7%)
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