Pasta Dinners · barcode 00021000025879

Original Flavor Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, Original

Kraft · Kraft Heinz Foods Company

Lab testsA lab tested a product with this brand and name. See results
RecallsNo FDA recall lists this barcode.
Additives1 ingredient has a label or school-food rule in some states. Which
TypicalFDA's tests of pasta dinners show what's typical. See levels

Lab results for a matching product

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Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, Original Flavor

Measured in this product Healthy Babies Bright Futures (2019), via detectlead.com (2019)

Lead: 2 ppb (found in 1 of 1, highest 2). A toddler reaches FDA's daily limit at about 1.1 kg (2.4 lb) a day of this; an adult at about 4.4 kg (9.7 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
9% of a toddler's daily limit
2% of a adult's daily limit

FDA action level for lead in baby food: 10 ppb for packaged baby foods for children under 2: fruits, vegetables (except single-ingredient root vegetables), mixtures, yogurts, custards and single-ingredient meats. Source
FDA action level for lead in baby food: 20 ppb for single-ingredient root vegetables and dry infant cereals for children under 2. Source
Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
Arsenic (total): 8.1 ppb (found in 1 of 1, highest 8.1). No US agency limit we can cite.
Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others
Cadmium: 38.6 ppb (found in 1 of 1, highest 38.6). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 390 g (14 oz) a day of this; an adult at about 1.8 kg (4 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
26% of a toddler's daily limit
6% of a adult's daily limit

Among tested products of this kind (ppb, log scale): this one others

Additives with restrictions somewhere

From the ingredient list on file (label data dated 2021-03-19). Recipes change, so check the package you have.

Acetylated mono- and diglycerides (E472a)

US (FDA): Allowed FDA allows them. Source
EU: Allowed On the EU's list of approved additives as E472a. (Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008) Source
Texas: Warning label required from 2027-01-01 Labels developed on or after January 1, 2027 must warn that the product contains an ingredient not recommended for consumption in Australia, Canada, the EU or the UK. (SB 25 (2025)) Source
Louisiana: Warning label required from 2028-01-01 Products containing it must carry a QR code disclosure from January 1, 2028. (SB 14, Act 463 (2025)) Source

Typical for pasta dinners

What FDA found when it bought and tested this kind of food across the US. These are not tests of this product.

Cadmium: typically 22 ppb (FDA, 9 samples, 2018-2020). A toddler reaches EPA's daily limit at about 740 g (26 oz) a day; an adult at about 3.4 kg (7.5 lb).
One serving (100 g (3½ oz)):
14% of a toddler's daily limit
3% of a adult's daily limit
Lead, Mercury, Arsenic (total), Perchlorate: usually below 4 ppb, the lab's limit, in FDA's samples.

FDA samples behind these numbers

Lead in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Noodles, egg, enriched, boiled: found in 2 of 3, average 3.63, highest 6.6 ppb (2018-2020)
Lead in Spaghetti, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 4 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 3 of 3, average 11.1, highest 13 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Noodles, egg, enriched, boiled: found in 3 of 3, average 22.3, highest 26 ppb (2018-2020)
Cadmium in Spaghetti, enriched, boiled: found in 3 of 3, average 27.7, highest 32 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Noodles, egg, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Mercury in Spaghetti, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 1 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from boxed mix: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Noodles, egg, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Arsenic (total) in Spaghetti, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 3, all below 3 ppb (2018-2020)
Perchlorate in Macaroni and cheese, prepared from box mix: found in 19 of 20, average 3.5, highest 5 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Noodles, egg, enriched, boiled: found in 3 of 20, average 0.45, highest 7 ppb (2008-2012)
Perchlorate in Spaghetti, enriched, boiled: found in 0 of 20, all below 1 ppb (2008-2012)

"Typically" is FDA's middle sample. Daily amounts use the long-run average and each chemical's daily limit (EPA reference dose, or FDA's level for lead) for a 33-lb toddler and a 154-lb adult. ppb = micrograms per kilogram of food. Source: FDA Total Diet Study.

Not tested

No published results for this product cover: Perchlorate, Phthalates (plastic softeners), Phthalate substitutes, Bisphenols. That means nobody has published a test, not that these are absent.

Ingredients (from the label)

ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WHEAT FLOUR, GLYCERYL MONOSTEARATE, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE (IRON), THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID); CHEESE SAUCE MIX (WHEY, MILK, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, MILKFAT, PALM OIL, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF CALCIUM CARBONATE, SODIUM TRIPHOSPHATE, MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES, DRIED BUTTERMILK, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, CREAM, LACTIC ACID, CALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CHEESE CULTURE, NONFAT DRY MILK, GUAR GUM, WITH PAPRIKA, TURMERIC, AND ANNATTO ADDED FOR COLOR, ENZYMES, NATURAL FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM); MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, ACETYLATED MONOGLYCERIDES, SALT, MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES.

From USDA FoodData Central, label dated 2021-03-19. Labels change; check the package.

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