Is Goodles Shell We Dance Aged White Cheddar Sauce Over Shells ultra-processed?
Yes, it's ultra-processed
- 1 Unprocessed
- 2 Kitchen staple
- 3 Processed
- 4 Ultra-processed
Signs of ultra-processing in its ingredients:
- 30 ingredients
- 5 additives
- Nutri-Score D
Less processed macaroni and cheese
Ingredients
Ultra-processing Processing
goodles shells (wheat flour, chickpea protein, wheat protein, nutrients extracted from broccoli, spinach, kale, pumpkin, sweet potato, sunflower seed, cranberry, chlorella, maitake mushroom, shiitake mushroom), cheddar cheese sauce (water, cheddar cheese (processing marker) (cultured milk, salt (processing marker)), canola oil, whey (ultra-processing marker), nonfat dry milk (processing marker), milk protein concentrate (ultra-processing marker), salt (processing marker), disodium phosphate, lactic acid, sodium alginate (ultra-processing marker), natural flavor (ultra-processing marker), sorbic acid, xanthan gum (ultra-processing marker))
Additives: E200 Sorbic acid , E270 Lactic acid , E339ii Disodium phosphate , E401 Sodium alginate , E415 Xanthan gum
As written on the pack
GOODLES SHELLS (wheat flour, chickpea protein, wheat protein, nutrients extracted from broccoli, spinach, kale, pumpkin, sweet potato, sunflower seed, cranberry, chlorella, maitake mushroom, shiitake mushroom), cheddar cheese sauce (water, cheddar cheese [cultured milk, salt], canola oil, whey, nonfat dry milk, milk protein concentrate, salt, disodium phosphate, lactic acid, sodium alginate, natural flavor, sorbic acid, xanthan gum). Contains wheat and milk.
What makes it ultra-processed
Cosmetic additives
Added to change how the food looks, feels or tastes, not to keep it safe. A hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- E401 Sodium alginate A food additive used to dissolve, dilute, disperse or otherwise physically modify a food additive or nutrient without altering its function -and without exerting any technological effect itself- in order to facilitate its handling, application or use of the food additive or nutrient.
- E415 Xanthan gum Xanthan gum is a thickener made by fermenting sugar with the bacterium Xanthomonas campestris.
- Flavouring Flavourings are concentrated aroma preparations that add or intensify a taste.
Substances rarely used in home kitchens
Refined or extracted in factories, such as syrups made from starch or isolated proteins. The other hallmark of ultra-processed food.
- Milk proteins Milk proteins are proteins separated from milk, such as caseinates and whey protein concentrates, added to adjust texture or raise protein content.
- Whey Whey is the liquid left over from cheese making, usually dried into a powder and used as a cheap source of milk solids, protein and lactose.
4 ingredients that would only make it processed
Kitchen staples like sugar, salt and oil. On their own they make a food processed, not ultra-processed.
- Meals Products in the category "Meals" are at least group 3.
- Salt Salt, added for taste and preservation.
- Cheese Cheese is milk preserved with salt, cultures and rennet.
- Milk powder Milk powder is milk with the water evaporated off: a preserved form of a whole food rather than an industrial extract.
Among 48 macaroni and cheese
From least to most processed, this one ranks 41st. 94% of the macaroni and cheese here are ultra-processed.
About this information
- Data from this product on Open Food Facts (barcode 0850031990524, last edited 20 September 2026), available under the Open Database License. If something is wrong or the recipe has changed, you can correct it there.
- Photo: Open Food Facts contributors, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- The NOVA group is an automated estimate from crowdsourced data: a missing or mistyped ingredient can change it.
- NOVA measures processing, not nutrition. For nutrition, Open Food Facts gives this product a Nutri-Score of D (from A, best, to E).
- General information, not medical or dietary advice. Check the pack if you have an allergy.