Basil Pesto Alfredo Pasta With Chicken
What You Should Know
You might pull this from the prepared meals or refrigerated/frozen dinner section when you want a quick, restaurant-style pasta for a weeknight or easy weekend meal. It reads indulgent and comforting, but the long multi-component ingredient list (enriched pasta, industrial sauces) and additives like rice starch, nisin, powdered cellulose and ascorbic acid signal factory-formulated textures, stabilizers and shelf-life tweaks typical of ultra-processed foods (NOVA hints).
Nutrition Facts
Ingredients
Alfredo, Sauce, (half, &, half, [milk,, cream],, parmesan, cheese, [pasteurized, cow's, milk,, cheese, culture,, salt,, enzymes],, butter, [cream,, salt],, roasted, garlic,, rice, starch,, sea, salt,, spices,, nisin), Penne, Pasta, (durum, wheat, semolina,, niacin,, ferrous, sulphate,, thiamine, mononitrate,, riboflavin,, folic, acid), Boneless, Skinless, Chicken, Breast, Roasted, Peppers, (red, peppers,, water,, salt,, citric, acid), Pesto, Sauce, (sunflower, oil,, basil,, parmesan, cheese, [milk,, salt,, milk-clotting, enzyme,, starter, cultures],, extra, virgin, olive, oil,, pine, nut,, lemon, juice,, water,, garlic, puree,, salt,, acidifiant, [ascorbic, acid]), Shredded, Parmesan, (pasteurized, milk,, cheese, cultures,, salt,, enzymes,, powdered, cellulose, [anti-caking]), Italian/flat, Leaf, Parsley, Olive, Oil, Kosher, Salt, Black, Pepper..
Flagged Ingredients:
- •sunflower oil - Seed oil high in omega-6 fatty acids
Dietary Labels
Ultra-Processing Assessment
Ultra-Processed
Why this score?
This is a ready-to-heat multi-component meal with industrially processed sauces and additives (preservative nisin, rice starch, anti-caking powdered cellulose, acidifiant) and enriched pasta, consistent with NOVA group 4 (ultra-processed) due to industrial formulation and processing.
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Common Questions about Basil Pesto Alfredo Pasta With Chicken
That depends on your perspective! With 25 grams of protein and 4 grams of fiber per serving, it's a solid choice for a quick meal. However, it does pack in 580 calories and 1700 mg of sodium, so if you're watching your salt intake or calories, you might want to savor it occasionally rather than daily.