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HORMEL Kid`s Kitchen Cheezy Mac `n Beef

  Nutrients per 100g How much?
HORMEL Kid`s Kitchen Cheezy Mac `n Beef
Total fat 2.8 g A little A little
Saturated fat 1.4 g A little A little
Sugars 3.8 g A little A little
Sodium 390 mg OK OK

What we say

As far as convenient, quick meals go you could do a lot worse than HORMEL Kid's Kitchen Cheezy Mac 'n Beef, although it doesn't offer much in the way of vegies and fibre. This meal of macaroni and beef in a cheesy tomato sauce is shelf-stable, can be heated up in the microwave in less than two minutes and the only thing you're left to wash up is the spoon it's eaten with.

 

It’s let down by its salt content - a full 213g serve gives around 60% of the upper level of sodium intake that's acceptable for an eight-year-old to have in a day. But if only served up occasionally - and particularly if boosted with some frozen or fresh chopped vegetables - it makes an OK meal for when you're too busy to cook.

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