Is Mac and Cheese Healthy? 28 Box Labels Scored
Chapters
- The Short Answer
- Three Parts of a Box
- What Is in the Powder
- Where Scores Drop
- Salt and the Serving
- What a 100 Looks Like
- Your Turn
Audio from the Clean Food Score video of the same name; the video shows the labels and scores on screen.
Compare every mac and cheese label we scored
Is mac and cheese healthy? We scored 28 current mac and cheese labels: seven score 100, twelve score 71 and nine score 63, and the drop comes mostly from canola oil in ready made cheese sauces. We explain the powder, enriched pasta, sodium and serving size, and what a top scoring box looks like (as of October 2026).
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Chapters
0:00 The Short Answer
0:41 Three Parts of a Box
1:27 What Is in the Powder
2:29 Where Scores Drop
3:21 Salt and the Serving
4:06 What a 100 Looks Like
4:51 Your Turn
Product scores are Clean Food Score's 0–100 label scores as shown on cleanfoodscore.com on 2026-10-16. Recipes change, so read the package you buy. We read labels; this is not medical advice.
Music
"Fresh Air" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Reminiscing" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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"Carefree" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Sound effects: Kenney (kenney.nl), CC0.
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