Let’s compare the ingredients of Kraft’s Mac and Cheese and a homemade macaroni and cheese made with whole wheat pasta and all organic ingredients.
Homemade macaroni and cheese
- whole wheat durum flour
- milk
- cheese (milk, salt, enzymes)
- salt
- mustard powder
Kraft Mac and Cheese
- wheat flour which contains B Vitamins
- Niacin
- thiamine
- mono nitrate
- folic acid
- riboflavin
- iron in the form of ferrous sulfate
- whey (milk protein)
- milk protein concentrate
- milk
- milk fat
- cheese culture
- salt
- sodium tripolyphosphate,
- sodium phosphate
- calcium phosphate
- yellow 5
- yellow 6
- citric acid
- lactic acid
- enzymes