Episode 94: Mac Cheese Frodown Part 2: Smart Ones

11 May, 2009

Posted by: Gregory Ng: The Frozen Food Master

It’s day 2 of Mac Cheese week at Freezerburns and the Macaroni and Cheese Frodown. Today’s contender is Weight Watchers Smart Ones Macaroni and Cheese, a lower in fat, lower calorie Mac Cheese option. But how will it compare to it’s peers? And does low calorie mean low taste?

Nutritional Facts:
Calories: 270
Calories From Fat: 20
Total Fat: 2g
Saturated Fat: 1g
Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g
Monounsaturated Fat: 0g
Cholesterol: less than 5mg
Sodium: 790mg
Total Carbs: 52g
Dietary Fiber: 2g
Sugars: 5g
Protein: 11g

Price: $1.99

This product has received a rating of

Rating: 2.5

Tags: Low Calorie, Low Fat, Macaroni and Cheese

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Bear Silber

@Moriah - Haha, I'd hope they'd know that Soylent Green is featured in "Soylent Green"!

Moriah White

@Bear Nice Soylent Green reference! I wonder how many people know what movie that's from. :)

Jim

Stouffer`s Macaroni and Cheese is great. I hit it with hot sauce and grated parmesan. It is loaded with fat and sodium but the 11oz model makes a good lunch for a big man like myself.
I will be interested in Greg`s take on the Stouffer’s Lean Cuisine Macaroni and Cheese. I`ve never tried it, but if he says it is good I will give it a try.
I have a funny feeling its not so good though.

Tod

I am so looking forward to your next video! I would love to be in one of your vids one day!

Gregory Ng: The Frozen Food Ma

@dman Stouffer's is coming this week.

@Meg, in due time you will hear and see the difference. And believe me, there IS a difference between Stouffer's and Stouffer's Lean Cuisine Macaroni and Cheese

Meg

Greg,

Actually I'm also very interested in the difference between Lean Cuisine and Stouffer's, since they are both made by the same Mothership.

dman

i think you should def. try stouffers and michalenas (sp?) mac n cheese... two of my faves

Bear Silber

Hahaha, way funny review...I was laughing SO hard. That went places I didn't think a M&C Frodown review could....riding unicorns? rainbows? fantasy land?.....awesome!

Yeah, those chemically altered foods are strange. They DO make light cheese as well as fat-free cheese, not quite sure how they do it. The weirdest thing is fat-free mayo....isn't mayonnaise basically fat (oil and egg whites)? I really don't know how they make these things. Do you see any super strange ingredients on there? Soon enough we'll all be eating Soylent Green :P

Todd

oops *proprietary

Todd

You may have been faced with the dreaded synthetic flavor enhancer. I can just imagine a person in the back room with a white lab coat, mixing up the super secret, propitiatory ingredient in a Pyrex beaker :-)