Meals
Healthy Choice Café Steamers Four-Cheese Ravioli & Chicken Marinara
10 oz
Score
- Ultra-processed
- Contains added sugars
- Contains emulsifiers studied for gut effects
- Seed-oil free
Why it scores 24
Healthy Choice Café Steamers Four-Cheese Ravioli & Chicken Marinara scores 24 out of 100 (Poor) under GoodSwap’s published rules. What moved the score most:
- minus 20 points Dextrose: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 20 points Sugar: An added sugar. Strong
- minus 18 points Ultra-processed (NOVA 4): Classified NOVA 4: made with industrial ingredients and additives. Strong
Every line of the math is on The Receipt below, with its evidence tier and sources.
Better ravioli and tortellini
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Four Cheese Ravioli Rao's · 9.5 oz No added sugars · No gut-studied emulsifiers Score 76 out of 100 , 52 points higher -
Four Cheese Tortelloni Hungryroot · 9 oz Not ultra-processed · No added sugars Score 79 out of 100 , 55 points higher -
Spinach and Cheese Ravioli Rosina · 20 oz No added sugars · No gut-studied emulsifiers Score 67 out of 100 , 43 points higher -
Tri-Color Three Cheese Tortellini Priano · 5 oz Not ultra-processed · No added sugars Score 96 out of 100 , 72 points higher -
Cheese Ravioli Celentano · 123 g No added sugars · No gut-studied emulsifiers Score 69 out of 100 , 45 points higher
The same kind of product, at least 10 points higher, sold in the US. Never paid placements.
The Receipt
Café Steamers Four-Cheese Ravioli & Chicken Marinara
Ingredients
- Dextrose minus 20 points
- Sugar minus 20 points
- Carrageenan minus 7.5 points
- Xanthan gum minus 1.5 points
- Soy protein isolate / concentrate minus 1 points
Processing
- Ultra-processed (NOVA 4) minus 18 points
- 6 kinds of ultra-processing markers minus 7.5 points
Nutrition per 100 g
- Salt 0.5 g / 100 g minus 1 points
100 − 76.5 = 23.5 → 24
Can’t score above 79. Contains dextrose, an ingredient of high concern. [1][2][3]
Nutrition per 100 g
| Energy | 98 kcal |
|---|---|
| Fat | 1.6 g |
| Saturated fat | 0.7 g |
| Trans fat | 0 g |
| Carbohydrates | 11.7 g |
| Sugars | 2.8 g |
| Added sugars | 1.4 g |
| Fiber | 1.4 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Salt | 0.5 g |
Serving: 283.0g
Ingredients
- Stuffed cheese & spinach ravioli (whole wheat [ultragrainâ®] and durum wheat flour, water, ricotta cheese, ricotta cheese, spinach, whole eggs, asiago cheese, parmesan cheese, corn starch, romano cheese made from cow's milk, salt, spice)
- tomatoes
- cooked chicken (chicken breast, water, olive oil, isolated soy protein product, dextrose, potassium chloride, salt, sodium phosphates, flavoring)
- water
- spinach
- onions
- tomato puree
- tomato paste
- sugar (high concern)
- parmesan cheese (part skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes)
- modified corn starch
- garlic
- flavorings
- potassium chloride
- sea salt
- olive oil
- citric acid
Label text, as published
Stuffed cheese & spinach ravioli (whole wheat [ultragrainâ®] and durum wheat flour, water, ricotta cheese [whey, cream, vinegar, carrageenan], ricotta cheese [whey, skim milk, vinegar, xanthan gum, vitamin a palmitate], spinach, whole eggs, asiago cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], parmesan cheese [part skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], corn starch, romano cheese made from cow's milk [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], salt, spice), tomatoes, cooked chicken (chicken breast, water, olive oil, contains 2% or less of: isolated soy protein product [isolated soy protein, modified potato starch, corn starch, carrageenan, soy lecithin], dextrose, potassium chloride, salt, sodium phosphates, flavoring), water, spinach, onions, tomato puree, tomato paste, contains 2% or less of: sugar, parmesan cheese (part skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), modified corn starch, garlic, flavorings, potassium chloride, sea salt, olive oil, citric acid. contains: egg, milk, soy, wheat.
Allergens and diets
Contains: Milk, Soy, Wheat, Gluten, Egg
- Not vegan
- Not vegetarian
- Not gluten-free
- Palm-oil-free
Always check the package: recipes change.
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Sources
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Guideline: sugars intake for adults and children
“In both adults and children, WHO recommends reducing the intake of free sugars to less than 10% of total energy intake”
who.int
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Dietary Guidelines for Americans, 2025–2030
“Limit foods and beverages that include artificial flavors, petroleum-based dyes, artificial preservatives, and low-calorie non-nutritive sweeteners.”
cdn.realfood.gov
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Added and free sugars should be as low as possible
“Sugar consumption is a known cause of dental caries.”
efsa.europa.eu
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“We found direct associations between the risk of type 2 diabetes and exposures to various food additive emulsifiers widely used in industrial foods, in a large prospective cohort of French adults.”
doi.org
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Dietary emulsifiers impact the mouse gut microbiota promoting colitis and metabolic syndrome
“carboxymethylcellulose and polysorbate-80, induced low-grade inflammation and obesity/metabolic syndrome in wild-type hosts and promoted robust colitis in mice predisposed to this disorder.”
doi.org
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Re-evaluation of carrageenan (E 407) and processed Eucheuma seaweed (E 407a) as food additives
“However, the Panel noted uncertainties as regards the chemistry, the exposure assessment and biological and toxicological data.”
doi.org
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Agents Classified by the IARC Monographs, Volumes 1–142 (List of Classifications)
monographs.iarc.who.int
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“For adults, WHO recommends less than 2000 mg/day of sodium (equivalent to less than 5 g/day salt), or just under a teaspoon.”
who.int
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“Greater exposure to ultra-processed food was associated with a higher risk of adverse health outcomes, especially cardiometabolic, common mental disorder, and mortality outcomes.”
doi.org
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“Relative to control subjects, CMC consumption modestly increased postprandial abdominal discomfort and perturbed gut microbiota composition in a way that reduced its diversity.”
doi.org
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“This study found positive associations between risk of CVD and intake of five individual and two groups of food additive emulsifiers widely used in industrial foods.”
doi.org