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Annie's Gluten Free Real Aged Cheddar Rice Pasta & Cheese Micro Cup: Longevity analysis
Quick answer
Limit Frequency
Annie's gluten free real aged cheddar rice pasta & cheese micro cup received a Longevity Score of 52 out of 100 (limit frequency). Refined rice pasta and cheese-based powder with low fiber and moderate sodium; limited whole-food content for a snack. Strengths include real aged cheddar cheese as a base ingredient, simple recognizable dairy and grain components, and low added sugar at 1 g per serving, while main considerations include refined rice and starch base with almost no fiber, sodium about 440 mg per package, and multiple additives including annatto, phosphate, and anticaking agent.
Longevity Score 52/100
What helped the score?
- Real aged cheddar cheese as a base ingredient
- Simple recognizable dairy and grain components
- Low added sugar at 1 g per serving
What held the score back?
- Refined rice and starch base with almost no fiber
- Sodium about 440 mg per package
- Multiple additives including annatto, phosphate, and anticaking agent
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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details
Product facts
- Product
- Annie's Gluten Free Real Aged Cheddar Rice Pasta & Cheese Micro Cup
- Brand
- Annie's
- Category
- Prepared Meals (source: Dough Based Products / Meals)
- GTIN / UPC
00013562610518- Serving size
- 57 g (1 package)
- Source data — ingredients
- Ingredient list from product label data (see Sources)
- Healthy Food Guide analysis
- Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards. See methodology under Sources.
- Data last verified
Annie's
Gluten Free Real Aged Cheddar Rice Pasta & Cheese Micro Cup
KarbCoach Recommendation
Limit Frequency
Refined rice pasta and cheese-based powder with low fiber and moderate sodium; limited whole-food content for a snack.
What Stands Out
Low Fiber
0g fiber
0% DVRefined Grains
refined rice flour pasta
Artificial Colors
annatto extract (natural colora…
Contains Seed Oils
coconut oil
Good Protein
5g protein
10% DVWhole Foods
brown rice flour, cheddar cheese
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Key Positives
- Real aged cheddar cheese as a base ingredient
- Simple recognizable dairy and grain components
- Low added sugar at 1 g per serving
Key Concerns
- Refined rice and starch base with almost no fiber
- Sodium about 440 mg per package
- Multiple additives including annatto, phosphate, and anticaking agent
Ingredient Signals
Primary protein
Whole-food ingredients
Processing signals
Additives
Seed oils
Artificial colors
Ingredients
Ingredient list
Rice Pasta (white rice flour, brown rice flour), Dried Cheddar Cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, non-animal enzymes), Tapioca Starch, Corn Starch, Butter (pasteurized cream, salt), Nonfat Milk, Salt, Coconut Oil, Whey, Organic Coconut Oil, Potassium Chloride, Sunflower Lecithin, Cultured Whole Milk, Annatto Extract (for color), Cultured Whey, Sodium Phosphate, Natural Flavor, Vinegar, Silicon Dioxide (for anticaking).
Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.
Macronutrients
Calories
220
11% DVTotal Carbs
39g
14% DVProtein
5g
10% DVSaturated Fat
3g
15% DVFiber
0g
0% DVNet Carbs
39g
14% DVSugar
1g
Added Sugar
0g
0% DVTotal Fat
5g
6% DVSodium
440mg
19% DVUnsaturated Fat
2g
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Nutrition at a Glance
| Nutrient | Amount | % Daily Value |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 220 | 11% DV |
| Total Carbs | 39g | 14% DV |
| Protein | 5g | 10% DV |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% DV |
| Fiber | 0g | 0% DV |
| Net Carbs | 39g | 14% DV |
| Sugar | 1g | — |
| Added Sugar | 0g | 0% DV |
| Total Fat | 5g | 6% DV |
| Sodium | 440mg | 19% DV |
| Unsaturated Fat | 2g | — |
DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet
Amounts are per labeled serving from source data. Check the package for the final values.
Longevity scores estimate how this product’s nutrition and ingredient profile fit longer-term eating patterns. Formulations can vary — check the package label. Not medical advice. Some nutrient values may be estimated when the label is incomplete.
How this product may fit different goals
The same food can look different depending on what matters most to you. Here is a general preview of how this product may align with several common goals.
Low-Spike Stability
MixedMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the same nutrition and ingredient data show both supportive signals and tradeoffs.
A tradeoff: Higher net carbs (39g)
This product has 2 additional signals for this goal.
Heart-Healthy Eating
Watch-outsMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher sodium (440mg)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Low Sugar Lifestyle
SupportiveMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Low Sugar Lifestyle, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Low sugar (1g)
Athletic Fueling
SupportiveAthletic Performance
For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Available carbohydrates (39g)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Workout Recovery
SupportiveAthletic Performance
For someone prioritizing Workout Recovery, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Recovery carbs (39g)
Strength & Protein Focus
Watch-outsAthletic Performance
For someone prioritizing Strength & Protein Focus, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Lower protein (5g)
Vegan
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Vegan, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Animal-derived ingredients (Mentions "milk", "butter", "cream". See ingredients for details.)
Plant-Based
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Plant-Based, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Animal-derived ingredients (Mentions "milk", "butter", "cream". See ingredients for details.)
Low-Carb Lifestyle
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Low-Carb Lifestyle, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Higher net carbs (39g)
Keto-Style Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Keto-Style Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Net carbs above typical keto snack range (39g)
Minimally Processed Eating
SupportiveDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Minimally Processed Eating, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Whole-food signals (brown rice flour, cheddar cheese)
Whole-Food Focused Eating
SupportiveDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Whole-Food Focused Eating, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Whole-food signals (brown rice flour, cheddar cheese)
Reduce Ultra-Processed Foods
SupportiveDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Reduce Ultra-Processed Foods, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.
A supportive signal: Whole-food signals (brown rice flour, cheddar cheese)
Mediterranean-Style Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Mediterranean-Style Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Ingredients often higher in saturated fat (Mentions "coconut oil", "butter", "cheese". See ingredients for details.)
Paleo-Style Eating
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Paleo-Style Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Grain/legume ingredients (Mentions "flour", "rice", "corn". See ingredients for details.)
This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.
Healthy Fat Focus
Watch-outsDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Healthy Fat Focus, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.
A consideration: Ingredients often higher in saturated fat (Mentions "coconut oil", "butter", "cheese". See ingredients for details.)
GLP-1 Eating Support
NeutralMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing GLP-1 Eating Support, the Longevity data do not show a strong matching signal for this product.
Appetite & Portion Awareness
NeutralMetabolic Health
For someone prioritizing Appetite & Portion Awareness, the Longevity data do not show a strong matching signal for this product.
Vegetarian
NeutralDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Vegetarian, the Longevity data do not show a strong matching signal for this product.
Pescatarian
NeutralDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Pescatarian, the Longevity data do not show a strong matching signal for this product.
Low Gluten Eating
NeutralDietary Patterns
For someone prioritizing Low Gluten Eating, the Longevity data do not show a strong matching signal for this product.
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Understanding the Longevity analysis
What the Longevity analysis evaluates
The Longevity analysis looks at how a food fits broader dietary patterns over time. It combines nutritional composition with processing and ingredient-quality considerations, including ideas that originated in Meal Power Points and Food Integrity. The Longevity Score summarizes that wider picture on a 0–100 scale. It is educational context for packaged foods, not medical advice and not a guarantee of health outcomes.
Nutrients, balance, processing, and ingredients
Nutritional composition matters: protein, fiber, carbohydrates, glucose-related characteristics, fats, sodium, and micronutrients all influence how a food may support or challenge different dietary goals. Processing level and ingredient quality still count, because formulation can change the practical meaning of an otherwise tidy nutrient panel. Longevity treats those dimensions together rather than as a single nutrient number.
Who may prioritize Longevity
People following low-carbohydrate, keto-style, high-protein, glucose-conscious, or longevity-focused eating patterns often start with the Longevity analysis. It is also useful when you want one place that connects macros and micros with how processed the food is and how the ingredient list reads. The Longevity Score is designed for that broader comparison across products.
How Longevity differs from Food Integrity
Food Integrity is the focused analysis of processing, ingredients, additives, purity, and transparency. Longevity is the broader analysis of nutritional composition, metabolic and dietary characteristics, processing, and ingredient quality. A strong nutritional profile may still deserve closer Food Integrity review when additives, oils, sweeteners, or processing level raise questions the nutrient panel does not answer on its own.
Why the analyses overlap—and why to review both
The overlap is intentional. Food Integrity–related characteristics contribute to Longevity, while Food Integrity remains separately useful for deeper formulation detail. The two views are meant to complement each other, not cancel each other out. Some people reasonably prioritize one analysis based on their goals; reviewing both can reveal tradeoffs that one score alone may not show.
Common questions about this product
Is Annie's Gluten Free Real Aged Cheddar Rice Pasta & Cheese Micro Cup highly processed?
Food Integrity lists processing level as Highly processed. That reflects formulation and processing signals from the ingredient analysis — not a medical or regulatory classification.
How much fiber is in one serving?
Annie's Gluten Free Real Aged Cheddar Rice Pasta & Cheese Micro Cup shows about 0g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.
Does it contain added sugar?
Annie's Gluten Free Real Aged Cheddar Rice Pasta & Cheese Micro Cup: 0g added sugar per serving. Confirm the current package Nutrition Facts and ingredient list.
What helped the Longevity Score?
Key positives called out in the analysis include: Real aged cheddar cheese as a base ingredient; Simple recognizable dairy and grain components; Low added sugar at 1 g per serving.
What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?
Key concerns noted include: Refined rice and starch base with almost no fiber; Sodium about 440 mg per package; Multiple additives including annatto, phosphate, and anticaking agent.
Who might evaluate this product differently?
People prioritizing different goals (for example lower carbs, higher protein, or minimally processed eating) may weigh the same prepared meals differently. Use the goal preview on this page, then personalize in KarbCoach for your priorities.
Source data and Healthy Food Guide analysis
- Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
- Healthy Food Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
- How the Longevity Score is calculated
- How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
- Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
- Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
- Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions. Full sources and safety details.
Label accuracy and safety information
Formulations can vary by region, size, and packaging. Check the package label for ingredients, allergens, and nutrition. Not medical advice — do not use this site or the KarbCoach mobile app for allergy or health decisions.
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