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Annie's Gluten-Free Rice Pasta & Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese: Longevity analysis

Updated 2026-10-19 · Annie's

Quick answer

Limit Frequency

Annie's gluten-free rice pasta & cheddar macaroni & cheese received a Longevity Score of 62 out of 100 (limit frequency). Refined rice pasta and cheese-powder build with almost no fiber; moderate sodium and a few additives keep alignment modest. Strengths include real cheese and butter, not a cheese-flavored product, simple, recognizable core ingredient list, and moderate protein for a single serving, while main considerations include refined rice flour pasta with essentially no fiber, sodium near 380 mg per serving from salt and phosphates, and multiple additives including annatto color and anticaking agent.

Longevity Score 62/100

What helped the score?

  • Real cheese and butter, not a cheese-flavored product
  • Simple, recognizable core ingredient list
  • Moderate protein for a single serving

What held the score back?

  • Refined rice flour pasta with essentially no fiber
  • Sodium near 380 mg per serving from salt and phosphates
  • Multiple additives including annatto color and anticaking agent

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Source data, GTIN, and Healthy Food Guide analysis details

Product facts

Product
Annie's Gluten-Free Rice Pasta & Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese
Brand
Annie's
Category
Prepared Meals (source: Dough Based Products / Meals)
GTIN / UPC
00013562610013
Serving size
71 g (2.5 oz dry mixAbout 1 cup prepared)
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 Rice Pasta & Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese

Limit Frequency

KarbCoach Recommendation

Limit Frequency

Refined rice pasta and cheese-powder build with almost no fiber; moderate sodium and a few additives keep alignment modest.

What Stands Out

Low Fiber

0g fiber

0% DV

Refined Grains

refined white rice flour

Good Protein

7g protein

14% DV

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Key Positives

  • Real cheese and butter, not a cheese-flavored product
  • Simple, recognizable core ingredient list
  • Moderate protein for a single serving

Key Concerns

  • Refined rice flour pasta with essentially no fiber
  • Sodium near 380 mg per serving from salt and phosphates
  • Multiple additives including annatto color and anticaking agent

Ingredient Signals

Primary protein

cheddar cheese and whey

Whole-food ingredients

brown rice flour

Processing signals

refined white rice flourdried cheese powdersodium phosphate

Additives

sodium phosphatesilicon dioxidenon-animal enzymes

Ingredients

Ingredient list

Rice Pasta (white rice flour, brown rice flour), Dried Cheddar Cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, non-animal enzymes), Whey, Nonfat Milk, Butter (pasteurized cream, salt), Salt, Cultured Milk, Sodium Phosphate, Annatto Extract (for color), Silicon Dioxide (for anticaking).

Formulations can vary — check the package label for the final word.

Macronutrients

Calories

260

13% DV

Total Carbs

51g

19% DV

Protein

7g

14% DV

Saturated Fat

2g

10% DV

Fiber

0g

0% DV

Net Carbs

51g

19% DV

Sugar

4g

Total Fat

3.5g

4% DV

Sodium

380mg

17% DV

Unsaturated Fat

1.5g

DV = Percent of Daily Value based on a 2,000 calorie diet

Nutrition at a Glance

Nutrition at a Glance
NutrientAmount% Daily Value
Calories26013% DV
Total Carbs51g19% DV
Protein7g14% DV
Saturated Fat2g10% DV
Fiber0g0% DV
Net Carbs51g19% DV
Sugar4g—
Total Fat3.5g4% DV
Sodium380mg17% DV
Unsaturated Fat1.5g—

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

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Low-Spike Stability, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Higher net carbs (51g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Heart-Healthy Eating

    Watch-outs

    Metabolic Health

    For someone prioritizing Heart-Healthy Eating, the analysis identifies considerations that may matter more than the general product score alone.

    A consideration: Added-sodium ingredients (Mentions "salt", "sodium phosphate". See ingredients for details.)

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  • Athletic Fueling

    Supportive

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Athletic Fueling, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Available carbohydrates (51g)

    This product has 1 additional signal for this goal.

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  • Workout Recovery

    Supportive

    Athletic Performance

    For someone prioritizing Workout Recovery, the available data suggest this product may align in helpful ways.

    A supportive signal: Recovery carbs (51g)

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  • Strength & Protein Focus

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    Athletic 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 (7g)

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  • Vegan

    Watch-outs

    Dietary 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.)

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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 Rice Pasta & Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese highly processed?

Food Integrity lists processing level as Moderately processed. That reflects formulation and processing signals from the ingredient analysis — not a medical or regulatory classification.

Why are the Longevity and Food Integrity scores different?

Longevity emphasizes nutrition per serving and longer-term dietary alignment. Food Integrity emphasizes ingredients, additives, processing, and label transparency. The same product can score differently on those lenses.

How much fiber is in one serving?

Annie's Gluten-Free Rice Pasta & Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese shows about 0g of fiber per labeled serving in the Longevity nutrition facts.

Does it contain added sugar?

Annie's Gluten-Free Rice Pasta & Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese: 4g total 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 cheese and butter, not a cheese-flavored product; Simple, recognizable core ingredient list; Moderate protein for a single serving.

What prevented a perfect Longevity Score?

Key concerns noted include: Refined rice flour pasta with essentially no fiber; Sodium near 380 mg per serving from salt and phosphates; Multiple additives including annatto color 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.

Other published analyses in Prepared Meals, selected from the same Healthy Food Guide catalog.

Source data and Healthy Food Guide analysis

  1. Public label databases (including USDA FoodData Central and Open Food Facts) — Possible sources for package ingredients and nutrition.
  2. Healthy Food Guide analysis (Longevity and Food Integrity) — Independent Longevity and Food Integrity scorecards.
  3. How the Longevity Score is calculated
  4. How the Food Integrity Score is calculated
  5. Scoring models: KarbCoach Longevity and Food Integrity.
  6. Independent analysis. No manufacturer affiliation.
  7. 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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