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Calories in Zatarains Red beans & rice with sausage
510Calories
| Amount Per 1 package, 340 g | |||
| Calories | 510 Kcal (2135 kJ) | ||
| Calories from fat | 180 Kcal | ||
| % Daily Value* | |||
| Total Fat | 20g | 31% | |
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| Saturated Fat | 7g | 35% | |
| Cholesterol | 30mg | 10% | |
| Sodium | 1200mg | 50% | |
| Total Carbs | 68g | 23% | |
| Sugars | 5g | 20% | |
| Dietary Fiber | 5g | 20% | |
| Protein | 16g | 32% | |
| Vitamin C | 18.8mg | 31% | |
| Vitamin A | 0.2mg | 8% | |
| Iron | 3.8mg | 21% | |
| Calcium | 80mg | 8% | |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Find out how many calories should you eat.
Ingredients And Nutrition Overview
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WeightWatchers Points: 11.1, PointsPlus: 14, SmartPoints: 16
WeightWatchers Points are estimated by carbohydrates, fats, protein and fiber in product. They are not an affirmation of better quality or nutritional value of the product or its manufacturer. Only way to count for dieters. Less points are better.
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Over 35% of daily saturated fat!
Bad! More 35% of daily saturated fat!
For years Saturated fat was claimed to raise cholesterol levels and give us heart attacks. Today different studies refute this claim. They say, that replacing saturated fat with carbohydrates or refined starch or sugar is not changing the heart disease risk. Not processed carbs nor saturated fats are good for you. Only if you replace it with polyunsaturated fat, you'll get a reduction in heart disease risk. So try to have a balanced diet. -
Oh dear! Very salty! Over 45% of daily sodium allowance
The average American consumes 5,000 mg of sodium daily — twice the recommended amount amount of 2400mg for healthy adults, this is 1 teaspoon of salt.
For medical reasons many people should not exceed 1500mg of sodium.
Surprisingly, you're responsible for only 15% of the sodium in your diet the bigger part - 75% of the sodium that you consume each day comes from processed foods, not home cooking or the salt shaker.
Excess sodium intake increases the risk of high blood pressure, hypernatremia, hypertension, cardiovascular disease and other heart problems.
Are these reasons enough to cut the sodium intake? No doubt! -
Convert Salt tsps to Sodium mg easily
Salt (NaCl) is not excactly sodium (Na).
It is not right to use these terms as synonyms.
The FDA recommended limit of sodium is 2,300 mg per day (or even less - about 1500 mg while one is on low sodium diets).
This is much less than the weight of salt.
(5,750 mg per day or 3,750 mg for low sodium diet) and not so convenient to calculate.
Know how much sodium is in your salt - without a calculator:
1/4 tsp salt = 600 mg sodium
1/2 tsp salt = 1200 mg sodium
3/4 tsp salt = 1800 mg sodium
1 tsp salt = 2300 mg sodium -
2 tsp of sugars per serving
This volume includes both naturally occurring from ingredients and specially added sugars.
USDA tells us that last years each American consumed an average 130 pounds of caloric sweeteners per year!
That works out to 30 tsp of sugars per day approximately 480 extra calories!
Just to think: Eating just 200 more calories daily than your body requires for body functioning and exercise leads to a 20-pound weight gain in a year. -
High in fiber! Great More than 20% of daily needs!
Eat more fiber. You've heard it many times. But why it is so good for your health?
Dietary fiber is best known for its ability to make our digestion going right.
So want to prevent or relieve constipation - eat more fiber!
There are also other great health benefits as well, such as lowering your risk of diabetes, heart disease and cancer, and helping to maintain a healthy weight by helping to feel you full longer.
The best source of fiber are fruits, vegetables, whole grains and legumes and not processed foods with added fiber. -
Interested in getting more protein?
Protein is important, but some of the protein you find in this product isn't exactly natural.
The protein comes from one of the following sources:
- milk protein concentrate
- whey protein isolate
- soy protein isolate
and that it's not ideal to get protein only from processed goods.
If you're looking for more protein, try beans, quinoa, nuts, seeds, peas and spinach & leafy greens.
Not only do they have protein, they're filled with other vitamins and minerals. -
Contains milk protein concentrate
Milk Protein Concentrate (MPC) is a white to light-cream-colored dry powder.
It is a very cheap milk byproduct of skim milk through a series of processes that includes ultrafiltration,
evaporation and drying of the milk until it reaches a powder form.
Some more info:
- Most of the MPC's are imported as a dry powder from countries with lax food safety regulations (China for example).
- MPC's are added to processed food products to increase the amount of protein without increasing the carbs.
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Great source of protein and fiber
Beans and legumes are great source of protein and fiber. But You should watch for sodium in canned versions.
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Naturally high in Vitamin C
You get real, natural easy absorbing Vitamin C from this product, not as a artificial fortified ingredient.
This is great! Let's try to get the best from the real food, because we get too much from artificial ingredients nowdays. -
A very good natural source of Iron
You get real, natural easy absorbing Iron from this product, not as an artificial fortified ingredient.
This is great! Let's try to get the best from the real food, because we get too much from artificial ingredients nowdays. -
Whoa! What a high amount of calories!
This product really has a lot of calories.
Energy(calories) is required to implement body metabolism and physical activity.
If we consume more energy than we use for metabolism and physical activity, all that surfeit will be stored as body fat.
So you're not following a high calorie diet or not trying to gain weight, you may want to revise the wish to eat it.
If You are trying to gain weight or following high calorie diet try out the healthy suggestions:
- Consume more nuts.
Nuts and seeds are high in calories and fiber and full of good Omega fats.
Take any meal and add to it some nuts.
- add extra olive oil to your main dishes and salads;
- increase your healthy carbohydrate intake with whole wheat products such as pasta, crackers an so on;
- eat more brown or wild rice, buckwheat and other grains;
- Even eat some dark chocolate.
Avoid using animal fats, fried foods and greasy snacks as they have huge amount of trans-fats, cholesterol and other unhealthy elements. -
Contains MSG-like ingredients
People feeling reaction to MSG may also react adversely to MSG-like substances.
Glutamates or chemically similar items are added to improve a product's taste.
Here is a short list of common MSG-like substances:
- Yeast extract
- Autolyzed yeast
- Hydrolyzed proteins
- Textured proteins
- Anything "enzyme modified"
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Sodium erythorbate, will it keep you safe?
It's a new type of additive and is a synthetic variation of ascorbic acid - Vitamin C.
It is used to keep a wide variety of foods fresh - from meats and canned fruits and vegetables to wines, jams and soft drinks.
During the process of cooking or digestion of certain processed meats, nitrites in them combine with naturally present amines and form carcinogenic N-nitroso compounds, which are associated with cancer.
Sodium erythorbate (or ascorbic acid) helps to prevent the formation of these cancer-causing chemicals.
Allergens
Corn Allergy, Gluten Allergy, Wheat Allergy, Soy Allergy, Milk Allergy, Lactose Allergy
Red beans & rice with sausage Ingredients
Cooked Enriched Rice (Long Grain Parboiled Rice [Enriched with Reduced Iron, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate and Folic Acid]), Water, Red Beans, Smoked Sausage Natural Smoke Flavor Added (Pork, Water, Corn Syrup Solids, Salt, Modified Corn Starch, Mustard Flour, Sodium Phosphates, Natural Smoke Flavor, Maltodextrin, Paprika, Cayenne Pepper, Black Pepper, Garlic, Sodium Erythorbate, Chili Powder, Natural Flavor, Sodium Nitrite), Seasoning (Enriched Wheat Flour [Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid], Malted Barley Flour, Onion, Salt, Sugar, Bell Pepper, Torula Yeast, Natural Smoke Flavor, Wheat Flour, Turbinado Sugar, Spices, Garlic, Soybean Oil [TBHQ Added as a Preservative], Cayenne Pepper, Silicon Dioxide [Flow Agent], Dextrose, Yeast Extract, Soy Sauce [100% Soybean], Thiamine Hydrochloride, Soybean Oil, Paprika, Black Pepper, Disodium Inosinate and Disodium Guanylate [Flavor Enhancer]), Lard (Lard, BHA, Propyl Gallate with Citric Acid Added to Help Protect Flavor with Propylene Glycol, Mono and Diglycerides), Onion, Margarine (Liquid Soybean Oil with Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Water, Salt, Whey [Milk Protein], Soy Lecithin, Vegetable Mono and Diglycerides, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Artificial Flavor, Citric Acid, Vitamin A Palmitate, Beta Carotene [Color]), Bell Pepper, Celery.
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% RDI of Main Nutrition Facts
26%
of RDI* (510 calories) 340 g
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Cal: 25.5 %
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Fat: 30.8 %
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Carb: 22.7 %
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Prot: 32 %
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0%25%75%RDI norm*
Calories Breakdown
- Carbs (52.7%)
- Fat (34.9%)
- Protein (12.4%)
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