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Rao's Four Cheese Alfredo Sauce

Contains 440 mg sodium/serving

This four-cheese Alfredo sauce is made with cream, butter, egg yolk and cheese. A 1/4-cup serving has 440 mg sodium and includes modified food starch, disodium phosphate and xanthan gum.

Seed-oil freeNo added sugarNo artificial dyesNo artificial flavorsNo synthetic preservativesNo added nitritesNo gluten ingredientsVegetarianContains dairyContains eggs
$13.98 lowest price at Urban Butcher
Price and stock checked Oct 30, 2026
Key nutrition facts
110caloriesPer serving · 1/4 cup (62g)
Protein
3g
Fiber
0g
Added sugar
0g
Sodium
440mg
Saturated fat
6g▼
▲ raises the score · ▼ lowers it · From the product label
Ingredients: Light Cream (cream, milk), Water, Four Cheese Blend (parmesan, romano, asiago, and fontina cheese (milk cultures, salt, enzymes)), Butter (cream, natural flavor), Enzyme Modified Egg Yolk, Black Pepper, White Pepper, Modified Food Starch, Sea Salt, Disodium Phosphate, Xanthan Gum
66 / 100
Fair Scored automatically
Weighted as ready meals, soups, saucesHigh confidence · Scored on 9 of 11 inputs
Nutrition · counts 35%61
Ingredients · counts 25%86
Processing · counts 15%55
Sourcing · counts 10%50
Transparency · counts 15%65
Why it scores 66
Nutrition 61 · Compared with other ready meals and sauces: more saturated fat (6 g); no added sugar per 1/4 cup
Ingredients 86 · Added phosphates (additive, −10); Natural flavours (additive, −4); no dyes or artificial sweeteners
Processing 55 · Cream, cheese and butter with modified starch, phosphate and xanthan gum
Sourcing 50 · No origin or production practices are stated for the dairy ingredients
Transparency 65 · Complete ingredient list; no origin or production claims
440 mg sodium per serving
Contains modified food starch and xanthan gum
Evidence behind the Ingredients deductions
Varies by additive−14 for added phosphates, natural flavours
Scored Oct 21, 2026 · Scoring guide v3.1 · Updated Oct 20, 2026 · See what changed

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Ingredients
Light Cream (cream, milk) Water Four Cheese Blend (parmesan Romano Asiago And fontina cheese (milk cultures, salt, enzymes)) Butter (cream, natural flavor) Enzyme Modified Egg Yolk Black Pepper White Pepper Modified Food Starch Sea Salt Disodium Phosphate Xanthan Gum
14 ingredients 3 to watch1 to avoid
Sourcing

Origin not disclosed on the product page.

Additives4 additives · 1 moderate risk
Added phosphates (E339–E343, E450–E452)StabiliserModerate risk
Absorbed more readily than natural phosphorus; high intakes are linked to kidney and heart risks, and EFSA set a limit in 2019.
Modified starch (E14xx)ThickenerLimited risk
Chemically treated starch; considered safe, but a marker of more processed food.
Natural flavoursFlavouringLimited risk
An undisclosed mix of extracts and carriers; the label doesn’t say what’s in it or how it was made.
Xanthan gum (E415)ThickenerNo risk
Made by fermentation; EFSA re-confirmed its safety in 2017, though large amounts can cause bloating.
Matched from the ingredient list. Risk levels summarise findings from EFSA, the FDA, IARC and published studies; they explain a concern, not a diagnosis.

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