Macaroni or Pasta Salad with Cheese

USDA composition for macaroni or pasta salad with cheese, and what a Nutrition Facts panel would print at the serving you choose — rounded by the FDA’s own declaration rules.

Also calledcheesy pasta saladcold pasta with cheesecheese macaroni saladpasta salad with cheese cubesmac saladmacaroni saladpasta saladensalada de pastaensalada de macarrones

Reference basis

Label serving

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Calories

500

Protein

14 g

Total fat

29 g

Sodium

530 mg

Nutrient
Calories	501.84 kcal	500 kcal	—
Total Fat	29.376 g	29 g	38%
Saturated Fat	8.3028 g	8 g	42%
Trans Fat	not reported	—	—	—
Cholesterol	36.72 mg	35 mg	12%
Sodium	534.48 mg	530 mg	23%
Total Carbohydrate	44.472 g	44 g	16%
Dietary Fiber	2.652 g	3 g	9%
Total Sugars	3.3864 g	3 g	—
Added Sugars	not reported	—	—	—
Protein	14.0556 g	14 g	28%
Vitamin D	0.204 mcg	0.2 mcg	2%
Calcium	199.92 mg	200 mg	15%
Iron	1.836 mg	1.8 mg	10%
Potassium	108.12 mg	110 mg	2%

Label declares applies the rounding rules in 21 CFR 101.9(c) to the measured amount at this serving. Select any rounding rule for the band and its citation; select a column heading to hide that column.

Insights

Every figure below has a formula — select any heading to see it. These are properties of the ingredient, so they do not move with serving size: 53% of macaroni or pasta salad with cheese’s calories come from fat whether you weigh out Quantity not specified or 1 cup.

These are descriptive ratios, not nutrient content claims. A claim such as “good source of calcium” or “high protein” is evaluated per RACC serving under 21 CFR 101.54 — a different calculation, on a different basis, which this page does not make.

2.8 g

11.2%

52.7%

35.4%

2.46 kcal/g

20.50 g

16.77

4.94

0.98

1.47

2.25

7.28

Where every number on this page came from

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Composition

USDA FoodData Central

FDC 2708947 · FNDDS · released 2024-10-31

Rounding & %DV

FDA 21 CFR 101.9

§ 101.9(c), § 101.9(d)(7) · eCFR snapshot 2026-02-12

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Naming & ratios

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