Birds Eye Mushroom & Green Bean Risotto
This frozen side dish from Birds Eye contains a mushroom and green bean risotto in a special sauce. For added convenience, you can cook the meal directly in the bag. It’s made with cooked rice and contains no artificial flavors.
One bag of risotto contains 350 calories, 4.5 grams of fat, 67 grams of carbohydrates, and 9 grams of protein. Read this post for a complete overview of the nutrition facts and full list of ingredients.
Calories and Nutrition Facts
All nutrition facts in this easy-to-make side dish is based on a single serving. One serving is measured as a 10 ounce bag of risotto with a net weight of 283 grams.
Calories
Each serving of green bean and mushroom risotto has a total of 350 calories. More than 75% of the total calories are derived from carbohydrates. Fat and protein each make up about 11% of the total calories.
- Carbs: 270 calories
- Fat: 40 calories
- Protein: 40 calories
- Total: 350 calories per bag of risotto
The caloric breakout by nutrient is a rounded estimate based on the nutrition facts label provided by Birds Eye.
Fat
Take note that a serving of this risotto from Birds Eye has 4.5 grams of total fat, including 2.5 grams of saturated fat and 1 gram of trans fat.
Sodium
Another item I would like to point out is the amount of sodium in each container of risotto. Specifically, there are 870 milligrams of sodium in a single serving. That’s over 35% of the daily value recommended by the FDA (based on a 2,000 calorie diet).
Do you agree that’s a significant amount of sodium for one side dish?
Nutrition Facts
Includes less than 1g of Added Sugars.
Ingredients and Allergens
Ingredients
This risotto meal includes cooked rice, which is simply made with rice and water. Birds Eye discloses that this frozen meal contains a bioengineered (commonly known as GMO) ingredient.
Here is the complete list of ingredients in the Birds Eye Risotto.
Cooked Rice (water and rice), Water, Green Beans, Mushrooms, Mushroom Concentrate, Nonfat Milk, Cream, Chicken Base, Wheat Flour, Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Xanthan Gum, and Natural Flavor .
How to Make Rice. Making rice is easy. Pour the amount of rice you want for your meal into a saucepan. Rinse the grains well. Add enough water to just cover the rice. Here’s a tip for measuring the amount of water to add. Hold your index finger at the point where it just touches the top of the rice in the pot. Include enough water to reach the first knuckle on your finger. Sounds silly, I know, but it works every time. Bring rice to a boil then cover and simmer on low heat until done.
Allergens
The Green Bean and Mushroom Risotto meal from Birds Eye is made with milk, soy, and wheat.
Nutrition facts and ingredients source: Birds Eye
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