“Junk food at restaurants, junk food at schools, and thanks to Stouffer’s, junk food at home,” said CSPI executive director Michael F. Jacobson. “Why can’t Stouffer’s use its marketing smarts to interest kids in whole grains, beans, or vegetables? Remember this product next time you hear a food industry spokesperson put all the blame for obesity on parents.”

The Maxaroni line also pairs macaroni and cheese with fried fish sticks, or inexplicably, cheese pizza. (“White flour and cheese with a side of white flour and cheese,” says Jacobson.) Maxaronis have six to eight grams of saturated fat and 400 otherwise-empty calories.

“Stouffer’s says ‘nothing comes closer to home,’ and that’s true, if home is a greasy chain restaurant with an unhealthy kids’ menu,” Jacobson said.

Not everything that comes out of the freezer and into the microwave has to be bad for you, according to CSPI. Healthy Choice’s Flavor Adventures line offers grownups low-fat frozen entrees like Roasted Chicken Chardonnay, Beef Merlot, and Chicken Tuscany, which earned CSPI’s Right Stuff rating.

Food Porn and Right Stuff appear on the back page of Nutrition Action Healthletter. Subscription information is available at www.cspinet.org/nah.