Enriched Macaroni product (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate [iron], thiamin mononitrate [vitamin B1], riboflavin [vitamin B2], folic acid); cheese sauce mix (whey, milkfat, milk protein concentrate, salt, sodium tripolyphosphate, contains less than 2% of citric acid, lactic acid, sodium phosphate, calcium phosphate, yellow 5, yellow 6, enzymes, cheese culture)
Nothing wrong with anything on that list. And it flat tastes good. Fast to make. While we would all like Thomas Jeffersons recipe, with cheddar carved from the wheel, there is this thing called the real world.
I certainly don’t think anybody dies from this. I’m a foodie and think that cheddar and pasta make a delicious combo and wish that moms would see it as an easy and cheapish meal.
That said, it is none of my business what my fellow Americans eat.