Leaner than Hot Pockets, Lean Pockets are advertised as being under 370 calories.
A healthier spin-off of the Hot Pockets line of pastry products that the Nestle Prepared Foods Company offers, Lean Pockets comprises approximately 35 different snacks with variations on the healthy theme. Subcategories within this line include Whole Grain, Mexican Style, Pizzeria, Breakfast and Culinary Creations. In addition to the main ingredients indicated in the product name is a dizzying array of other ingredients, which may or may not seem healthy. Add this to my Recipe Box.
Meatfree
While most Lean Pockets contain meat in them, you do have some meatfree choices. Lean Pockets Four Cheese Pizza contains unbleached enriched wheat and malted barley flour; low-fat cheddar and low-fat mozzarella cheese, both made with pasteurized part-skim milk; tomato paste; margarine; and sugar. Less than 2 percent of the ingredients include dehydrated Romano cheese, Parmesan cheese, dough conditioners and egg yolks. Lean Pockets Three Cheese and Broccoli contains unbleached enriched wheat flour, broccoli, low-fat mozzarella, low-fat cheddar, blue cheese, cream, buttermilk solids and less than 2 percent of imitation mozzarella cheese and Romano cheese.
Hearty Ingredients
Lean Pockets do have some hearty ingredients like sausage and meatballs tucked inside the pastries. Sausage is in Lean Pockets Sausage and Pepperoni Pizza, Lean Pockets with Sausage, Egg and Cheese; and Lean Pockets Breakfast Quesadilla with Southwest Style Turkey Sausage, Egg and Cheese. The regular line of Lean Pockets also has Lean Pockets Meatballs and Mozzarella, with meatballs made from pork and textured vegetable protein, marinara and low-fat mozzarella; the product also contains less than 2 percent beef flavorings, whole eggs and other cheeses and comes in a whole grain version.
Eggs and Cheese
Several products in the breakfast line of Lean Pockets contain variations on the egg and cheese theme. For example, one product has applewood bacon, scrambled eggs and low-fat cheese; another product has eggs and cheese combined with pork sausage, with the eggs made from whole eggs, gelatin, skim milk, butter flavor, annatto and citric acid, wrapped inside an enriched flour crust. Cheeses in this product include low-fat mozzarella and blue cheese. Turmeric extract is added for color.
Steak and Cheese
Lean Pockets Philly Steak and Cheese combines deli-sliced steak with low-fat mozzarella cheese, onions and red and green peppers, wrapped inside an enriched flour crust. Another Lean Pockets pastry snack with steak in it is the Lean Pockets Steak Fajita, which contains cooked beef steak, lemon powder, masa flour, low-fat mozzarella, tomato paste, sour cream, avocado powder, onions, red and green peppers and tortilla flavor.
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