The Kraft Heinz Company served up its first-ever lineup inspired by the elevated flavors of restaurant-style mac and cheese. Introducing: Kraft Mac & Cheese Restaurant Edition. Restaurant Edition gives home cooks of all experience levels the power to create their restaurant favorites at home with new bold flavors, premium cheeses, and new pasta varieties.
Restaurant Edition allows you to explore elevated cuisines without compromising on cook time or price. The new lineup offers quality at-home mac and cheese that is convenient, deliciously affordable, with the same familiar prep of the classic blue box: just add milk and butter. Restaurant Edition is meant to mirror restaurant-style mac and cheese in all facets but one: price.
Offering 30% more food in each box versus the classic blue box, Restaurant Edition comfortably feeds a family of four for less than $1 per serving. Available in three varieties including Parmesan Pesto, Romano Cacio e Pepe, and Monterey Jack Caramelized Onion, Restaurant Edition features 10g of protein in each serving along with real, premium cheeses and unique pasta shapes crafted from a durum wheat semolina blend for perfectly al dente pasta. Each flavor was thoughtfully developed by Kraft Mac & Cheese?s culinary specialists and intentionally pairs distinctive cheeses with complementary pasta shapes for perfectly coated, flavorful bites that mimic the dine-out experience.
After testing more than 40 flavors, three standout offerings emerged ? each designed to balance bold taste with the familiarity of Kraft Mac & Cheese. The flavors were intuitively paired, and the pasta was developed to better cling to the cheesy sauce: Parmesan Pesto is a fresh-from-the-pantry dish that balances herbaceous basil pesto with sharp Parmesan cheese and Gemelli noodles; Romano Cacio e Pepe delivers peppery richness and Pecorino Romano cheese with Pipette noodles; Monterey Jack Caramelized Onion balances the savory taste of caramelized onion with milky, mellow Monterey Jack cheese and Cavatappi noodles.
Kraft Mac & Cheese Restaurant Edition rolls out nationwide this month for a starting price of $3.49 per 9.5 oz box.
