Perspective | We tried 20 store-bought mac and cheese brands to determine which is the best (and the absolute worst)

Perspective | We tried 20 store-bought mac and cheese brands to determine which is the best (and the absolute worst)

Whose cuisine reigns supreme? "We bought 12 frozen microwaveable mac and cheeses, and eight dry boxed brands with either powder or liquid squeeze cheese sauces. We prepared them according to the instructions, even though we knew some of them could probably be jazzed up with a little extra butter. In a blind tasting, a small panel of colleagues judged both the frozen and dry boxed versions of each product according to their taste and cheesiness — and those scores did not necessarily go hand-in-hand! Some brands that ranked high on taste were low on cheesiness and vice versa. Here are the mac and cheeses that made us the happiest — and a few that made us wonder how pasta and cheese could go so wrong."