Question 1

What products does Goodles make?

Accepted Answer

Goodles makes boxed mac and cheese: classic cheddar and white cheddar macs, shells and spirals, specialty flavors such as truffle, elote and gouda, and Twirly Mac with longer flat noodles. It also sells microwave mac cups, gluten-free and vegan macs, and plain protein pasta shapes sold without a cheese packet.

Question 2

What makes Goodles different from other mac and cheese?

Accepted Answer

The noodle, not the sauce. Goodles markets its pasta as packed with protein, fiber, prebiotics and nutrients from plants, and the boxes we've scanned get there partly with added wheat protein in the pasta dough. The cheese sauce follows a familiar boxed-mac formula, with sodium phosphate, lactic acid and sunflower oil turning up again and again. The nutrition panel on the front of the box is not the ingredient statement, so scan the box in Trash Panda to see the whole recipe.

Question 3

Is Goodles healthy?

Accepted Answer

Goodles deserves a closer look. The large majority of the Goodles products we've scanned land in our Better Options Available tier rather than the top one, and the added protein and fiber don't change that: sodium phosphate and sunflower oil recur across the cheesy macs, and some flavors sweeten the sauce with maple syrup. The plain protein pastas, sold without a cheese packet, are the ones that rate as a Good Choice. Scan the exact box in Trash Panda before you buy to see which flagged ingredients that flavor carries.

Question 4

Is Goodles gluten-free or vegan?

Accepted Answer

Not the originals. Goodles says its original macs contain both wheat and dairy, and it sells separate gluten-free versions of Cheddy Mac and Shella Good plus dairy-free vegan macs, only some of which are also gluten-free. Twirly Mac adds soy, and the vegan cheese sauce swaps dairy for cashew milk with tapioca flour, maltodextrin and natural flavor. A gluten-free or vegan callout covers one product, not the brand, so scan the specific box in Trash Panda to check it against your diet.

Question 5

Who owns Goodles?

Accepted Answer

Goodles was founded in 2020 as Gooder Foods, Inc. and is based in Santa Cruz, California, with co-founder Jen Zeszut as CEO. In September 2026, Barilla Group agreed to acquire Goodles; the company said it will keep its Santa Cruz headquarters and run as a standalone brand, with Zeszut continuing to lead it.

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