Why your favorite comfort food is going healthy

Benjamin SnyderBy Benjamin SnyderManaging Editor
Benjamin SnyderManaging Editor

Benjamin Snyder is Fortune's managing editor, leading operations for the newsroom.

Prior to rejoining Fortune, he was a managing editor at Business Insider and has worked as an editor for Bloomberg, LinkedIn and CNBC, covering leadership stories, sports business, careers and business news. He started his career as a breaking news reporter at Fortune in 2014.

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This Feb. 9, 2011, file photo, shows Kraft Macaroni & Cheese in Chandler, Ariz.
Photograph by Matt York — AP

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Kraft really wants consumers to know its signature comfort food has a healthy side.

In a new series of ads, the company is pushing its Kraft Macaroni and Cheese as packed with protein, according to Adweek.

The 30-second spot “Pots Galore” (see above) features a man stirring up a hefty portion of the yellow stuff. He cites the product’s protein content as the reason behind not cooking anything else for dinner.

“[The ads are] about making sure that these parents have the nutritional reassurance they need to feel better about serving Kraft Mac and Cheese,” Sara Braun, a senior marketing director on Kraft Macaroni and Cheese, told Adweek.

She said that the amount of protein in a serving of Kraft’s mac and cheese isn’t anything new — the new ads are just about boosting consumer awareness.