Long necks, plated backs and a few things with teeth, all of them made of pasta and all of them about to be eaten. The cheddar cheese mix is in the bag, so the entire recipe is milk, butter and roughly ten minutes, which is exactly how long a small palaeontologist can wait.

The pasta is bronze cut from non-GMO durum wheat, and bronze dies are what give a noodle the slightly rough surface that holds sauce instead of letting it slide off. Twelve ounces is family size, four to six servings printed on the bag. This is the one parents reorder, because the dinosaurs survive the boil and arrive at the table still looking like dinosaurs.

Ingredients: Enriched Durum Wheat Flour (Contains Niacin, Riboflavin, Thiamin, Iron, Folic Acid), Spinach Powder, Cheese Mix {Whey, Enriched Wheat Flour (Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Salt, Cheddar Cheese* (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Food Starch-modified (Corn), Contains 2% or Less of: Silicon Dioxide to Reduce Caking, Citric Acid, Soybean Oil to Reduce Dusting, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Butter*, Sodium Phosphate, Non-fat Dry Milk, Sodium Caseinate. *dehydrated) Pastabilities states on this product page that it is in the process of removing all food dyes from its cheese packets, with the transition expected to finish within six months of August 2026. Allergen information: Contains Wheat and Milk. Pastabilities also notes that its mac and cheese and seasoning mixes are made in a separate facility that processes other allergens.