3 Cheese Mac & Cheese Dinner
3 Cheese Mac & Cheese Dinner by Giant Eagle has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.
- Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meals / Pasta dishes
How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For 3 Cheese Mac & Cheese Dinner, 6 of its 6 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where 3 Cheese Mac & Cheese Dinner sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
Enriched macaroni product: (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cheddar cheese sauce: whey, granular and cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), salt, modified cornstarch, monterey jack cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), contains 2% or less of each of the following: nonfat milk, whey protein concentrate, buttermilk, blue cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], sodium phosphate, sodium tripolyphosphate, lactic acid, reduced-lactose whey, disodium phosphate, cellulose gum, with turmeric and beta carotene added for color, citric acid, xanthan gum, enzymes.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for 3 Cheese Mac & Cheese Dinner: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4.5/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 6.
Product Details
- Brand
- Giant Eagle
- Barcode
- 0030034916107
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Giant Eagle
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Frequently asked questions
Where does 3 Cheese Mac & Cheese Dinner rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, 3 Cheese Mac & Cheese Dinner's 4.5/5 average puts it in the safer 71%, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.5/5 rating on 3 Cheese Mac & Cheese Dinner?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; 3 Cheese Mac & Cheese Dinner's 4.5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.