Applewood Smoked Bacon Mashed Potatoes
Applewood Smoked Bacon Mashed Potatoes by Idahoan has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.2 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Fruits and vegetables based foods / Vegetables based foods / Vegetables / Mixed vegetables
How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 6 of 6 ingredients tracked for Applewood Smoked Bacon Mashed Potatoes have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Applewood Smoked Bacon Mashed Potatoes sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.2 Top 40% higher than 60% 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
idaho potatoes, maltodextrin, cheddar cheese blend (cheddar cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], whey, buttermilk, maltodextrin, salt, disodium phosphate, butter, modified food starch, yeast extract, natural and artificial flavor, corn syrup solids, autolyzed yeast, torula yeast), salt, corn syrup solids, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: coconut, palm, soybean, cottonseed, sunflower, canola), sugar, bacon flavored crumbles (textured vegetable protein [soy flour, caramel color, red #3], soybean oil, water, salt, natural flavorings, autolyzed yeast extract, dextrose), nonfat milk, spice, modified food starch, dextrose, natural and artificial flavors (including smoke flavor), mono and diglycerides, calcium stearoyl lactylate, sodium caseinate, artificial color (including yellow #5 and yellow #6), rice starch, sodium acid pyrophosphate (preserve freshness), anhydrous butterfat, sodium bisulfite (preserve freshness), dipotassium phosphate, disodium inosinate, disodium
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Applewood Smoked Bacon Mashed Potatoes: 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: 4.2/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 6.
Product Details
- Brand
- Idahoan
- Barcode
- 0029700021504
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Applewood Smoked Bacon Mashed Potatoes rank on ingredient safety?
Applewood Smoked Bacon Mashed Potatoes scores 4.2 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 60% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4.2/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Applewood Smoked Bacon Mashed Potatoes's mapped ingredients average out to 4.2/5, which is the Low Risk tier.
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