Au Gratin Potatoes
Au Gratin Potatoes by Meijer has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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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. 7 of 7 ingredients tracked for Au Gratin 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 Au Gratin Potatoes sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
- Monosodium Glutamate - Safety score: 2/5
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
DEHYDRATED POTATO WITH PRESERVATIVE (SODIUM BISULFITE), WHEY, FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED, SALT, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL WITH EMULSIFIER (MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES), ENRICHED FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), BUTTERMILK, MALTODEXTRIN, DEHYDRATED ONION, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, REDUCED-LACTOSE WHEY, DEXTRIN, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, WHEAT STARCH, LACTIC ACID, COLOR (ANNATTO EXTRACT, YELLOW 5 AND 6, YELLOW 6 LAKE), BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), SODIUM CASEINATE, CITRIC ACID, BLUE CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Au Gratin 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: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 7.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Meijer
- Barcode
- 0041250946588
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Meijer
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Au Gratin Potatoes rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Au Gratin Potatoes's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4/5 rating on Au Gratin Potatoes?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Au Gratin Potatoes's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is 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.