Beef Shepherd's Pie
Beef Shepherd's Pie by Signature Cafe has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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 Beef Shepherd's Pie, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries 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 Beef Shepherd's Pie 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
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
Mashed potatoes (potatoes, salt, disodium dihydrogen pyrophosphate [maintains color], sodium benzoate [maintains freshness], dextrose), ground beef, water, milk (whole milk, vitamin d added), vegetables blend (peas, corn, carrots, green beans), cheddar cheese (milk, cheese cultures, salt, cheese color, enzymes), margarine (liquid and partially hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, monoglycerides, soy lecithin), mushrooms, tomatoes, modified corn starch, beef base (roasted beef, concentrated beef stock, salt, yeast extract, maltodextrin [from corn], corn oil, sugar, dried onion, dried garlic, dried whey, caramel color, spice extractives), cream, onion, mushroom base (mushrooms, maltodextrin, corn oil, autolyzed yeast extract, salt, mushroom concentrate, sugar, onion powder, butter, natural flavors), modified corn starch, garlic, salt, sugar, spices.
Product Details
- Brand
- Signature Cafe
- Barcode
- 0021130068265
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Beef Shepherd's Pie's safety score compare to other products?
Beef Shepherd's Pie scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Beef Shepherd's Pie's 4/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Beef Shepherd's Pie's 4/5 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.