Birds eye, steamfresh, pasta & broccoli with a cheese sauce
Birds eye, steamfresh, pasta & broccoli with a cheese sauce by Birds Eye has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.
- Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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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 Birds eye, steamfresh, pasta & broccoli with a cheese sauce, 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 Birds eye, steamfresh, pasta & broccoli with a cheese sauce sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
Cooked enriched macaroni product (water, enriched macaroni product (wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid)), broccoli, sauce (water, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), nonfat milk, butter concentrate [butter (cream, salt), flavor], food starch-modified, salt, contains less than 2% of: garlic, seasoning (maltodextrin, whey, salt, modified food starch, hydroylzed corn protein, dried onions, yeast extract, dried red peppers, natural flavors, soybean oil, garlic powder, spices, dried parsley, corn syrup solids, turmeric powder, mono and diglycerides, safflower oil, sodium phosphate, sodium caseinate, chicken fat, gum acacia, sugar, dried chicken broth, sunflower oil, rosemary), onion powder, xanthan gum, annatto extract (color), spices).
Product Details
- Brand
- Birds Eye
- Barcode
- 0014500015853
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Birds eye, steamfresh, pasta & broccoli with a cheese sauce rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, Birds eye, steamfresh, pasta & broccoli with a cheese sauce sits ahead of 85% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 5/5 rating on Birds eye, steamfresh, pasta & broccoli with a cheese sauce?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Birds eye, steamfresh, pasta & broccoli with a cheese sauce's mapped ingredients average out to 5/5, which is the Generally Safe 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.