Idahoan, Idahoan Foods Llc Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Butterly delicious mashed potatoes

Butterly delicious mashed potatoes: 4.3/5 ingredient safety

Butterly delicious mashed potatoes by Idahoan, Idahoan Foods Llc has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Meals

How This Score Is Built

Butterly delicious mashed potatoes draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 4 of its 4 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where Butterly delicious mashed potatoes sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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

4.3
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.3 out of 5
Based on 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
4
Low Risk / Safe
E
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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, salt, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: coconut, soybean, sunflower, cottonseed, canola), maltodextrin, corn syrup solids, whey, sugar, nonfat dry milk, natural and artificial flavors, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, mono and diglycerides, calcium stearoyl lactylate, annatto extract, artificial color, spice, sodium acid pyrophosphate (preserve freshness), sodium bisulfite (preserve freshness), citric acid (preserve freshness), mixed tocopherols (preserve freshness), and less than 2% silicon dioxide added as an anticaking agent.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Butterly delicious 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.

Product Details

Barcode
0029700321208
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Butterly delicious mashed potatoes above or below average on ingredient safety?

Butterly delicious mashed potatoes scores 4.3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 62% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4.3/5 rating on Butterly delicious mashed potatoes?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Butterly delicious mashed potatoes's mapped ingredients average out to 4.3/5, 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.