Buttery Homestyle Mashed Potatoes
Buttery Homestyle Mashed Potatoes by Idahoan 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.
- Safety score 0.88 points above 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 / Cereals and potatoes / Vegetables based foods / Meals / Vegetables / Dried products / Dried products to be rehydrated / Purées / M
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 Buttery Homestyle Mashed Potatoes, 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 Buttery Homestyle Mashed Potatoes 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
POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (COCONUT, SUNFLOWER, SOYBEAN), MALTODEXTRIN, DRIED CORN SYRUP, SALT, SUGAR, NONFAT DRY MILK, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, NATURAL FLAVORS, FRESHNESS PRESERVED BY SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BISULFITE, CITRIC ACID, AND MIXED TOCOPHEROLS.
Product Details
- Brand
- Idahoan
- Barcode
- 0029700001414
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- Mexico,United States
- Stores
- WALMART
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Buttery Homestyle Mashed Potatoes rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Buttery Homestyle Mashed Potatoes's 5/5 average puts it in the safer 85%, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 5/5 ingredient safety score mean?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 5/5 average places Buttery Homestyle Mashed Potatoes in 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.