Cheddar & Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes
Cheddar & Sour Cream 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. 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
Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Fruits and vegetables based foods / Vegetables based foods / Meals / Vegetables / Mixed vegetables
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 Cheddar & Sour Cream 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 Cheddar & Sour Cream 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
Idaho potatoes, buttermilk, salt, vegetable oil (sunflower, coconut, soybean), maltodextrin, cheddar and blue cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sour cream (cultured cream, nonfat milk), nonfat dry milk, natural flavors, dried onion, monoglycerides, calcium stearoyl lactylate, sugar, cultured nonfat milk, paprika extract (color), annatto extract (color). freshness preserved by sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bisulfite, mixed tocopherols, and citric acid.
Product Details
- Brand
- Idahoan
- Barcode
- 0029700021252
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Cheddar & Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, Cheddar & Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes 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 Cheddar & Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Cheddar & Sour Cream Mashed Potatoes'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.