Cheeseburger Macaroni dinner kit pasta & cheese sauce mix
Cheeseburger Macaroni dinner kit pasta & cheese sauce mix by Chestnut Hill has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.8 out of 5, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meals / Pasta dishes / Macaroni and cheese
How This Score Is Built
Cheeseburger Macaroni dinner kit pasta & cheese sauce mix 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 Cheeseburger Macaroni dinner kit pasta & cheese sauce mix sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.8 Top 84% higher than 16% 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
- Monosodium Glutamate - Safety score: 2/5
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
ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CORN STARCH, SALT, CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: DEHYDRATED TOMATO. MALTODEXTRIN, DEHYDRATED ONION, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, WHEY, SUGAR, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, LEAVENING (SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE), HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, BLUE CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), SPICE, YELLOW 5 (COLOR), REDUCED-LACTOSE WHEY. MONOGLYCERIDES, YELLOW 6 (COLOR), AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE SUNFLOWER OIL
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cheeseburger Macaroni dinner kit pasta & cheese sauce mix: 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.8/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Chestnut Hill
- Barcode
- 0032251528170
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Cheeseburger Macaroni dinner kit pasta & cheese sauce mix rank on ingredient safety?
Cheeseburger Macaroni dinner kit pasta & cheese sauce mix scores 3.8 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 84% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3.8/5 rating on Cheeseburger Macaroni dinner kit pasta & cheese sauce mix?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Cheeseburger Macaroni dinner kit pasta & cheese sauce mix's mapped ingredients average out to 3.8/5, which is the Low Risk tier.
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