Cheesy Hashbrown Potatoes
Cheesy Hashbrown Potatoes by Idahoan Foods Llc has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score in line with 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 Cheesy Hashbrown Potatoes, 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients carry 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 Cheesy Hashbrown Potatoes sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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
HASHBROWNS [IDAHO POTATOES, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: SUNFLOWER, SOYBEAN, COTTONSEED, CANOLA), SALT, DEXTROSE, ONION POWDER, MONOGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE (PRESERVE FRESHNESS), AND SODIUM BISULFITE PRESERVE FRESHNESS)], CHEESE SAUCE MIX (CHEDDAR CHEESE BLEND (WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, MALODEXTRIN, CANOLA OIL SALT, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE BLUE CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], NONFAT DRY MILK, CITRIC ACID, NATURAL AN ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT. BUTTERMILK, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE SOY LECITHIN, DISODIUM INOSINATE DISODIUM GUANYLATE), MODEFIED FOOD STARCH, VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MOREOIF THE FOLLOWING: COCONUT, PALM SOYBEAN, COTTONSEED, SUNFLOWER CANOLA), CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SALT, DEHYDRATED ONION DEHYDRATED GARLIC NATURAL. FLAVORS XANTHAN GUM SOY LECITHIN, SPICE SODIUM CASEINATE, DIPOTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, EXTRACTIVES OF ANNATTO AND PAPR
Product Details
- Brand
- Idahoan Foods Llc
- Barcode
- 0029700001957
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Cheesy Hashbrown Potatoes's safety score compare to other products?
Cheesy Hashbrown Potatoes scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Cheesy Hashbrown Potatoes's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, 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.