Cheesy Mac With Broccoli & Carrots
Cheesy Mac With Broccoli & Carrots by Birds Eye has 6 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 A.
- Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 6 of 6 ingredients tracked for Cheesy Mac With Broccoli & Carrots have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Cheesy Mac With Broccoli & Carrots 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
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
COOKED ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WATER, ENRICHED ELBOW MACARONI (SEMOLINA (WHEAT), NIACIN, IRON (FERROUS SULFATE), THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, AND FOLIC ACID)), VEGETABLES (BROCCOLI, CARROTS), CHEESE SAUCE (WATER, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED WHOLE MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO COLOR), HALF CONCENTRATE (CREAM, SKIM MILK, NONFAT MILK POWDER), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, NONFAT MILK, SALT, CHEESE FLAVOR BASE (CHEDDAR CHEESE AND BLUE CHEESE [(PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, WATER, SALT], SALT CORN OIL, YEAST EXTRACT, SWEET CREAM POWDER(SWEET CREAM AND NONFAT MILK), BUTTER (CREAM, NATURAL FLAVORING), SUGAR, DRY MUSTARD AND FLAVOR, EMULSIFIER (MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (NON-BROMINATED), MONO & DIGLYCERIDES, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM), CHEESE FLAVOR (MALTODEXTRIN, CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], CREAM, SODIUM CASEINATE, SALT, SODIUM CITRATE), NATURAL CHEESE FLAVOR (MALTODEXTRIN WHEY SOLIDS, NATURAL CHEESE
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cheesy Mac With Broccoli & Carrots: 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: 4.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 6.
Product Details
- Brand
- Birds Eye
- Barcode
- 0014500014603
- Nutri-Score
- Grade A
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Cheesy Mac With Broccoli & Carrots's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Cheesy Mac With Broccoli & Carrots's 4.3/5 average puts it in the safer 62%, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Cheesy Mac With Broccoli & Carrots's 4.3/5 score be read?
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 4.3/5 average places Cheesy Mac With Broccoli & Carrots in the Low Risk tier.
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