Cheesy Potato Casserole
Cheesy Potato Casserole by Marie Callender's has 9 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.1 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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 Potato Casserole, 9 of its 9 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 Potato Casserole sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.1 Top 42% higher than 58% 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
- Sodium Phosphates - 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
potatoes (potatoes, sodium acid pyrophosphate to retain color]), water, corn flake cereal (milled corn, sugar, contains 2% or less of: salt, malted barley syrup, reduced iron, sodium ascorbate [vitamin c), niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6], riboflavin [vitamin b2], thiamin mononitrate vitamin b1, vitamin a palmitate, folic acid, vitamin d, vitamin b12), sour cream (milk, cream, whey, modified food starch, sodium phosphate, guar gum. carrageenan, calcium sulfate, locust bean gum, sodium citrate, culture, natamycin [preservative]), milk, margarine (liquid and hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, less than 2% of: monoglycerides, sodium benzoate [preservative, soy lecithin, medium chain triglycerides, calcium disodium edta ito preserve freshness, vitamin a palmitate, beta carotene [color], vitamin d3 [cholecalciferol), natural flavor), less than 2% of: modified corn starch, cheese flavor (whey, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt enzymes], sunflower oil, maltodext
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cheesy Potato Casserole: 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: 4.1/5.
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Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 9.
Product Details
- Brand
- Marie Callender's
- Barcode
- 0021131111137
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Cheesy Potato Casserole above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.1/5, Cheesy Potato Casserole sits ahead of 58% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Cheesy Potato Casserole's 4.1/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Cheesy Potato Casserole's 4.1/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in 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.