Classic Macaroni & Cheese
Classic Macaroni & Cheese by Kroger has 2 tracked ingredients, 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 B.
- Safety score 0.88 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. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Classic Macaroni & Cheese 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 Classic Macaroni & Cheese 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
Cooked enriched macaroni (water, semolina wheat enriched with ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, milk, Cheddar and Colby and Swiss and enzyme modified cheeses (part skim and whole milk, pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto [for color]). Contains 2% or less of: whey, sodium phosphate, salt, milk fat, modified corn starch, lactic acid, xanthan gum, carotenal (for color). CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK, SOY.MAY CONTAIN: EGG.
Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110371102
- Nutri-Score
- Grade B
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Kroger
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Frequently asked questions
How does Classic Macaroni & Cheese's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Classic Macaroni & Cheese's 5/5 average puts it in the safer 85%, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 5/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Classic Macaroni & Cheese'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.