Creamy Beef Stroganoff
Creamy Beef Stroganoff by Velveeta has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.38 points above 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 Creamy Beef Stroganoff, 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 Creamy Beef Stroganoff sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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
CHEESE SAUCE (WHEY, CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], CANOLA OIL, WHEY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MILK PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, MILK, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF SALT, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM ALGINATE, SORBIC ACID AS A PRESERVATIVE, MILKFAT, NATURAL FLAVOR, ENZYMES, CHEESE CULTURE, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA [COLOR], ANNATTO EXTRACT [COLOR], ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE [IRON], THIAMIN MONONITRATE [VITAMIN B1], RIBOFLAVIN [VITAMIN B2], FOLIC ACID), SEASONING BLEND (BUTTERMILK*, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, SOUR CREAM POWDER [SOUR CREAM (CREAM, NONFAT MILK, CULTURES), CULTURED NONFAT MILK, LACTIC ACID, CITRIC ACID], MALTODEXTRIN, ONION*, MUSHROOM*, GARLIC*, NATURAL FLAVOR [CONTAINS NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR], SPICE). *DRIED. CONTAINS: MILK, WHEAT.
Product Details
- Brand
- Velveeta
- Barcode
- 0021000037490
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Creamy Beef Stroganoff rank on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Creamy Beef Stroganoff's 4.5/5 average puts it in the safer 71%, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4.5/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Creamy Beef Stroganoff's mapped ingredients average out to 4.5/5, 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.