Deluxe cheddar macaroni & cheese
Deluxe cheddar 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 D.
- Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meals / Pasta dishes / Macaroni and cheese
How This Score Is Built
Deluxe cheddar macaroni & cheese draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Deluxe cheddar 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
organic macaron acts product (organic durum wheat o prepared) semolina), organic mild cheddar cheese sauce (organic cheddar cheese (pasteurized organic milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes water, organic butter pasteurzed organic sweet om fat 60 cream, salt), organic soybean oil sodium phosphate, organic non-fat dry aily value milk, organic maltodextrin, contains 11% 2% or less of salt, natural flavors, colors added (organic pumpkin, organic 18% apple, organic annatto extract), lactic acid, xanthan gum, organic guar gum) bout 2,5 contains: milk and wheat, 5% distibuted by the kroger co, 22% cincinnati, ohio 45202 30g 10% certified organic by:
Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110818416
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Deluxe cheddar macaroni & cheese's safety score compare to other products?
With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, Deluxe cheddar macaroni & cheese sits ahead of 85% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 5/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Deluxe cheddar macaroni & cheese's 5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in 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.