Deluxe Shells & Cheddar Dinner With Cheddar Cheese Sauce
Deluxe Shells & Cheddar Dinner With Cheddar Cheese Sauce by Food Lion has 4 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. Its Nutri-Score is C.
- Safety score 0.38 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
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 Deluxe Shells & Cheddar Dinner With Cheddar Cheese Sauce, 4 of its 4 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 Deluxe Shells & Cheddar Dinner With Cheddar Cheese Sauce 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
ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WHEAT FLOUR, DURUM FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, AND FOLIC ACID), CHEESE SAUCE WATER, CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], CANOLA OIL, WHEY, NATURAL FLAVORS, MALTODEXTRIN, NON-FAT DRY MILK, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, COLOR ADDED [BETA CAROTENE, PAPRIKA EXTRACT], SODIUM ALGINATE, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, LACTIC ACID, XANTHAN GUM, SORBIC ACID TO PRESERVE FRESHNESS).
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Deluxe Shells & Cheddar Dinner With Cheddar Cheese Sauce: 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: 4.5/5.
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Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Food Lion
- Barcode
- 0035826051981
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Deluxe Shells & Cheddar Dinner With Cheddar Cheese Sauce rank on ingredient safety?
Deluxe Shells & Cheddar Dinner With Cheddar Cheese Sauce scores 4.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 71% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4.5/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Deluxe Shells & Cheddar Dinner With Cheddar Cheese Sauce's 4.5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.
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