Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Hamburger Helper Twin Pack
Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Hamburger Helper Twin Pack by General Mills has 6 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
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. 6 of 6 ingredients tracked for Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Hamburger Helper Twin Pack 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 Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Hamburger Helper Twin Pack 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 elbow macaroni (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), corn starch, modified whey, salt, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, cheddar cheese* (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), palm oil, citric acid, vegetable oil (canola, soybean and/or sunflower oil), annatto extract (color), yeast extract, parmesan cheese* (milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), onion*, lactic acid, monoglycerides, sodium phosphate, calcium lactate, nonfat milk, garlic*, natural flavor, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent). *dried
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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Hamburger Helper Twin Pack: 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.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 6.
Product Details
- Brand
- General Mills
- Barcode
- 0016000477292
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Hamburger Helper Twin Pack's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Hamburger Helper Twin Pack'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's behind the 4.5/5 rating on Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Hamburger Helper Twin Pack?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Hamburger Helper Twin Pack's 4.5/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Low Risk tier.
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