Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Pasta & Cheese Sauce Mix
Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Pasta & Cheese Sauce Mix by Hill Country Fare has 8 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.4 out of 5, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.
- Safety score 0.28 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. 8 of 8 ingredients tracked for Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Pasta & Cheese Sauce Mix 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 Pasta & Cheese Sauce Mix sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.4 Top 31% higher than 69% 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 (ENRICHED WHEAT AND DURUM FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, DURUM FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID]), SEASONING: CORN STARCH, ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, CITRIC ACID, COLOR (YELLOW #5 LAKE, YELLOW #6 LAKE, YELLOW #5, YELLOW #6, RED #40 LAKE), SOYBEAN OIL, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, LACTIC ACID, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), YEAST EXTRACT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, BUTTER OIL, SODIUM CASEINATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, NON-FAT DRY MILK, CALCIUM CASEINATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM CITRATE.
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Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Pasta & Cheese Sauce Mix: 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: 4.4/5.
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Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 8.
Product Details
- Brand
- Hill Country Fare
- Barcode
- 0041220810024
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Pasta & Cheese Sauce Mix rank on ingredient safety?
Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Pasta & Cheese Sauce Mix scores 4.4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 69% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.4/5 rating on Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Pasta & Cheese Sauce Mix?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Double Cheeseburger Macaroni Pasta & Cheese Sauce Mix's mapped ingredients average out to 4.4/5, which is the Low Risk tier.
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