Hamburger helper cheesy fajita
Hamburger helper cheesy fajita by Old El Paso 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.
- 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
Hamburger helper cheesy fajita 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). 4 of its 4 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 Hamburger helper cheesy fajita 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 white rice (rice,iron,niacin,thiamin mononitrate,folic acid), corn starch, salt, sugar, onion*, red bell peppers*, green bell peppers*, sea salt (potassium magnesium chloride, salt), garlic*, black pepper, chili pepper, cheddar cheese* (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), whey, coconut oil, citric acid, vegetable oil (canola, soybean and/or sunflower oil), maltodextrin, oregano*, parsley*, monoglycerides, yeast extract, buttermilk, nonfat milk*, natural flavor, annatto extract (color), blue cheese* (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), butter (cream, salt), milk protein concentrate, silicon dioxide (anticaking agent), sodium phosphate, sodium caseinate,*dried
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Hamburger helper cheesy fajita: 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: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Old El Paso
- Barcode
- 0016000147621
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Hamburger helper cheesy fajita rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.5/5, Hamburger helper cheesy fajita sits ahead of 71% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Hamburger helper cheesy fajita's 4.5/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Hamburger helper cheesy fajita'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.