Idahoan, mashed potatoes, applewood smoked bacon
Idahoan, mashed potatoes, applewood smoked bacon by Idahoan, Idahoan Foods Llc has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.2 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
Idahoan, mashed potatoes, applewood smoked bacon 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). 6 of its 6 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 Idahoan, mashed potatoes, applewood smoked bacon sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.2 Top 40% higher than 60% 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
Idaho potatoes, maltodextrin, cheddar cheese blend (cheddar cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], whey, buttermilk, maltodextrin, salt, disodium phosphate, butter, modified food starch, yeast extract, natural and artificial flavor, corn syrup solids, autolyzed yeast, torula yeast), salt, corn syrup solids, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: coconut, palm, soybean, cottonseed, sunflower, canola), sugar, bacon flavored crumbles (textured vegetable protein [soy flour, caramel color, red #3], soybean oil, water, salt, natural flavorings, autolyzed yeast extract, dextrose, natural and artificial flavors (including smoke flavor), mono and diglycerides, calcium stearoyl lactylate, sodium caseinate, artificial color (including yellow #5 and yellow #6), rice starch, sodium acid pyrophosphate (preserve freshness), anhydrous butterfat, sodium bisulfite (preserve freshness), dipotassium phosphate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, citric acid (preserve freshness), mixed t
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Idahoan, mashed potatoes, applewood smoked bacon: 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: 4.2/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 6.
Product Details
- Barcode
- 0029700321505
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Idahoan, mashed potatoes, applewood smoked bacon's safety score compare to other products?
Idahoan, mashed potatoes, applewood smoked bacon scores 4.2 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 60% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Idahoan, mashed potatoes, applewood smoked bacon's 4.2/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Idahoan, mashed potatoes, applewood smoked bacon's 4.2/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in 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.