Lightly Sauced Broccoli With Cheese Sauce
Lightly Sauced Broccoli With Cheese Sauce by Birds Eye has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A.
- Safety score 0.88 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
Lightly Sauced Broccoli With Cheese Sauce 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). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is 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 Lightly Sauced Broccoli With Cheese Sauce sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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
BROCCOLI, CHEESE SAUCE (WATER, CHEDDAR CHEESE [PASTEURIZED WHOLE MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES, ANNATTO COLOR], LIGHT CREAM BLEND [CREAM, SKIM MILK, NONFAT MILK POWDER], PARMESAN CHEESE [PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: NATURAL CHEDDAR FLAVOR [NATURAL FLAVORS, LACTOSE, WHEY POWDER, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, DEHYDRATED CHEDDAR CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), BUTTERMILK POWDER], XANTHAN GUM, ANNATTO EXTRACT [COLOR], NATURAL FLAVOR, COCONUT OIL).
Product Details
- Brand
- Birds Eye
- Barcode
- 0014500013453
- Nutri-Score
- Grade A
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Lightly Sauced Broccoli With Cheese Sauce above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 5/5, Lightly Sauced Broccoli With Cheese Sauce sits ahead of 85% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 5/5 rating on Lightly Sauced Broccoli With Cheese Sauce?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Lightly Sauced Broccoli With Cheese Sauce's mapped ingredients average out to 5/5, which is the Generally Safe tier.
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