Idahoan Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Loaded Baked Mashed Potatoes

Loaded Baked Mashed Potatoes: 4.2/5 ingredient safety

Loaded Baked Mashed Potatoes by Idahoan 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 C.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Meals

How This Score Is Built

Loaded Baked Mashed Potatoes 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 Loaded Baked Mashed Potatoes 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

4.2
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.2 out of 5
Based on 6 tracked ingredients
6
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
6
Low Risk / Safe
C
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: coconut, palm, soybean, cottonseed, sunflower, canola), corn syrup solids, four cheese blend [cheddar cheese blend [whey, maltodextrin, reduced lactose whey, canola oil, cheddar and blue cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), salt, disodium phosphate, whey protein concentrate, citric acid, lactic acid, artificial color (including fd&c yellow #6 and #5)], romano and parmesan cheeses [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, disodium phosphate]), salt, textured vegetable protein (soy flour, caramel color, fd&c red #3), whey powder, sugar, nonfat dry milk, sodium caseinate, natural and artificial flavor (milk, soy), dehydrated onion, sour cream (cultured cream and nonfat milk), mono and diglycerides, hydrolyzed soy protein, autolyzed yeast extract, dextrose, calcium steroyl lactylate, spice, natural smoke flavor, maltodextrin, chives, artificial color (including fd&c yellow #5 and #6), sodium acid pyrophosphate

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Loaded Baked Mashed Potatoes: 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.

Product Details

Brand
Idahoan
Barcode
0029700131487
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Loaded Baked Mashed Potatoes's safety score compare to other products?

Loaded Baked Mashed Potatoes 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.

What's behind the 4.2/5 rating on Loaded Baked Mashed Potatoes?

PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4.2/5 average places Loaded Baked Mashed Potatoes 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.