Loaded, Mashed Potatoes
Loaded, Mashed Potatoes by Ambassador 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 E.
- Safety score 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meals
How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Loaded, Mashed Potatoes, 8 of its 8 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Loaded, Mashed Potatoes 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
Potatoes*, Maltodextrin, Salt, Modified Corn Starch, Imitation Bacon Bits (Vital Wheat Gluten, Salt, Maltodextrin, Canola Oil, Natural Smoke Flavor, Colored With Caramel Color And Red 40 Lake, Monosodium Glutamate, Citric Acid, Sugar), Cheddar Cheese* (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Sugar, Potassium Chloride, Cream, Whey, Mono And Diglycerides, Coconut Oil, Onion*, Sour Cream* (Cream, Skim Milk, Cultures), Natural Flavor, Buttermilk, Yeast Extract, Nonfat Milk, Cultured Buttermilk, Butter (Cream, Salt), Parsley*, Lactic Acid, Color (Annatto Extract), Bacon Fat, Sodium Phosphate, Calcium Lactate, Silicon Dioxide (Anticaking Agent), Cooked Bacon ([Cured With Water, Salt, Sugar, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Nitrite], Smoke Flavoring), Blue Cheese* (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Hydrolyzed Corn, Soy, And Wheat Protein, Soy Lecithin, Natural Smoke Flavor, Disodium Inosinate, Spice. Freshness Preserved By Sodium Bisulfite, Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Loaded, 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.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4.4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 8.
Product Details
- Brand
- Ambassador
- Barcode
- 0016000452114
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Loaded, Mashed Potatoes above or below average on ingredient safety?
Loaded, Mashed Potatoes 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.
How should Loaded, Mashed Potatoes's 4.4/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Loaded, Mashed Potatoes's mapped ingredients average out to 4.4/5, 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.