mac & cheese
mac & cheese by Kraft has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meals / Pasta dishes
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 mac & cheese, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries 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 mac & cheese sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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 macaroni product (wheat flour, glyceryl monostearate, niacin, ferrous sulfate [iron], thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1], riboflavin [vitamin b2], folic acid), cheese sauce mix (whey, milk, corn syrup solids, milkfat, palm oil, modified food starch, milk protein concentrate, salt, maltodextrin, contains less than 2% of calcium carbonate, sodium triphosphate, medium chain triglycerides, dried buttermilk, sodium phosphate, citric acid, cream, lactic acid, calcium phosphate, cheese culture, nonfat dry milk, guar gum, with paprika, turmeric, and annatto added for color, enzymes, natural flavor, xanthan gum), modified food starch, maltodextrin, potassium chloride, acetylated monoglycerides, salt, medium chain triglycerides, contains: wheat, milk
Product Details
- Brand
- Kraft
- Barcode
- 0021000012534
- Nutri-Score
- Grade A
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- France,United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does mac & cheese's safety score compare to other products?
mac & cheese scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% 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 mac & cheese's 4/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. mac & cheese's mapped ingredients average out to 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.