Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, Hearty Four Cheese
Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, Hearty Four Cheese by Kraft has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D.
- Safety score 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meals / Pasta dishes
How This Score Is Built
PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 3 of 3 ingredients tracked for Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, Hearty Four Cheese have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.
Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.
Where Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, Hearty Four Cheese sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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,Niacin. Ferrous Sulfate [Iron], Thiamin Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid); Cheese Sauce (Whey,Colby Cheese [Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto (Color)], Grated Parmesan Cheese [Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes], Canola Oil, Cheedar Cheese [Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes], Asiago Medium Cheese [Pasteurized Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes], Milk, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Contains Less Than 2% Of Milk Protein Concentrate, Whey Protein Concentrate, Cream, Sodium Alginate, Sorbic Acid As A Preservative, Cheese Culture, Lactic Acid, Milkfat, Seasoning Blend (Wheat Flour, Sugar, Spice, Dried Onions, Dried Garlic); Bread Crumbs (Bleached Wheat Flour, Sugar, Yeast, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Salt, Calcium Propionate As A Presdervative)
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, Hearty Four Cheese: 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: 4.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Brand
- Kraft
- Barcode
- 0021000028177
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, Hearty Four Cheese above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, Hearty Four Cheese's 4.3/5 average puts it in the safer 62%, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4.3/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, Hearty Four Cheese's mapped ingredients average out to 4.3/5, 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.