Food Lion Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Mashed potatoes

Mashed potatoes: 2/5 ingredient safety

Mashed potatoes by Food Lion has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 2 out of 5, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Meals

Product Insight: Mashed potatoes

Mashed potatoes by Food Lion is tracked in PlainIngredients with 1 identified ingredient and carries an overall safety rating of 2 out of 5, a Caution-to-High-Risk tier driven by one or more flagged ingredients. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), and Its Nutri-Score grade is C. Within the identified ingredient list, 1 ingredient is currently flagged as Caution or High Risk and warrant individual review via the linked ingredient pages, while 0 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale. This product's average ingredient safety score is 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

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2
Caution
Average ingredient safety: 2 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
0
Low Risk / Safe
C
Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

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

Potatoes, whole milk, butter (sweet cream, salt), margarine (liquid and hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, contains less than 2% of vegetable mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, citric acid, natural and artificial flavor, vitamin a palmitate added), salt, dehydrated garlic, water, potassium sorbate to protect flavor, dehydrated roasted garlic, disodium pyrophosphate to maintain color, titanium dioxide (color).

Product Details

Barcode
0035826066718
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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