Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Garlic
Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Garlic by Spartan has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.7 out of 5, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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. 6 of 6 ingredients tracked for Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Garlic 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 Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Garlic sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.7 Top 87% higher than 13% 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
- Monosodium Glutamate - Safety score: 2/5
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
Idaho potatoes*, margarine (partially hydrogenated soybean oil, salt, nonfat dry milk, mono- and diglycerides, natural flavor, soy lecithin, annatto extract [color]) salt, corn syrup solids, whey (from milk), garlic*, mono- and diglycerides, sodium caseinate (from milk), monosodium glutamate, dipotassium phosphate, parsley*, natural and artificial flavor, maltodextrin (from corn), whey protein concentrate (from milk), butter (cream, salt), onion*, caramel (color), spice extract, turmeric extract (color), (freshness protected by sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bisulfite, and citric acid).
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Garlic: 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: 3.7/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 6.
Product Details
- Brand
- Spartan
- Barcode
- 0011213058511
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Garlic above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 3.7/5, Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Garlic sits behind 87% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.42 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3.7/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Mashed Potatoes, Roasted Garlic's mapped ingredients average out to 3.7/5, which is the Low Risk tier.
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