Nacho cheese mashed potatoes, nacho cheese
Nacho cheese mashed potatoes, nacho cheese by Idahoan, Idahoan Foods Llc has 3 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.7 out of 5, 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Fruits and vegetables based foods / Vegetables based foods / Meals / Vegetables / Mixed vegetables
How This Score Is Built
Nacho cheese mashed potatoes, nacho cheese draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 3 of its 3 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Nacho cheese mashed potatoes, nacho cheese sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.7 Top 18% higher than 82% 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
Idaho potatoes, salt, vegetable oil (contains one or more of the following: coconut, soybean, sunflower, cottonseed, canola), whey, corn syrup solids, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sugar, tomato powder, nonfat dry milk, mono and diglycerides, calcium stearoyl lactylate, natural and artificial flavors (contains milk and soy), autolyzed yeast extract, spices, annatto extract, dehydrated garlic, artificial color, sodium acid pyrophosphate (preserve freshness), dehydrated onion, paprika extract, sodium bisulfite (preserve freshness), citric acid (preserve freshness), mixed tocopherols (preserve freshness), and less than 2% silicon dioxide added as an anticaking agent.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Nacho cheese mashed potatoes, nacho 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: 4.7/5.
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- Assorted fruit & vegetable flavored snacks, assorted fruit & vegetable Δ 0.0 pts 4.7/57 additives
- Assorted fruit & vegetable flavored snacks, assorted fruit & vegetable Δ 0.0 pts 4.7/57 additives
- Blended Cultured Soymilk Δ 0.0 pts · Silk 4.7/57 additives
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 3.
Product Details
- Barcode
- 0029700021221
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Nacho cheese mashed potatoes, nacho cheese's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Nacho cheese mashed potatoes, nacho cheese's 4.7/5 average puts it in the safer 82%, 0.58 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4.7/5 ingredient safety score mean?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Nacho cheese mashed potatoes, nacho cheese's 4.7/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Generally Safe 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.