Original Macaroni & Cheese Dinner
Original Macaroni & Cheese Dinner by Kroger has 6 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.2 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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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 Original Macaroni & Cheese Dinner, 6 of its 6 tracked ingredients carry 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 Original Macaroni & Cheese Dinner sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.2 Top 40% higher than 60% 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
- Titanium Dioxide - 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
ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WHEAT FLOUR, DURUM WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), MALTODEXTRIN, WHEY, PALM OIL, CHEDDAR AND BLUE CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, EMULSIFIERS (ACETIC ACID ESTERS IF MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES), LACTOSE, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, POTASSIUM, CHLORIDE, WHOLE MILK POWDER, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS, SOYBEAN OIL, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, SILICON DIOXIDE, GUAR GUM, COLOR (ANNATTO EXTRACT, TITANIUM DIOXIDE, YELLOW 60, SODIUM CASEINATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CITRIC ACID, POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM SILICOALUMINATE.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Original Macaroni & Cheese Dinner: 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: 4.2/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 6.
Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110811912
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Kroger
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Frequently asked questions
Is Original Macaroni & Cheese Dinner above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.2/5, Original Macaroni & Cheese Dinner sits ahead of 60% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Original Macaroni & Cheese Dinner's 4.2/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Original Macaroni & Cheese Dinner's mapped ingredients average out to 4.2/5, 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.