pasta salad bacon ranch Kroger
pasta salad bacon ranch Kroger by Kroger has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.4 out of 5, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score 0.28 points above 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. 7 of 7 ingredients tracked for pasta salad bacon ranch Kroger 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 pasta salad bacon ranch Kroger sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.4 Top 31% higher than 69% 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, riboflavin, folic acid), maltodextrin (from corn), peas*, imitation bacon flavored chiplets (soy flour, soybean oil, salt, hydrolyzed soy protein, yeast extract, natural smoke flavor, sunflower oil, sugar, potassium chloride, dextrose, inactive dried yeast, hydrolyzed vegetable protein [hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, salt], soy lecithin, natural flavor), carrot*, whey (from milk), yeast extract, garlic*, sugar, citric acid, onion*, natural and artifical flavors (natural smoke flavor), modified cornstarch, dextrose, lactic acid, lactose, parsley*, xanthan gum, vinegar, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, salt, hydrolyzed vegetable protein, caramel (color). *dried contains: milk, soy, wheat.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for pasta salad bacon ranch Kroger: 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: 4.4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 7.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Kroger
- Barcode
- 0011110029812
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does pasta salad bacon ranch Kroger rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4.4/5, pasta salad bacon ranch Kroger sits ahead of 69% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 0.28 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should pasta salad bacon ranch Kroger's 4.4/5 score be read?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4.4/5 average places pasta salad bacon ranch Kroger in 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.