Birds Eye Nutri-Score B NOVA 4

Pasta & Vegetables In A Creamy Cheese Sauce

Pasta & Vegetables In A Creamy Cheese Sauce: 4/5 ingredient safety

Pasta & Vegetables In A Creamy Cheese Sauce by Birds Eye has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is B.

  • 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 Pasta & Vegetables In A Creamy Cheese Sauce, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries 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 Pasta & Vegetables In A Creamy Cheese Sauce sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4 Top 80% higher than 20% 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

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
B
Nutri-Score

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

COOKED ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WATER, ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID)), WATER, BROCCOLI, CORN, PASTEURIZED CHEESE SAUCE CONCENTRATE (MILK, PALM OIL, WHEY, WATER, MALTODEXTRIN, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: CHEESE CULTURE, CITRIC ACID, ENZYMES, LACTIC ACID, SALT, SODIUM ALGINATE, SUGAR, XANTHAN CUM), SEASONING (PALM OIL, CHEDDAR AND PARMESAN CHEESES [CULTURED MILK. SALT, ENZYMES], NATURAL FLAVORS, SALT. MODIFIED CORN STARCH, WHEY POWDER, CORN MALTODEXTRIN, ENRICHED FLOUR [WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], ONION POWDER, BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], DISOIUM PHOSPHATE, YEAST EXTRACT, GARLIC POWDER, SPICES, SODIUM CASEINATE, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, NATURAL CHEDDAR CHEESE FLAVOR (CHEDDAR, SEMI-SOFT AND BLUE CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY, CITRIC ACID), CHEESE FLAVOR (CREAM, CHEDDAR CHEESE [MIL

Product Details

Barcode
0014500005441
Nutri-Score
Grade B
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Pasta & Vegetables In A Creamy Cheese Sauce's safety score compare to other products?

With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Pasta & Vegetables In A Creamy Cheese Sauce sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?

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 4/5 average places Pasta & Vegetables In A Creamy Cheese Sauce 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.