Pasta With A Seasoned Taco Sauce Mix & Cheese Topping Mix
Pasta With A Seasoned Taco Sauce Mix & Cheese Topping Mix by Food Club has 4 tracked ingredients, 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 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
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. 4 of 4 ingredients tracked for Pasta With A Seasoned Taco Sauce Mix & Cheese Topping Mix 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 With A Seasoned Taco Sauce Mix & Cheese Topping Mix 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
- 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
ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (SEMOLINA FLOUR WITH NIACIN, IRON [FERROUS SULFATE], THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CORN STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, FOOD-STARCH MODIFIED, CHILI SEASONING (DEHYDRATED CHILI PEPPER, SPICE, SALT, DEHYDRATED GARLIC), DEHYDRATED ONION, DEHYDRATED TOMATO, WHEY, YELLOW CORN FLOUR (WITH TRACES OF LIME), SUGAR, ENZYME-MODIFIED CHEDDAR CHEESE AND BUTTER (CHEDDAR CHEESE [MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES] BUTTER [CREAM, SALT] CHEESE CULTURE, ENZYMES), CHEESE CHEDDAR (MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), SPICE, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, COLOR (PAPRIKA, YELLOW 5, YELLOW 6, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA), BUTTERMILK, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, DEHYDRATED RED & GREEN BELL PEPPERS, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, BLUE CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES), CITRIC ACID, REDUCED LACTOSE WHEY, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Pasta With A Seasoned Taco Sauce Mix & Cheese Topping Mix: 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: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Food Club
- Barcode
- 0036800100657
- Nutri-Score
- Grade D
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Pasta With A Seasoned Taco Sauce Mix & Cheese Topping Mix's safety score compare to other products?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Pasta With A Seasoned Taco Sauce Mix & Cheese Topping Mix's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 4/5 ingredient safety score mean?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Pasta With A Seasoned Taco Sauce Mix & Cheese Topping Mix's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is the Low Risk tier.
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