Premium red potatoes
Premium red potatoes by Idahoan, Idahoan Foods Llc has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.3 out of 5, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.
- Safety score 0.18 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 / Vegetables / Mixed vegetables
How This Score Is Built
Premium red potatoes 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). 4 of its 4 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 Premium red potatoes sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4.3 Top 38% higher than 62% 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 red potato slices (preserved with sodium bisulfite), cheese sauce mix [modified corn starch, maltodextrin, salt, idaho potatoes [mono and diglycerides, sodium acid pyrophosphate, (protect freshness), sodium bisulfite (protect freshness), citric acid (protect freshness) and mixed tocopherols (protect freshness)], onion, garlic, dextrose, disodium phosphate, natural and artificial flavors, cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), whey, nonfat dry milk, lactic acid, spices, extractives of annatto and paprika, milk protein concentrate, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate], parmesan cheese topping [(parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), idaho potatoes, (potatoes, salt, vegetable oil [contains one or more of the following: soybean, cottonseed, sunflower, canola], nonfat dry milk, monoglycerides, calcium stearoyl lactylate, spice, artificial color, natural and artificial flavors, sodium acid pyrophosphate, [preserve freshness], sodium b
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Premium red potatoes: 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: 4.3/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Barcode
- 0029700001995
- Nutri-Score
- Grade E
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Premium red potatoes above or below average on ingredient safety?
Premium red potatoes scores 4.3 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 62% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 4.3/5 rating on Premium red potatoes?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Premium red potatoes's mapped ingredients average out to 4.3/5, 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.