Idahoan NOVA 4

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes by Idahoan has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Plant-based foods and beverages / Plant-based foods / Cereals and potatoes / Dried products / Dried products to be rehydrated / Purées / Potato preparations / Mashed potatoes / Instant mashed potatoes

How This Score Is Built

Roasted Garlic Mashed 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). 2 of its 2 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 Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes sits nationally

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

4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
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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

idaho potatoes, vegetable oil (coconut, sunflower), salt, maltodextrin, whey, sugar, buttermilk powder, nonfat dry milk, natural flavors, monoglycerides, calcium stearoyl lactylate, hydrolyzed soy protein, dried garlic, parsley. freshness preserved by sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bisulfite, citric acid, and mixed tocopherols. contains: milk, soy. gluten free y. smartlabel scan here for more food information or call 1-800-746-7999 dowat s. ter). joy. idahoan roasted ga mashe potato made with 100% real perfectly blended with roasting 34147-d no artificial flavors incup dahoanz no artificial dyes gluten free 1 serving d wet wit 1.50z (42.5g) idah roasted mash potato made with 100% real idaho f perfectly blended with roasted ca

Product Details

Brand
Idahoan
Barcode
0029700341473
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Where does Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes rank on ingredient safety?

Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes scores 4.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 71% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 4.5/5 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 4.5/5 average places Roasted Garlic Mashed Potatoes 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.