Scalloped potatoes
Scalloped potatoes by Signature Cafe, Safeway Inc. has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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 Scalloped potatoes, 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients carry 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 Scalloped potatoes 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
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
Potatoes, whole milk, caramelized onion, butter (sweet cream, salt), sour cream (pasteurized cultured cream), heavy cream (cream, carrageenan), gruyere cheese (pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes, natamycin [mold inhibitor]), parmesan and romano cheese base (parmesan and romano cheese [milk, culture, salt, enzymes], water, whey, salt, modified corn starch, cultured buttermilk solids, calcium and sodium caseinates, natural flavoring, and garlic powder), modified corn starch, swiss cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, potassium sorbate and natamycin as preservatives), flavoring (yeast extract, salt), onion powder, white pepper, potassium sorbate (preservative), sodium benzoate (preservative).
Product Details
- Barcode
- 0021130065646
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
How does Scalloped potatoes's safety score compare to other products?
Scalloped potatoes scores 4 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 80% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with 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 Scalloped 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.