Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac
Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac by Velveeta has 6 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 A.
- 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 / Cereals and potatoes / Cereals and their products / Meals / Pastas / Dry pastas / Meal kits
How This Score Is Built
Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac 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). 6 of its 6 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 Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac 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
cheese sauce (whey, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], canola oil, whey protein concentrate, milk, milk protein concentrate, sodium phosphate, contains less than 2% of salt, lactic acid, sodium alginate, sorbic acid as a preservative, milkfat, oleoresin paprika [color], cheese culture, annatto extract [color], natural flavor, enzymes), enriched macaroni product (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate [iron], thiamin mononitrate [vitamin b1), riboflavin [vitamín b2], folic acid), seasoning blend (onions , whey, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt enzymes), whey protein concentrate, sunflower oil, milk, maltodextrin, salt, hydrolyzed čorn protein, tomatoes, lactose, spices [contains mustard], sodium phosphate, contains less than 2% of sodium diacetate, butter, buttermilk, garlic*, yellow 5 lake, lactic acid, ancho peppers, natural flavor, sugar, yellow 6 lake, citric acid, cheese culture, énzymes, yellow 5, yellow 6), *dried 20 contains: wheat, milk,
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac: 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: 6.
Product Details
- Brand
- Velveeta
- Barcode
- 0021000034055
- Nutri-Score
- Grade A
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac's 4.3/5 average puts it in the safer 62%, 0.18 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac's 4.3/5 score be read?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac's 4.3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it 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.