Idahoan Nutri-Score E NOVA 4

Wisconsin Cheddar Mashed Potatoes

Wisconsin Cheddar Mashed Potatoes: 5/5 ingredient safety

Wisconsin Cheddar Mashed Potatoes by Idahoan has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is E.

  • Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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How This Score Is Built

Wisconsin Cheddar 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). 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient is 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 Wisconsin Cheddar Mashed Potatoes sits nationally

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

5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
E
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, soybean), salt, maltodextrin, buttermilk, whey, sugar, wisconsin cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), nonfat dry milk, natural flavors, monoglycerides, calcium stearoyl lactylate, paprika extract (color), annatto extract (color). freshness preserved by sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bisulfite, citric acid and mixed tocopherols.

Product Details

Brand
Idahoan
Barcode
0029700021801
Nutri-Score
Grade E
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Wisconsin Cheddar Mashed Potatoes above or below average on ingredient safety?

Wisconsin Cheddar Mashed Potatoes scores 5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 85% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 5/5 rating on Wisconsin Cheddar Mashed Potatoes?

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 5/5 average places Wisconsin Cheddar Mashed Potatoes in the Generally Safe 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.