Macaroni
Macaroni appears in 122 indexed US food products. No FDA SAFFA status or CSPI rating is attached in this snapshot, so this page reports prevalence rather than a safety verdict.
What the data can answer
Macaroni appears in 122 catalogued products, but this snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to it. This page therefore cannot answer whether the ingredient is safe from those sources. It can show how often it occurs, where it tends to sit on labels, and which kinds of products contain it.
- 122
- catalogued products
- #2,741
- usage rank of 247,206
- 54
- named brands represented
- 9%
- average depth down ingredient lists
Catalog prevalence comes from Open Food Facts ingredient lists. FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine labels are shown only when the source record contains them.
Macaroni: top-decile catalog footprint (#2,741 of 247,206)
- Usage rank
- #2,741
- of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 12 others that also appear in exactly 122 products, listed in more products than 98.9% of them.
- Typical depth in an ingredient list
- 9%
- Of the way down the captured list, averaged across the 122 products listing it (mean slot 4.3). Macaroni usually falls near the top of the captured list; this position does not measure its amount because source formatting, compound ingredients and labeling exceptions vary.
Computed from parsed product ingredient lists (Open Food Facts). The ranking covers 247,206 ingredients that appear at least once. Neither usage rank nor label depth is a safety clearance.
What this page can and cannot answer
Use prevalence before concern
Only 18% of linked products carry any separately flagged ingredient. The stronger differentiator here is market placement: Macaroni spans 54 named brands and is led by the Meals group. Start with Ahold, homestyle picnic macaroni salad; All Natural Chicken Noodles Caserolls; Amy's, organic soups, soup, pasta & 3 bean when comparing real formulations. Because the flagged component may be something else, neither the low co-occurrence rate nor the 97.3/100 product average proves this ingredient safe.
54 named brands carry this ingredient
The processing evidence is heterogeneous rather than a single shelf pattern: the largest NOVA group contains 109 of 118 classified products, leaving a meaningful remainder elsewhere. This breadth is why the page reports label depth, category, and product examples separately. Those dimensions help locate comparable products; combining them into a stronger safety claim would hide the variation the catalog actually contains.
Next check: compare label position across two brands before treating prevalence as equivalent exposure.
What else is usually in the same product as Macaroni
Across the 122 products on this site that list Macaroni, these flagged additives appear alongside it most often. The comparison column is how often each one appears across every product with a parsed ingredient list, so the two figures are measured over the same set.
| Additive | Shared products | Share of Macaroni products | Share of all products |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrageenan | 7 | 5.7% | 4.5% |
| Caramel Coloring | 7 | 5.7% | 5.7% |
Co-occurrence describes what manufacturers formulate together. It is not a claim that these additives interact, and it carries no regulatory meaning. Counted over products with parsed ingredient lists; Open Food Facts, 2026-09-01.
How do the sampled products compare?
Each point is one of the 16 sampled products listed below: its overall safety score against how many separately flagged ingredients its label carries. Bubble size is the number of ingredient rows the label actually resolved to.
Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Macaroni
Products Containing Macaroni
High-volume slice (16 of 122) for products naming Macaroni:
Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass (near “Albacore Tuna”)
High-volume peers for Macaroni: 122 products, mean screening score 97.3/100. Catalog-mass neighbours in view: Albacore Tuna; Annato; Dried Bok Choy. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.
Similar product count
Nearest other ingredients by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar mean product score
Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.
Using the Macaroni evidence
Use the 122-product footprint and source labels as a starting point, then inspect the records most relevant to your question.
- Review the sampled product records that list Macaroni to see how the ingredient appears in actual labels. Open product sample
- Place Macaroni next to “Annato” (or another peer) using the same FDA/CSPI and prevalence fields. Open a peer record
- See the join rules behind screening scores before reading them as dietary advice. Open methodology
This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is there no FDA/CSPI verdict on Macaroni? ▼
This snapshot has no FDA SAFFA status or CSPI Chemical Cuisine rating attached to Macaroni, so PlainFoodSafe does not present a source-backed safety verdict. The page reports catalog prevalence (#2,741 of 247,206 ingredients) and label position instead.
Which product shelves show up most often with Macaroni? ▼
Macaroni ranks in the top decile by product count (#2,741 of 247,206), appearing in 122 indexed products led by Meals. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.
Why is Macaroni so common on ingredient lists? ▼
The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Macaroni appears in 122 products (#2,741 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.
Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Macaroni). Safety ratings: CSPI Chemical Cuisine; product presence: Open Food Facts via PlainFoodSafe (September 2026). Figures are computed from those sources, no editor-typed counts. Methodology · State regulations.