Macaroni And Cheese

Macaroni And Cheese appears in 9 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 And Cheese appears in 9 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.

9
catalogued products
#16,390
usage rank of 247,206
1
named brands represented
4%
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.

Reading this ingredient record

Audit the co-occurring flags first

66.7% of the linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, making co-occurrence the dominant follow-up question. That figure does not identify Macaroni And Cheese as the trigger. Open records such as Crispy Flaky Thin Crust Mac & Cheese Pizza, Mac & Cheese; Chipotle macaroni & cheese meal kit; Golden & crispy grilled cheese sandwich and inspect which ingredient row carries the caution marker. The 88.3/100 product average is therefore a triage signal for this surrounding formulation set, not an ingredient verdict. Its 4% average label depth helps locate the term when checking the package.

66.7% of linked products contain a separately flagged ingredient

Processing is unusually concentrated here: Group 4 accounts for 9 of 9 NOVA-tagged records. That describes the surrounding products, not the substance. For a useful comparison, hold category and processing level constant, then inspect which named component changes alongside the caution flag; otherwise the product mix will confound the ingredient question.

Next check: open the lowest-scoring linked formulation and locate the exact caution-marked component.

Macaroni And Cheese sits in the busiest tenth of the catalog (#16,390 / 247,206)

Usage rank
#16,390
of 247,206 ingredients that appear in at least one catalogued product, tied with 1,423 others that also appear in exactly 9 products.
Typical depth in an ingredient list
4%
Averaged label depth puts Macaroni And Cheese near the top of the captured list (4% of list length, mean slot 4.4). Compound ingredients and OCR noise mean this cannot stand in for quantity.

Derived by this site from the ingredient lists of every catalogued product (Open Food Facts), recomputed on each data refresh. 247,206 ingredients have at least one appearance and are ranked here. Usage and list position describe prevalence, not safety.

How do the sampled products compare?

Each point is one of the 9 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 And Cheese

Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine. 2×2 strategic matrix plotting 9 entities by Safety score (X) and Flagged ingredients on label (Y), with a crosshair dividing the plot into four quadrants. High score, still flaggedLow score, more flaggedHigh score, fewer flaggedLow score, fewer flagged 406080100120 01234 Safety score Flagged ingredients on label Safety score vs. flagged-ingredient count for products containing Macaroni And Cheese Crispy Flaky Thin Crust Mac & Cheese Pizza, Mac & CheeseChipotle macaroni & cheese meal kitGolden & crispy grilled cheese sandwichHickory smoked beef brisket with bbq sauce, roasted corn and creamy mac & cheeseMac & cheese with bbq pulled porkMac & cheese with buffalo style chickenPulled pork in bbq sauceSalisbury steakSteak 'N Mac
Per-product safety score and flagged-ingredient count from the same sampled listings shown below. Bubble size = linked ingredient rows. Source: Open Food Facts labels x FDA SAFFA x CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Peer ingredients with comparable catalog mass

High-volume peers for Macaroni And Cheese: 9 products, mean screening score 88.3/100. Axes below stay distinct so count-neighbors do not duplicate score-neighbors.

Similar mean product score

Mean product-score neighbours (≥50 scored products), kept separate from the product-count peers above.

Next steps from the Macaroni And Cheese page

9 product rows plus any FDA/CSPI fields on Macaroni And Cheese are the evidence base — drill into the listings that matter for your decision.

  • Open the product sample for Macaroni And Cheese and read how the term sits on real packages. See listed products
  • Compare another ingredient’s source-backed rating, FDA status, and product footprint. Open a peer record
  • Check the methodology for how FDA SAFFA, CSPI, and Open Food Facts rows are joined on this site. Read the methodology

This page describes published source classifications and product-label coverage. It is not dietary, allergy, or medical advice.

Questions readers ask about Macaroni And Cheese

How should I read safety signals when Macaroni And Cheese sits in heavily flagged products?

66.7% of linked products contain at least one separately flagged ingredient, so the first task is locating which row carries the caution marker — not assuming Macaroni And Cheese is the trigger. None of that replaces a product-, dose-, allergy-, or person-specific determination.

Which product shelves show up most often with Macaroni And Cheese?

Macaroni And Cheese ranks in the top decile by product count (#16,390 of 247,206), appearing in 9 indexed products led by Frozen foods. The sample list below is a slice of that footprint, not the full universe.

Why is Macaroni And Cheese so common on ingredient lists?

The source record does not name a technical effect, yet Macaroni And Cheese appears in 9 products (#16,390 usage rank). High prevalence here describes formulation frequency, not an approved use level.

Regulatory status: FDA SAFFA (Macaroni And Cheese). 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.