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Cheese Burger Pasta & Sauce Mix

by Spartan

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0011213185996 · Spartan. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0011213185996 · Serving size 31g

The verdict

Cheese Burger Pasta & Sauce Mix by Spartan scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 42-component record, beginning with Enriched Macaroni, Wheat Flour, Niacin. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

0/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 42 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

18/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

13185996 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheese Burger Pasta & Sauce Mix label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-PART 43% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Dinosaurs Fruit Flavored · ±0 BOOK-OFF …185996 · July 2026

18 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 13185996 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology · Read with nearest score peer: Dinosaurs Fruit Flavored Snacks · Nearest score peer is Dinosaurs Fruit Flavored Snacks at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Cheese Burger Pasta & Sauce Mix: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Cheese Burger Pasta & Sau…0/1002. Dinosaurs Fruit Flavored Snacks: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Dinosaurs Fruit Flavored …0/1003. Tropical Fruit Wafers: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Tropical Fruit Wafers0/1004. Necco, The Original Candy Wafer: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Necco, The Original Candy…0/1005. Necco, Wafer: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Necco, Wafer0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cheese Burger Pasta & Sauce Mix (0/100 on 42 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Cheese Burger Pasta & Sauce Mix
0/100
Dinosaurs Fruit Flavored Snacks
0/100
Tropical Fruit Wafers
0/100
Necco, The Original Candy Wafer
0/100
Necco, Wafer
0/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Cheese Burger Pasta & Sauce Mix lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 42 (94th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 42 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Macaroni
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Corn Starch
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Enriched Bleached Flour
11
Wheat Flour Niacin
12
Reduced Iron
13
Sucrose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
GRAS
14
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
15
From Corn
16
Tomato
17
Onion
18
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
19
Cheddar Cheese
20
Pasteurized Milk
21
Cheese Cultures
22
Enzymes
23
Msg
24
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils
25
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
26
From Milk
27
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
28
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
29
Buttermilk
30
Nonfat Dry Milk
31
Mono - And Diglycerides
32
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
33
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
34
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
35
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
36
Spice
37
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
38
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
39
Color
40
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
41
Disodium Phosphate
42
Modified Wheat Starch. Dried

Full Ingredient List

ENRICHED MACARONI (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CORN STARCH, SALT, ENRICHED BLEACHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SUCROSE, MALTODEXTRIN (FROM CORN), TOMATO*, ONION*, SODIUM HEXAMETAPHOSPHATE, CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN AND COTTONSEED OILS, WHEY (FROM MILK), GARLIC*, CITRIC ACID, BUTTERMILK, NONFAT DRY MILK, MONO - AND DIGLYCERIDES, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, YELLOW 5 LAKE, LACTIC ACID, YELLOW 5, SPICE, YELLOW 6 LAKE, CARAMEL (COLOR), YELLOW 6, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, MODIFIED WHEAT STARCH. *DRIED

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Cheese Burger Pasta & Sauce Mix

Neighbours outside Spartan in the same lower screening band as Cheese Burger Pasta & Sauce Mix (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Spartan; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheese Burger Pasta & Sauce Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 42-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Cheese Burger Pasta & Sauce Mix's 4 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0011213185996: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.