Safe

Mini Meal Kit, Rice Pasta & Cheddar

by Annie's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0013562001460 · Annie's · Snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0013562001460 · Serving size 1 BOX (103 g)

The verdict

Mini Meal Kit, Rice Pasta & Cheddar by Annie's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 45-component record, beginning with Rice Pasta, White And Brown Rice Flour, Tapioca Starch. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 45 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

62001460 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Mini Meal Kit, Rice Pasta & Cheddar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-SPARSE 18% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-RARE Potassium Chloride PHOTO-FINISH Organic Grass Fed · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001460 · July 2026

8 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Chloride). Source sheet 62001460 · 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: Organic Grass Fed Classic Mild Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese · Nearest score peer is Organic Grass Fed Classic Mild Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Mini Meal Kit, Rice Pasta & Cheddar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Mini Meal Kit, Rice Pasta…100/1002. Organic Grass Fed Classic Mild Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Organic Grass Fed Classic…100/1003. Organic Grass Fed Shells & White Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Organic Grass Fed Shells …100/1004. Fun Pasta Shapes With Yummy Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fun Pasta Shapes With Yum…100/1005. Bunny Cookies, Cocoa & Vanilla: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Bunny Cookies, Cocoa & Va…100/100
High-band neighbours for Mini Meal Kit, Rice Pasta & Cheddar (100/100) outside Annie's.
Chart values as text

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

Mini Meal Kit, Rice Pasta & Cheddar
100/100
Organic Grass Fed Classic Mild Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese
100/100
Organic Grass Fed Shells & White Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese
100/100
Fun Pasta Shapes With Yummy Cheddar Macaroni & Cheese
100/100
Bunny Cookies, Cocoa & Vanilla
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 88,006 products we've scored in the Snacks category, the average safety score is 86.1/100. Mini Meal Kit, Rice Pasta & Cheddar scores 13.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 86.1/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Snacks products

Mini Meal Kit, Rice Pasta & Cheddar lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 81,477 products we track

0–2: 275 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 2,901 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4,248 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 5,408 products (7%). Below this entry. 8–10: 5,486 products (7%). Below this entry. 10–12: 5,840 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 6,252 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 6,724 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 6,221 products (8%). Below this entry. 18–20: 5,168 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 4,508 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 3,809 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 3,567 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 2,829 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 2,282 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,905 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,715 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 1,572 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 1,417 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 1,284 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 8,066 products (10%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Snacks product, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

81,477 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 45 (93rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
275 products (0%)
2–4
2,901 products (4%)
4–6
4,248 products (5%)
6–8
5,408 products (7%)
8–10
5,486 products (7%)
10–12
5,840 products (7%)
12–14
6,252 products (8%)
14–16
6,724 products (8%)
16–18
6,221 products (8%)
18–20
5,168 products (6%)
20–22
4,508 products (6%)
22–24
3,809 products (5%)
24–26
3,567 products (4%)
26–28
2,829 products (3%)
28–30
2,282 products (3%)
30–32
1,905 products (2%)
32–34
1,715 products (2%)
34–36
1,572 products (2%)
36–38
1,417 products (2%)
38–40
1,284 products (2%)
40 and above
8,066 products (10%)

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. The comparison here runs against the 81,477 Snacks products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Rice Pasta
2
White And Brown Rice Flour
3
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
4
Cheddar Cheese
5
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Non-animal Enzymes
8
Nonfat Dry Milk
9
Corn Starch
10
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
11
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
12
Butter
13
Cultured Whole Milk
14
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
15
Sunflower Lecithin
16
Sodium Phosphate
17
Annatto Extract For Color
18
Cane Sugar
19
Rice Flour
20
Yellow Corn Flour
21
Palm Oil
22
Brown Rice Flour
23
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
24
Soy Flour
25
Tapioca Syrup
26
Organic Cocoa
27
Natural Chocolate And Vanilla Flavors
28
Baking Soda
29
Soy Lecithin
30
Apple Puree Concentrate
31
Apple Juice Concentrate
32
Strawberry Juice Concentrate
33
Natural Strawberry And Other Fruit Flavors
34
Citrus Pectin
35
Colors
36
Black Carrot
37
Black Currant
38
And Organic Apple Extracts
39
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
40
Vitamin C
41
Lemon Juice Concentrate
42
Expeller Pressed Sunflower Oil
43
Carnauba Wax
44
Vitamin E
45
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

Full Ingredient List

Annie'S Rice Pasta And Cheddar: Rice Pasta (White And Brown Rice Flour), Tapioca Starch, Cheddar Cheese (Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Non-Animal Enzymes), Nonfat Dry Milk, Corn Starch, Organic Coconut Oil, Whey, Butter, Salt, Cultured Whole Milk, Potassium Chloride, Sunflower Lecithin, Sodium Phosphate, Annatto Extract For Color, Silicon Dioxide For Anticaking. Annie'S Cocoa & Vanilla Cookies: Cane Sugar, Rice Flour, Yellow Corn Flour, Palm Oil, Brown Rice Flour, Corn Starch, Organic Tapioca Starch, Soy Flour, Organic Tapioca Syrup, Cocoa, Natural Chocolate And Vanilla Flavors, Salt, Baking Soda, Soy Lecithin, Xanthan Gum. Annie'S Organic Orchard Strawberry Fruit Bites: Organic Apple Puree Concentrate, Organic Apple Juice Concentrate, Organic Strawberry Juice Concentrate, Natural Strawberry And Other Fruit Flavors, Citrus Pectin, Organic Colors (Organic Black Carrot, Organic Black Currant, And Organic Apple Extracts), Ascorbic Acid (Vitamin C), Organic Lemon Juice Concentrate, Organic Expeller Pressed Sunflower Oil, Carnauba Wax, Vitamin E (To Protect Flavor), Citric Acid.

Other products containing And Organic Apple Extracts

And Organic Apple Extracts is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Mini Meal Kit, Rice Pasta & Cheddar

Neighbours outside Annie's with screening scores in the same high band as Mini Meal Kit, Rice Pasta & Cheddar (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Annie's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Mini Meal Kit, Rice Pasta & Cheddar has a longer ingredient list than 93% of its Snacks category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

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

Barcode 0013562001460: 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.