Safe

Classic Fettuccine Alfredo

by Lean Cuisine

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0013800166517 · Lean Cuisine · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0013800166517 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (262 g)

The verdict

Classic Fettuccine Alfredo by Lean Cuisine scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Water, Semolina, Soybean Oil. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 35 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

00166517 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Classic Fettuccine Alfredo label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 51% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH ROMANO CRUSTED CHICKEN · ±0 BOOK-OFF …166517 · July 2026

9 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 00166517 · 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: ROMANO CRUSTED CHICKEN · Nearest score peer is ROMANO CRUSTED CHICKEN 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Classic Fettuccine Alfredo: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Classic Fettuccine Alfredo95/1002. ROMANO CRUSTED CHICKEN: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. ROMANO CRUSTED CHICKEN95/1003. Meatloaf: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Meatloaf95/1004. Savory Beef & Broccoli Bowl: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Savory Beef & Broccoli Bo…95/1005. Italiano lasagna: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Italiano lasagna95/100
High-band neighbours for Classic Fettuccine Alfredo (95/100) outside Lean Cuisine.
Chart values as text

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

Classic Fettuccine Alfredo
95/100
ROMANO CRUSTED CHICKEN
95/100
Meatloaf
95/100
Savory Beef & Broccoli Bowl
95/100
Italiano lasagna
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Classic Fettuccine Alfredo scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products

Classic Fettuccine Alfredo lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 49th percentile a longer ingredient list than 49% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 35 (49th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Semolina
3
Soybean Oil
4
Skim Milk
5
Parmesan Asiago Cheese Blend
6
Parmesan And Asiago Cheeses
7
Cultured Milk
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Enzymes
10
Natural Flavor
11
Enzyme Modified Parmesan Cheese
12
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
13
Rice Starch
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Listed
14
Enzyme Modified Parmesan Cheese Paste
15
Parmesan Cheese
16
Cultured Part-skim Milk
17
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
18
Milk Protein Concentrate
19
Milk Cultures
20
Butter
21
Cream
22
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
23
Yeast Extract
24
Spices
25
Lactic Acid Blend
26
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
27
Calcium Lactate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
28
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
29
Corn Maltodextrin
30
Garlic Puree
31
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
32
Natural Flavors
33
Lipolyzed Cream
34
Nonfat Milk Solids
35
Extracts Of Annatto And Turmeric Color

Full Ingredient List

Cooked fettuccini: water, semolina, soybean oil, wheat gluten. sauce: skim milk, water, parmesan asiago cheese blend (parmesan and asiago cheeses [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], flavor [enzyme modified parmesan cheese {cultured milk, water, salt, enzymes}], salt), modified cornstarch, rice starch, enzyme modified parmesan cheese paste (parmesan cheese [cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes], water, whey protein concentrate, skim milk, milk protein concentrate, milk cultures, enzymes), salt, butter (cream, salt), potassium chloride, yeast extract, spices, lactic acid blend (lactic acid, calcium lactate), carrageenan, corn maltodextrin, garlic puree, wheat starch, natural flavors, lipolyzed cream (butter, nonfat milk solids), extracts of annatto and turmeric color.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Classic Fettuccine Alfredo

Neighbours outside Lean Cuisine with screening scores in the same high band as Classic Fettuccine Alfredo (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Lean Cuisine; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Classic Fettuccine Alfredo's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 35-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Classic Fettuccine Alfredo's 1 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 0013800166517: 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.