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Penne & Vegetable With Alfredo Sauce

by Birds Eye

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0014500013743 · Birds Eye. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0014500013743 · Serving size 185g

The verdict

Penne & Vegetable With Alfredo Sauce by Birds Eye scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 65 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 65-component record, beginning with Cooked Enriched Macaroni Product, Water, Enriched Macaroni Product. 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 65 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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00013743 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Penne & Vegetable With Alfredo Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 65 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Autolyzed yeast extract PHOTO-FINISH Brown & Wild · ±0 BOOK-OFF …013743 · July 2026

15 of 65 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Autolyzed yeast extract). Source sheet 00013743 · 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: Brown & Wild Rice Selects With Broccoli & Carrots · Nearest score peer is Brown & Wild Rice Selects With Broccoli & Carrots 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.

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. Penne & Vegetable With Alfredo Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Penne & Vegetable With Al…100/1002. Brown & Wild Rice Selects With Broccoli & Carrots: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Brown & Wild Rice Selects…100/1003. Sweet & Sour Chicken: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sweet & Sour Chicken100/1004. Lightly seasoned southwestern style rice: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Lightly seasoned southwes…100/1005. Tri Color Pepper & Onion Blend: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Tri Color Pepper & Onion …100/100
High-band neighbours for Penne & Vegetable With Alfredo Sauce (100/100) outside Birds Eye.
Chart values as text

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

Penne & Vegetable With Alfredo Sauce
100/100
Brown & Wild Rice Selects With Broccoli & Carrots
100/100
Sweet & Sour Chicken
100/100
Lightly seasoned southwestern style rice
100/100
Tri Color Pepper & Onion Blend
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Penne & Vegetable With Alfredo Sauce lists 65 ingredients on its label

65 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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

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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 65 (99th 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

1
Cooked Enriched Macaroni Product
2
Water
3
Enriched Macaroni Product
4
Durum Wheat Semolina
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Alfredo Sauce
11
Light Cream Blend
12
Cream
13
Skim Milk Powder
14
Romano Cheese
15
Pasteurized Part Skim Cow's Milk
16
Culture Salt
17
Enzymes
18
Alfredo Flavor Base
19
Parmesan Cheese
20
Milk
21
Cultures
22
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
23
Romano Cheese
24
Unsalted Butter
25
Olive Oil
26
Sweet Powder
27
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
28
Yeast Extract And Natural Flavorings
29
Modified Food Starch
30
Natural Flavor
31
Milk Culture
32
Yeast Extract
33
Unsalted Ted Butter
34
Flavorings
35
Corn Oil
36
Cream Powder
37
Sugar And Natural Flavorings
38
Romano Type Cheese Blend
39
Granular And Romano Cheese From Cow's Milk
40
Pasteurized Milk
41
Cheese Cultures
42
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
43
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
44
Sodium Citrate
45
Organic Butter Concentrate
46
Butter
47
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
48
Natural Parmesan Cheese Type Flavor
49
Cheddar
50
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
51
Enxymes
52
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
53
Natural Flavors
54
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
55
Food Starch-modified And Lactic Acid
56
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
57
Potato
58
Natural Flavor
59
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
60
Spice
61
Spices
62
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
63
Dehydrated Vegetables
64
Red And Yellow Bell Peppers
65
Peas

Full Ingredient List

COOKED ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (WATER, ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT (DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID)), ALFREDO SAUCE (WATER, LIGHT CREAM BLEND (CREAM, SKIM MILK POWDER), ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM COW'S MILK, CULTURE SALT, ENZYMES), ALFREDO FLAVOR BASE (PARMESAN CHEESE [MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], AND ROMANO CHEESE [MILK, CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], UNSALTED BUTTER, OLIVE OIL, SWEET POWDER, SUGAR, YEAST EXTRACT AND FLAVORINGS), MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, FLAVOR (PARMESAN CHEESE [MILK CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES], SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, UNSALTED TED BUTTER (CREAM, FLAVORINGS), CORN OIL, OLIVE OIL, CREAM POWDER, SUGAR AND NATURAL FLAVORINGS), ROMANO TYPE CHEESE BLEND (GRANULAR AND ROMANO CHEESE FROM COW'S MILK [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES], WHEY, WATER, SALT, LACTIC ACID, SODIUM CITRATE), WHEY, BUTTER CONCENTRATE (BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], FLAVOR), XANTHAN GUM, NATURAL PARMESAN CHEESE TYPE FLAVOR (DEHYDRATED CHEDDAR (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENXYMES), MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVORS, AND COCONUT OIL), FOOD STARCH-MODIFIED AND LACTIC ACID, NATURAL PARMESAN CHEESE TYPE FLAVOR (SALT, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, MALTODEXTRIN [POTATO], NATURAL FLAVOR, COCONUT OIL), SPICE, YEAST EXTRACT, SPICES, CITRIC ACID), VEGETABLES (RED AND YELLOW BELL PEPPERS, PEAS).

High-score cross-brand comparables for Penne & Vegetable With Alfredo Sauce

Neighbours outside Birds Eye with screening scores in the same high band as Penne & Vegetable With Alfredo Sauce (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Birds Eye; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Penne & Vegetable With Alfredo Sauce has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its published 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 0014500013743: 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.