Concern

Tetrazzini Spaghetti And Creamy Cause Mix

by Tuna Helper

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0016000263192 · Tuna Helper. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0016000263192 · Serving size 40g

The verdict

Tetrazzini Spaghetti And Creamy Cause Mix by Tuna Helper scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 30 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 30-component label is layered, beginning with Enriched Spaghetti, Wheat Flour, Niacin. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 30 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

43/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

00263192 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tetrazzini Spaghetti And Creamy Cause Mix label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-LAYERED 30 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 14% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 5 PHOTO-FINISH Trix · ±0 BOOK-OFF …263192 · July 2026

12 of 30 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 5). Source sheet 00263192 · 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: Trix · Nearest score peer is Trix at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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.

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. Tetrazzini Spaghetti And Creamy Cause Mix: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Tetrazzini Spaghetti And…50/1002. Trix: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Trix50/1003. Fruit by the Foot Berry Tie-Dye: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Fruit by the Foot Berry T…50/1004. Fruit rollups: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fruit rollups50/1005. The Grinch Vanilla Cereal: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. The Grinch Vanilla Cereal50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Tetrazzini Spaghetti And Creamy Cause Mix (50/100 on 30 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Tetrazzini Spaghetti And Creamy Cause Mix
50/100
Trix
50/100
Fruit by the Foot Berry Tie-Dye
50/100
Fruit rollups
50/100
The Grinch Vanilla Cereal
50/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Tetrazzini Spaghetti And Creamy Cause Mix lists 30 ingredients on its label

30 86th percentile a longer ingredient list than 86% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. 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: 30 (86th 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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 30 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Spaghetti
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
5
Thiamin Mononitrate
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
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
11
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
12
Parmesan Cheese
13
Milk
14
Cheese Cultures
15
Enzymes
16
Buttermilk
17
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
18
Msg
19
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
20
Dried Red Bell Peppers
21
Yeast Extract
22
Natural And Artificial Flavor
23
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
24
Dehydrated Parsley
25
Monoglycerides
26
Color
27
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
28
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
29
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
30
Anticaking Agent

Full Ingredient List

ENRICHED SPAGHETTI (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CORN STARCH, SALT, SUGAR, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL, PARMESAN CHEESE* (MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), BUTTERMILK, CORN SYRUP*, MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE, MALTODEXTRIN, RED BELL PEPPERS*, YEAST EXTRACT, NATURAL AND ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, PARSLEY*, MONOGLYCERIDES, CITRIC ACID, COLOR (YELLOW 5 LAKE, YELLOW 5), SILICON DIOXIDE (ANTICAKING AGENT).

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Tetrazzini Spaghetti And Creamy Cause Mix

Neighbours outside Tuna Helper near Tetrazzini Spaghetti And Creamy Cause Mix's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Tuna Helper; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 5 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Tetrazzini Spaghetti And Creamy Cause Mix's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 30-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 5. Open Yellow 5
  • Compare Tetrazzini Spaghetti And Creamy Cause Mix's 2 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 0016000263192: 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.