Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit
by Velveeta
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021000042630 · Velveeta · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit by Velveeta scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 57 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 57-component record, beginning with Enriched Macaroni Product, Wheat Semolina, Wheat Flour. 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 57 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- D
- 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
63/100
Grade C+
Ingredient Safety
100/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
D
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.
00042630 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit label screening desk
17 of 57 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Torula yeast). Source sheet 00042630 · 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: Chicken Parmesan Creamy Cheese Sauce With Pasta, Breading Mix & Seasoning Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit, Chicken Parmesan · Nearest score peer is Chicken Parmesan Creamy Cheese Sauce With Pasta, Breading Mix & Seasoning Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit, Chicken Parmesan 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.
This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.
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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit scores 6.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products
Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit lists 57 ingredients on its label
57 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% of the 11,283 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 12 products (0%)
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- 83 products (1%)
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- 127 products (1%)
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- 209 products (2%)
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- 312 products (3%)
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- 315 products (3%)
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- 412 products (4%)
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- 38–40
- 388 products (3%)
- 40 and above
- 3,204 products (28%)
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 11,283 Meals 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
Full Ingredient List
Enriched Macaroni Product (Wheat Semolina, Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate [Iron], Thiamin Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid); Cheese Sauce (Whey [From Milk], Cheddar Cheese [Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes], Milk, Whey Protein Concentrate, Canola Oil, Milk Protein Concentrate, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Contains Less Than 2% Of Enzyme Modified Cheese [Milk, Water, Sodium Phosphate, Milkfat, Salt, Cheese Culture, Enzymes], Lactic Acid, Milkfat, Sodium Alginate, Sorbic Acid As A Preservative, Oleoresin Paprika [Color], Annatto [Color], Natural Flavor, Cheese Culture, Enzymes); Seasoning Blend (Spice [Contains Celery], Ancho Peppers, Sugar, Maltodextrin, Onions*, Tomato*, Garlic*, Natural Flavor [Contains Natural Smoke Flavor], Salt, Autolyzed Yeast Extract [Contains Barley], Gum Arabic, Yeast Extract, Tricalcium Phosphate, Silicon Dioxide As An Anticaking Agent, Dextrose, Sunflower Oil, Torula Yeast*, Modified Food Starch, Corn Syrup Solids, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate, Artificial Flavor)
Other products containing Ancho Peppers
Ancho Peppers is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 21 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit
Neighbours outside Velveeta with screening scores in the same high band as Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Velveeta; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (57 on 0021000042630).
Read the longer label in layers
Read the longer label in layers
Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit has a longer ingredient list than 90% of its Meals category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.
- Open Torula yeast first, then work through the remaining 57 parsed entries. Inspect ingredients
- Compare this longer label with a cross-brand product of similar list depth. Compare label depth
- Use the methodology to separate a derived screening score from dietary or medical advice. Read the boundary
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0021000042630: 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.