Avoid

Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac One Pan Dinner Kits

by Velveeta

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021000042654 · Velveeta · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021000042654 · Serving size 2.5 oz (70 g/ about 1/5 package) (makes about 1 cup) As Packaged (70 GRM)

The verdict

Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac One Pan Dinner Kits by Velveeta scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 53 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 53-component record, beginning with Enriched Macaroni Product, Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 53 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

8/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

00042654 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac One Pan Dinner Kits label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 53 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 13% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac · ±0 BOOK-OFF …042654 · July 2026

19 of 53 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00042654 · 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: Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac · Nearest score peer is Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

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

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac One Pan Dinner Kits: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac…0/1002. Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac0/1003. S'Mores Funs Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese, Chocolate Chip Graham Cookies, Marshmallows, S'Mores: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. S'Mores Funs Low-Moisture…0/1004. Confetti vanilla layer cake: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Confetti vanilla layer ca…0/1005. Everyday Favorites, Cupcakes: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Everyday Favorites, Cupca…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac One Pan Dinner Kits (0/100 on 53 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac One Pan Dinner Kits
0/100
Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac
0/100
S'Mores Funs Low-Moisture Part-Skim Mozzarella Cheese, Chocolate Chip Graham Cookies, Marshmallows, S'Mores
0/100
Confetti vanilla layer cake
0/100
Everyday Favorites, Cupcakes
0/100

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. Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac One Pan Dinner Kits scores 93.6 points below that category average (0/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products

Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac One Pan Dinner Kits lists 53 ingredients on its label

53 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 53 (87th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
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

How the 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 53 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Macaroni Product
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
5
Iron
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Vitamin B1
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Vitamin B2
10
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
11
Cheese Sauce
12
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
13
Part-skim Milk
14
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
15
Milk Protein Concentrate. Maltodextrin
16
Sodium Phosphate
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Canola Oil
19
Milk
20
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
21
Sodium Alginate
22
Sorbic Acid As A Preservative
23
Artificial Color
24
Milkfat
25
Cheese Culture
26
Oleoresin Paprika
27
Color
28
Natural Flavor
29
Enzymes
30
Annatto Extract
31
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Seasoning Mix
33
Organic Onions
34
Cheddar Cheese
35
Sunflower Oil
36
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
37
Tomatoes
38
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
39
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
40
Spices
41
Mustard
42
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
43
Butter
44
Cream
45
Buttermilk
46
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
47
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
48
Ancho Peppers
49
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
50
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
51
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
52
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
53
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

Enriched Macaroni Product (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate [Iron], Thiamin Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid), Cheese Sauce (Whey, Part-Skim Milk, Whey Protein Concentrate, Milk Protein Concentrate. Maltodextrin, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Canola Oil, Milk, Contains Less Than 2% Of Lactic Acid, Sodium Alginate, Sorbic Acid As A Preservative, Artificial Color, Milkfat, Cheese Culture, Oleoresin Paprika [Color], Natural Flavor, Enzymes, Annatto Extract [Color], Vitamin A Palmitate), Seasoning Mix (Onions*, Whey, Cheddar Cheese [Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes], Whey Protein Concentrate, Sunflower Oil, Milk, Maltodextrin, Salt, Tomatoes*, Hydrolyzed Corn Protein, Lactose, Spices [Contains Mustard], Contains Less Than 2% Of Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Diacetate, Butter (Cream, Salt), Buttermilk*, Garlic*, Yellow 5 Lake, Lactic Acid, Ancho Peppers, Natural Flavor, Sugar, Yellow 6 Lake, Citric Acid, Cheese Culture, Enzymes, Yellow 5, Yellow 6), Dried*

Categories

Meals

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac One Pan Dinner Kits

Neighbours outside Velveeta in the same lower screening band as Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac One Pan Dinner Kits (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Velveeta; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac One Pan Dinner Kits's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 53-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Ultimate Cheeseburger Mac One Pan Dinner Kits's 4 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 0021000042654: 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.