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Macaroni & Cheese With Whole Wheat Breaded Chicken Nuggets Shaped Chicken Breast Patties With Rib Meat And Broccoli, Macaroni & Cheese

by Kraft

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021000071180 · Kraft · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021000071180 · Serving size 1 CONTAINER (241 g)

The verdict

Macaroni & Cheese With Whole Wheat Breaded Chicken Nuggets Shaped Chicken Breast Patties With Rib Meat And Broccoli, Macaroni & Cheese by Kraft scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 66 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 66-component record, beginning with Macaroni & Cheese Sauce, 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 66 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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00071180 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Macaroni & Cheese With Whole Wheat Breaded Chicken Nuggets Shaped Chicken Breast Patties With Rib Meat And Broccoli, Macaroni & Cheese label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 66 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-RARE Torula yeast PHOTO-FINISH Cheesy Hash Browns · ±0 BOOK-OFF …071180 · July 2026

15 of 66 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Torula yeast). Source sheet 00071180 · 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: Cheesy Hash Browns Creamy Cheese Sauce With Shredded Potatoes, Cheesy · Nearest score peer is Cheesy Hash Browns Creamy Cheese Sauce With Shredded Potatoes, Cheesy 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.

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.

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. Macaroni & Cheese With Whole Wheat Breaded Chicken Nuggets Shaped Chicken Breast Patties With Rib Meat And Broccoli, Macaroni & Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Macaroni & Cheese With Wh…100/1002. Cheesy Hash Browns Creamy Cheese Sauce With Shredded Potatoes, Cheesy: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cheesy Hash Browns Creamy…100/1003. Hibachi chicken rice, fried rice with white meat chicken, grilled onions, carrots and egg: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hibachi chicken rice, fri…100/1004. CHEDDAR CHEESE, MINI CRACKERS: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. CHEDDAR CHEESE, MINI CRAC…100/1005. TACO BELL BAJA SAUCE: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. TACO BELL BAJA SAUCE100/100
High-band neighbours for Macaroni & Cheese With Whole Wheat Breaded Chicken Nuggets Shaped Chicken Breast Patties With Rib Meat And Broccoli, Macaroni & Cheese (100/100) outside Kraft.
Chart values as text

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

Macaroni & Cheese With Whole Wheat Breaded Chicken Nuggets Shaped Chicken Breast Patties With Rib Meat And Broccoli, Macaroni & Cheese
100/100
Cheesy Hash Browns Creamy Cheese Sauce With Shredded Potatoes, Cheesy
100/100
Hibachi chicken rice, fried rice with white meat chicken, grilled onions, carrots and egg
100/100
CHEDDAR CHEESE, MINI CRACKERS
100/100
TACO BELL BAJA SAUCE
100/100

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. Macaroni & Cheese With Whole Wheat Breaded Chicken Nuggets Shaped Chicken Breast Patties With Rib Meat And Broccoli, Macaroni & Cheese scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Macaroni & Cheese With Whole Wheat Breaded Chicken Nuggets Shaped Chicken Breast Patties With Rib Meat And Broccoli, Macaroni & Cheese lists 66 ingredients on its label

66 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 66 (93rd 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

1
Macaroni & Cheese Sauce
2
Water
3
Enriched Macaroni Product
4
Wheat Flour
5
Durum Flour
6
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
8
Iron
9
Thiamin Mononitrate
10
Vitamin B1
11
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
12
Vitamin B2
13
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
14
Half And Half
15
Milk
16
Cream
17
Cheese Sauce Mix
18
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
19
Milkfat
20
Milk Protein Concentrate
21
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
22
Sodium Triphosphate
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
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
25
Calcium Phosphate
26
Sodium Phosphate
27
Paprika
28
Turmeric
29
And Annatto Added For Color
30
Enzymes
31
Cheese Culture
32
Butter
33
Sharp Cheddar Cheese
34
Cultured Milk
35
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
36
Color
37
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
38
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
39
Cheese Blend
40
Cheddar
41
Granular
42
Semisoft And Blue Cheese
43
Cheese Cultures
44
Dried Vinegar
45
Flavor Enhancer
46
Milk Solids
47
Nonfat Dry Milk
48
Natural Flavor
49
Natural Flavor
50
Fully Cooked Breaded Nugget Shaped Chicken Patties With Rib Meat
51
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
52
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
53
Whole Wheat Flour
54
Corn Starch
55
Yeast
56
Spices
57
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
58
Garlic Powder
59
Onion Powder
60
Leavening
61
Cream Of Tartar
62
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
63
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
64
Natural Flavors. Breading Set In Soybean Oil
65
Broccoli
66
Butter Sauce

Full Ingredient List

Macaroni & Cheese Sauce (Water, Enriched Macaroni Product [Wheat Flour, Durum Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate (Iron), Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid], Half And Half [Milk, Cream], Cheese Sauce Mix [Whey, Milkfat, Milk Protein Concentrate, Salt, Sodium Triphosphate, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Calcium Phosphate, Sodium Phosphate, With Paprika, Turmeric, And Annatto Added For Color, Enzymes, Cheese Culture], Butter [Cream, Salt], Sharp Cheddar Cheese [Cultured Milk, Cream, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto (Color)], Cornstarch, Whey Protein Concentrate, Cheese Blend [Cheddar, Granular, Semisoft And Blue Cheese (Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Water, Sodium Phosphate, Vinegar, Salt], Flavor Enhancer [Milk Solids, Nonfat Dry Milk, Salt, Natural Flavor], Salt, Flavor), Fully Cooked Breaded Nugget Shaped Chicken Patties With Rib Meat (Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Water, Tapioca Starch, Salt, Chicken Broth. Battered And Breaded With: Whole Wheat Flour, Water, Wheat Flour, Corn Starch, Yeast, Spices, Sugar, Salt, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Leavening [Cream Of Tartar, Sodium Bicarbonate], Torula Yeast, Natural Flavors. Breading Set In Soybean Oil), Broccoli, Butter Sauce (Water, Butter [Cream, Salt], Corn Starch, Salt, Milk Solids, Nonfat Dry Milk, Flavor, Natural Flavor).

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Macaroni & Cheese With Whole Wheat Breaded Chicken Nuggets Shaped Chicken Breast Patties With Rib Meat And Broccoli, Macaroni & Cheese

Neighbours outside Kraft with screening scores in the same high band as Macaroni & Cheese With Whole Wheat Breaded Chicken Nuggets Shaped Chicken Breast Patties With Rib Meat And Broccoli, Macaroni & Cheese (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kraft; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Macaroni & Cheese With Whole Wheat Breaded Chicken Nuggets Shaped Chicken Breast Patties With Rib Meat And Broccoli, Macaroni & Cheese has a longer ingredient list than 93% of its Frozen foods category 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 0021000071180: 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.