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Uncured ham & cheddar tender cooked shredded potatoes with cubed uncured ham, red bell pepper, breen onions and celery combined in a cheese sauce and topped with melted cheddar cheese hashbrown bake, uncured ham & cheddar

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021130198283 · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021130198283 · Serving size 1 cup (235 g)

The verdict

Uncured ham & cheddar tender cooked shredded potatoes with cubed uncured ham, red bell pepper, breen onions and celery combined in a cheese sauce and topped with melted cheddar cheese hashbrown bake, uncured ham & cheddar scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 58 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 58-component record, beginning with Potatoes, Whole Milk, Sharp Cheddar Cheese. 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 58 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.

30198283 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Uncured ham & cheddar tender cooked shredded potatoes with cubed uncured ham, red bell pepper, breen onions and celery combined in a cheese sauce and topped with melted cheddar cheese hashbrown bake, uncured ham & cheddar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 58 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-RARE Calcium Caseinate PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …198283 · July 2026

13 of 58 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Calcium Caseinate). Source sheet 30198283 · 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

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.

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. Uncured ham & cheddar tender cooked shredded potatoes with cubed uncured ham, red bell pepper, breen onions and celery combined in a cheese sauce and topped with melted cheddar cheese hashbrown bake, uncured ham & cheddar 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

Uncured ham & cheddar tender cooked shredded potatoes with cubed uncured ham, red bell pepper, breen onions and celery combined in a cheese sauce and topped with melted cheddar cheese hashbrown bake, uncured ham & cheddar lists 58 ingredients on its label

58 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% 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: 58 (91st 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

1
Potatoes
2
Whole Milk
3
Sharp Cheddar Cheese
4
Pasteurized Milk
5
Cheese Cultures
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Enzymes
8
Annatto Extract
9
Color
10
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
11
Mold Inhibitor
12
Sour Cream
13
Pasteurized Cultured Cream
14
Milk
15
Cooked Cubed Uncured Ham
16
Pork
17
Water
18
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Turbinado Sugar
20
Celery Powder
21
Natural Flavors
22
No Nitrates Or Nitrites Added
23
Cheddar Cheese
24
Red Bell Pepper
25
Green Onion
26
Celery
27
Onion
28
Chicken Flavor
29
Chicken Broth
30
Chicken Fat
31
Flavoring
32
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
33
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
34
Corn Starch
35
Concentrated Cheddar Cheese Paste
36
Cultures
37
Disodium Phosphate
38
Parmesan And Romano Cheese Base
39
Parmesan And Romano Cheese Concentrate
40
Granular Cheese
41
Parmesan Cheese
42
Romano Cheese
43
Natural Flavor
44
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
45
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
46
Cultured Buttermilk
47
Calcium Caseinate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Approved
48
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
49
Onion Powder
50
Garlic Powder
51
Dehydrated Parsley
52
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
53
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
54
Preservative
55
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
56
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
57
Yeast Extract
58
White Pepper

Full Ingredient List

Potatoes, whole milk, sharp cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto extract [color], natamycin [mold inhibitor]), sour cream (pasteurized cultured cream [milk], enzymes), cooked cubed uncured ham (pork, water, sea salt, turbinado sugar, celery powder, natural flavors, no nitrates or nitrites added*), water, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto extract [color], natamycin [mold inhibitor]), red bell pepper, green onion, celery, onion, chicken flavor (chicken broth, salt, chicken flavor [chicken fat, flavoring, dextrin], modified potato starch), modified corn starch, salt, cheddar cheese paste (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], water, disodium phosphate), parmesan and romano cheese base (parmesan and romano cheese concentrate [granular cheese, parmesan cheese, and romano cheese {pasteurized cow's milk, cultures, salt, enzymes}, water, salt, natural flavor, citric acid], water, salt, whey, modified corn starch, cultured buttermilk, natural flavor, calcium caseinate, sodium caseinate, onion powder, garlic powder), dehydrated parsley, dextrose, potassium sorbate (preservative), sodium benzoate (preservative), xanthan gum, citric acid, flavoring (yeast extract, salt), white pepper.

Categories

Meals

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Uncured ham & cheddar tender cooked shredded potatoes with cubed uncured ham, red bell pepper, breen onions and celery combined in a cheese sauce and topped with melted cheddar cheese hashbrown bake, uncured ham & cheddar has a longer ingredient list than 91% of its Meals 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 0021130198283: 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.