Safe

Au Gratin Potatoes

by Signature Kitchens

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021130336975 · Signature Kitchens. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021130336975 · Serving size 28.3495g

The verdict

Au Gratin Potatoes by Signature Kitchens scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 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 45-component record, beginning with Dehydrated Potato With Preservative, Sodium Bisulfate, Whey. 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 45 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0021130336975
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

30336975 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Au Gratin Potatoes label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-RARE Dextrin PHOTO-FINISH Sauerkraut · ±0 BOOK-OFF …336975 · July 2026

14 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Dextrin). Source sheet 30336975 · 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: Sauerkraut · Nearest score peer is Sauerkraut 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Au Gratin Potatoes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Au Gratin Potatoes100/1002. Sauerkraut: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sauerkraut100/1003. Cafe bowl apple blue pecan salad: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cafe bowl apple blue peca…100/1004. Cut Leaf Spinach: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cut Leaf Spinach100/1005. Mashed Potatoes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mashed Potatoes100/100
High-band neighbours for Au Gratin Potatoes (100/100) outside Signature Kitchens.
Chart values as text

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

Au Gratin Potatoes
100/100
Sauerkraut
100/100
Cafe bowl apple blue pecan salad
100/100
Cut Leaf Spinach
100/100
Mashed Potatoes
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Au Gratin Potatoes lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 45 (95th 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

1
Dehydrated Potato With Preservative
2
Sodium Bisulfate
3
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
4
Corn Starch
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil With Emulsifier
7
Mono-and Diglycerides
8
Enriched Wheat Flour
9
Wheat Flour
10
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Iron
12
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
15
Cheddar Cheese
16
Milk
17
Cheese Culture
18
Enzymes
19
Buttermilk
20
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
21
Onion
22
Monosodium
23
Glutamate
24
Natural Flavor
25
Corn Syrup Solids
26
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
27
Reduced-lactose Whey
28
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
29
Disodium Phosphate
30
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
31
Monocalcium Phosphate
32
Baking Soda
33
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
34
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
35
Color
36
Annatto Extract
37
Yellow 5 And 6
38
Yellow Lake
39
Butter
40
Cream
41
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
42
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
43
Blue Cheese
44
Cultured Milk
45
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein

Full Ingredient List

DEHYDRATED POTATO WITH PRESERVATIVE (SODIUM BISULFATE), WHEY, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, PARTIALLY HYDROGENATED SOYBEAN OIL WITH EMULSIFIER (MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES), ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CHEDDAR CHEESE (MILK, CHEESE CULTURE , SALT, ENZYMES), BUTTERMILK, MALTODEXTRIN, DEHYDRATED ONION, MONOSODIUM, GLUTAMATE, NATURAL FLAVOR, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, REDUCED-LACTOSE WHEY, DEXTRIN, DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, BAKING SODA, WHEAT STARCH, LACTIC ACID, COLOR (ANNATTO EXTRACT, YELLOW 5 AND 6, YELLOW LAKE), BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), SODIUM CASEINATE, CITRIC ACID, BLUE CHEESE (CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES ), HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN.

Other products containing Yellow Lake

Yellow Lake is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Au Gratin Potatoes

Neighbours outside Signature Kitchens with screening scores in the same high band as Au Gratin Potatoes (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Signature Kitchens; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Au Gratin Potatoes has a longer ingredient list than 95% of its published 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 0021130336975: 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.