Safe

Elbow Macaroni

by Fareway

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021333400503 · Fareway. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021333400503

The verdict

Elbow Macaroni by Fareway scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 1 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. Its short parsed label begins Durum Wheat Semolina Niacin Iron Thiamin Mononitrate Riboflavin Folic Acid, so the useful next step is to inspect those few components directly rather than infer from the composite score. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 1 analyzed
0021333400503
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

100/100

Grade A+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

N/A

NOVA food-processing classification

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.

33400503 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Elbow Macaroni label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-SHORT 1 ing. REG-SPARSE 0% reg. NOVA-UNK NOVA n/a NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-LONG Len top 100% PHOTO-FINISH Black Tea · ±0 BOOK-OFF …400503 · July 2026

None of the 1 parsed ingredients appear in FDA SAFFA or CSPI — absence of evidence, not a clean bill. Source sheet 33400503 · 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: Black Tea · Nearest score peer is Black Tea 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 parsed into a small number of components. On a short list the registry screen covers close to everything the packaging declares, and any single matched component accounts for a correspondingly large share of the composite. Short lists also leave less room for parsing error, since there are fewer separators and qualifiers for the extraction to resolve.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Elbow Macaroni: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Elbow Macaroni100/1002. Black Tea: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Black Tea100/1003. 100% vegetable juice from concentrate: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. 100% vegetable juice from…100/1004. Spicy 100% vegetable juice from concentrate, spicy: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Spicy 100% vegetable juic…100/1005. Organic Juice: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Organic Juice100/100
High-band neighbours for Elbow Macaroni (100/100) outside Fareway.
Chart values as text

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

Elbow Macaroni
100/100
Black Tea
100/100
100% vegetable juice from concentrate
100/100
Spicy 100% vegetable juice from concentrate, spicy
100/100
Organic Juice
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Elbow Macaroni lists 1 ingredient on its label

1 0th percentile a longer ingredient list than 0% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Above this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Above this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Above this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Above this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Above this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Above this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Above this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Above this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Above this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Above this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Above this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Above this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Above this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. 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: 1 (0th 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.

Full Ingredient List

durum wheat semolina niacin iron thiamin mononitrate riboflavin folic acid

High-score cross-brand comparables for Elbow Macaroni

Neighbours outside Fareway with screening scores in the same high band as Elbow Macaroni (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Fareway; these peers cross brands.

Check the compact label closely

Check the compact label closely

Elbow Macaroni has a shorter ingredient list than 100% of its published comparison set. A short list is descriptive, not a safety verdict, so inspect the named ingredients directly.

  • Start with the parsed ingredient profiles and review the source-backed context behind this compact list. Inspect ingredients
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  • Check how the screening method treats registry matches and unmatched ingredients. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0021333400503: 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.