Safe

Idahoan, steakhouse, red potatoes, cheddar & broccoli

by Idahoan

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0029700001940 · Idahoan · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0029700001940 · Serving size 0.5 cup (29 g)

The verdict

Idahoan, steakhouse, red potatoes, cheddar & broccoli by Idahoan scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 43 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 43-component record, beginning with Idaho Red Potato Slices, Preserved With Sodium Bisulfite, Broccoli Cheddar Sauce Mix. 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 43 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00001940 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Idahoan, steakhouse, red potatoes, cheddar & broccoli label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 43 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-RARE Sodium Bisulfite PHOTO-FINISH Cheesy Hashbrown Potatoes · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001940 · July 2026

9 of 43 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Bisulfite). Source sheet 00001940 · 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 Hashbrown Potatoes · Nearest score peer is Cheesy Hashbrown Potatoes 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 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. Idahoan, steakhouse, red potatoes, cheddar & broccoli: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Idahoan, steakhouse, red …100/1002. Cheesy Hashbrown Potatoes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cheesy Hashbrown Potatoes100/1003. Scalloped Red Potatoes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Scalloped Red Potatoes100/1004. Creamy Mashed Potatoes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Creamy Mashed Potatoes100/1005. All Natural Chicken Patties: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. All Natural Chicken Patti…100/100
High-band neighbours for Idahoan, steakhouse, red potatoes, cheddar & broccoli (100/100) outside Idahoan.
Chart values as text

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

Idahoan, steakhouse, red potatoes, cheddar & broccoli
100/100
Cheesy Hashbrown Potatoes
100/100
Scalloped Red Potatoes
100/100
Creamy Mashed Potatoes
100/100
All Natural Chicken Patties
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Idahoan, steakhouse, red potatoes, cheddar & broccoli scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.7/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Plant-based foods and beverages products

Idahoan, steakhouse, red potatoes, cheddar & broccoli lists 43 ingredients on its label

43 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 43 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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
Idaho Red Potato Slices
2
Preserved With Sodium Bisulfite
3
Broccoli Cheddar Sauce Mix
4
Modified Food Starch
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Palm Oil
7
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
8
Broccoli
9
Natural And Artificial Flavors
10
Corn Syrup Solids
11
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
12
Onion
13
Cheddar Cheese
14
Pasteurized Milk
15
Cheese Cultures
16
Enzymes
17
Soy Lecithin
18
Soybean Oil
19
Yeast Extract
20
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
21
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
22
Monoglycerides
23
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
24
Annatto Extract
25
Spice
26
Paprika Extract
27
And Less Than 2% Silicon Dioxide Added As An Anti-caking Agent
28
Parmesan Cheese Topping
29
Parmesan Cheese
30
Idaho
31
Soybean
32
Cottonseed
33
Organic Sunflower
34
Canola
35
Nonfat Dry Milk
36
Calcium Stearoyl Lactylate
37
Artificial Color
38
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
39
Preserve Freshness
40
Sodium Bisulfite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
41
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
42
Mixed Tocopherols
43
Disodium Phosphate

Full Ingredient List

Idaho red potato slices (preserved with sodium bisulfite), broccoli cheddar sauce mix [modified food starch, salt, palm oil, maltodextrin, broccoli, natural and artificial flavors, corn syrup solids, dried garlic, dried onion, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), soy lecithin, soybean oil, yeast extract, sodium caseinate, xanthan gum, monoglycerides, dipotassium phosphate, annatto extract, spice, paprika extract, and less than 2% silicon dioxide added as an anti-caking agent, parmesan cheese topping [(parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), idaho [contains one or more of the following: soybean, cottonseed, sunflower, canola], nonfat dry milk, monoglycerides, calcium stearoyl lactylate, spice, artificial color, natural and artificial flavors, sodium acid pyrophosphate [preserve freshness], sodium bisulfite [preserve freshness], citric acid [preserve freshness], and mixed tocopherols [preserve freshness], palm oil, disodium phosphate)].

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Fruits and vegetables based foods Vegetables based foods Vegetables Mixed vegetables

High-score cross-brand comparables for Idahoan, steakhouse, red potatoes, cheddar & broccoli

Neighbours outside Idahoan with screening scores in the same high band as Idahoan, steakhouse, red potatoes, cheddar & broccoli (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Idahoan; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Idahoan, steakhouse, red potatoes, cheddar & broccoli has a longer ingredient list than 98% of its Plant-based foods and beverages 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 0029700001940: 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.