Safe

Loaded baked homestyle casserole

by Idahoan

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0029700012700 · Idahoan · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0029700012700 · Serving size 2/3 cup (28 g)

The verdict

Loaded baked homestyle casserole by Idahoan scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 28 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 28-component label is layered, beginning with Idaho Potatoes, Corn Starch, Maltodextrin. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 28 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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

00012700 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Loaded baked homestyle casserole label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-LAYERED 28 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Fully Loaded Peppered · ±0 BOOK-OFF …012700 · July 2026

9 of 28 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00012700 · 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: Fully Loaded Peppered Bacon & Cheddar Mashed Potatoes · Nearest score peer is Fully Loaded Peppered Bacon & Cheddar Mashed 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 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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Loaded baked homestyle casserole: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Loaded baked homestyle ca…95/1002. Fully Loaded Peppered Bacon & Cheddar Mashed Potatoes: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Fully Loaded Peppered Bac…95/1003. Red Hot Beef Burrito: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Red Hot Beef Burrito95/1004. Honey Nut Toasted Oats Cereal: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Honey Nut Toasted Oats Ce…95/1005. Cocoa crunch corn puff cereal: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cocoa crunch corn puff ce…95/100
High-band neighbours for Loaded baked homestyle casserole (95/100) outside Idahoan.
Chart values as text

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

Loaded baked homestyle casserole
95/100
Fully Loaded Peppered Bacon & Cheddar Mashed Potatoes
95/100
Red Hot Beef Burrito
95/100
Honey Nut Toasted Oats Cereal
95/100
Cocoa crunch corn puff cereal
95/100

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. Loaded baked homestyle casserole scores 2.7 points below that category average (95/100 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

Loaded baked homestyle casserole lists 28 ingredients on its label

28 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Above this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. 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: 28 (88th 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

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 28 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Idaho Potatoes
2
Corn Starch
3
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
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Nonfat Dry Milk
6
Onion
7
Cheddar And Blue Cheese
8
Pasteurized Milk
9
Cheese Cultures
10
Enzymes
11
Natural Flavors
12
Including Smoke
13
Textured Vegetable Protein
14
Soy Flour
15
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
16
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
17
Mono And Diglycerides
18
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
19
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
20
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
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
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
23
Chives
24
Paprika Extract
25
Color
26
Annatto Extract
27
Paprika
28
And Soybean Oil. Freshness Preserved By Sodium Bisulfite

Full Ingredient List

Idaho potatoes, modified corn starch, maltodextrin, salt, nonfat dry milk, dehydrated onion, cheddar and blue cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), natural flavors (including smoke), textured vegetable protein (soy flour, caramel color), sodium bicarbonate, mono and diglycerides, citric acid, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, xanthan gum, autolyzed yeast extract, chives, paprika extract (color), annatto extract (color), paprika, and soybean oil. freshness preserved by sodium bisulfite.

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 Loaded baked homestyle casserole

Neighbours outside Idahoan with screening scores in the same high band as Loaded baked homestyle casserole (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Idahoan; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Loaded baked homestyle casserole's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 28-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Loaded baked homestyle casserole's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

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

Barcode 0029700012700: 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.