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Fully Loaded Peppered Bacon & Cheddar Mashed Potatoes

by Idahoan Foods Llc

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0029700321215 · Idahoan Foods Llc. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0029700321215 · Serving size 28.000000000000004g

The verdict

Fully Loaded Peppered Bacon & Cheddar Mashed Potatoes by Idahoan Foods Llc scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 35-component record, beginning with Idaho Potatoes, Salt, Maltodextrin. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 35 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

00321215 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fully Loaded Peppered Bacon & Cheddar Mashed Potatoes label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Idahoan, mashed potatoes, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …321215 · July 2026

7 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00321215 · 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: Idahoan, mashed potatoes, applewood smoked bacon · Nearest score peer is Idahoan, mashed potatoes, applewood smoked bacon 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Fully Loaded Peppered Bacon & Cheddar Mashed Potatoes: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Fully Loaded Peppered Bac…95/1002. Idahoan, mashed potatoes, applewood smoked bacon: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Idahoan, mashed potatoes,…95/1003. Loaded Baked Mashed Potatoes: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Loaded Baked Mashed Potat…95/1004. Bacon & cheddar chipotle mashed potatoes: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Bacon & cheddar chipotle …95/1005. Applewood Smoked Bacon Mashed Potatoes: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Applewood Smoked Bacon Ma…95/100
High-band neighbours for Fully Loaded Peppered Bacon & Cheddar Mashed Potatoes (95/100) outside Idahoan Foods Llc.
Chart values as text

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

Fully Loaded Peppered Bacon & Cheddar Mashed Potatoes
95/100
Idahoan, mashed potatoes, applewood smoked bacon
95/100
Loaded Baked Mashed Potatoes
95/100
Bacon & cheddar chipotle mashed potatoes
95/100
Applewood Smoked Bacon Mashed Potatoes
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Fully Loaded Peppered Bacon & Cheddar Mashed Potatoes lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 35 (90th 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

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Idaho Potatoes
2
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
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
Natural Flavors
5
Including Smoke
6
Vegetable Oil
7
Organic Coconut
8
Soybean
9
Organic Sunflower
10
Cottonseed
11
Canola
12
Cheddar Cheese
13
Pasteurized Milk
14
Cheese Cultures
15
Enzymes
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Soy Flour
18
Nonfat Dry Milk
19
Black Pepper And Black Pepper Extract
20
Mono And Diglycerides
21
Calcium Stearoyl Lactylate
22
Buttermilk
23
Annatto Extract
24
Artificial Color
25
Spice
26
Artificial Flavor
27
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
28
Preserve Freshness
29
Yeast Extract
30
Paprika Extract
31
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
32
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
33
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
34
Mixed Tocopherols
35
And Less Than 2% Silicon Dioxide Added As An Anticaking Agent

Full Ingredient List

IDAHO POTATOES, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVORS (INCLUDING SMOKE), VEGETABLE OIL (CONTAINS ONE OR MORE OF THE FOLLOWING: COCONUT, SOYBEAN, SUNFLOWER, COTTONSEED, CANOLA), CHEDDAR CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), SUGAR, SOY FLOUR, NONFAT DRY MILK, BLACK PEPPER AND BLACK PEPPER EXTRACT, MONO AND DIGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, BUTTERMILK, ANNATTO EXTRACT, ARTIFICIAL COLOR, SPICE, ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE (PRESERVE FRESHNESS), YEAST EXTRACT, PAPRIKA EXTRACT, SODIUM BISULFITE (PRESERVE FRESHNESS), CARAMEL COLOR, CITRIC ACID (PRESERVE FRESHNESS), MIXED TOCOPHEROLS (PRESERVE FRESHNESS), AND LESS THAN 2% SILICON DIOXIDE ADDED AS AN ANTICAKING AGENT.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Fully Loaded Peppered Bacon & Cheddar Mashed Potatoes

Neighbours outside Idahoan Foods Llc with screening scores in the same high band as Fully Loaded Peppered Bacon & Cheddar Mashed Potatoes (95/100 here). The 3 same-brand links above stay within Idahoan Foods Llc; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Fully Loaded Peppered Bacon & Cheddar Mashed Potatoes's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 35-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Fully Loaded Peppered Bacon & Cheddar Mashed Potatoes'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 0029700321215: 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.