Safe

Cooked perfect, meatball bistro, mac & cheese

by Cooked Perfect

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0036669070412 · Cooked Perfect · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0036669070412 · Serving size 0.5 CONTAINER (312 g)

The verdict

Cooked perfect, meatball bistro, mac & cheese by Cooked Perfect scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 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 55-component record, beginning with Cheese Sauce, Nonfat Milk, Cream. 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 55 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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

69070412 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cooked perfect, meatball bistro, mac & cheese label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 16% LEAD-RARE Sodium Tripolyphosphate PHOTO-FINISH Orange Naturally Essenced · ±0 BOOK-OFF …070412 · July 2026

13 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Tripolyphosphate). Source sheet 69070412 · 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: Orange Naturally Essenced Sparkling Water · Nearest score peer is Orange Naturally Essenced Sparkling Water 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.

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. Cooked perfect, meatball bistro, mac & cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cooked perfect, meatball …100/1002. Orange Naturally Essenced Sparkling Water: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Orange Naturally Essenced…100/1003. Organic Culinary Grade Matcha: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Organic Culinary Grade Ma…100/1004. Matcha zen cafe blend premium japanese green tea packets, matcha zen cafe blend: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Matcha zen cafe blend pre…100/1005. Matcha To Go: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Matcha To Go100/100
High-band neighbours for Cooked perfect, meatball bistro, mac & cheese (100/100) outside Cooked Perfect.
Chart values as text

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

Cooked perfect, meatball bistro, mac & cheese
100/100
Orange Naturally Essenced Sparkling Water
100/100
Organic Culinary Grade Matcha
100/100
Matcha zen cafe blend premium japanese green tea packets, matcha zen cafe blend
100/100
Matcha To Go
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Cooked perfect, meatball bistro, mac & cheese scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products

Cooked perfect, meatball bistro, mac & cheese lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 84th percentile a longer ingredient list than 84% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 55 (84th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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
Cheese Sauce
2
Nonfat Milk
3
Cream
4
Water
5
Cheddar Cheese
6
Pasteurized Milk
7
Cheese Cultures
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Enzymes
10
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
11
Food Starch-modified
12
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
13
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
14
Garlic Powder
15
Manchego Cheese Flavor
16
Swiss Cheese
17
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
18
Parmesan Cheese
19
Onion Powder
20
Natural Cheddar Cheese Flavor
21
Buttermilk
22
Natural Butter Flavor
23
Butter
24
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
25
Spices Including Turmeric
26
For Color
27
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
28
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
29
Annatto Powder
30
Modified Food Starch
31
Annatto Extract
32
Cooked Enriched Cavatappi Pasta
33
Semolina
34
Durum Wheat Semolina
35
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
36
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
Thiamin Mononitrate
38
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
40
Cooked Italian Style Meatballs
41
Beef
42
Pork
43
Textured Soy Flour
44
Bread Crumbs
45
Wheat Flour
46
Yeast
47
Soy Protein Concentrate
48
Seasoning
49
Spices
50
Spice Extractives On A Dextrose Carrier
51
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
52
Dehydrated Parsley
53
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
54
Natural Flavor
55
Broccoli

Full Ingredient List

Cheese sauce (nonfat milk, cream, water, cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto {vegetable color}], food starch-modified, whey, maltodextrin, salt, garlic powder, manchego cheese flavor, swiss cheese [pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], parmesan cheese [pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], onion powder, natural cheddar cheese flavor, buttermilk, natural butter flavor, dehydrated butter, xanthan gum, spices including turmeric [for color], sugar, lactic acid, annatto powder [modified food starch, annatto extract {for color}]), cooked enriched cavatappi pasta (water, semolina [durum wheat semolina, ferrous sulfate, niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]), cooked italian style meatballs (beef, pork, water, textured soy flour, bread crumbs [wheat flour, salt, yeast], soy protein concentrate, seasoning [parmesan cheese {part-skim cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes}, spices, spice extractives on a dextrose carrier, dehydrated garlic, parsley, onion powder], salt, sodium tripolyphosphate, natural flavor), broccoli.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cooked perfect, meatball bistro, mac & cheese

Neighbours outside Cooked Perfect with screening scores in the same high band as Cooked perfect, meatball bistro, mac & cheese (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Cooked Perfect; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Cooked perfect, meatball bistro, mac & cheese has a longer ingredient list than 84% of its Frozen foods 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 0036669070412: 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.