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Fettuccine in a Creamy Parmesan & Romano Flavored Cheese Sauce

by Knorr

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041000022531 · Knorr · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041000022531 · Serving size 1g

The verdict

Fettuccine in a Creamy Parmesan & Romano Flavored Cheese Sauce by Knorr scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 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 35-component record, beginning with Enriched Macaroni Product, Semolina And Durum Flour, Wheat. 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 35 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041000022531
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

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.

00022531 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fettuccine in a Creamy Parmesan & Romano Flavored Cheese Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-PART 37% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-RARE Disodium Guanylate PHOTO-FINISH Fettuccini In A · ±0 BOOK-OFF …022531 · July 2026

13 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Disodium Guanylate). Source sheet 00022531 · 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: Fettuccini In A Delicate Butter Flavored & Herb Sauce With Other Natural Flavor · Nearest score peer is Fettuccini In A Delicate Butter Flavored & Herb Sauce With Other Natural Flavor 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.

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. Fettuccine in a Creamy Parmesan & Romano Flavored Cheese Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Fettuccine in a Creamy Pa…100/1002. Fettuccini In A Delicate Butter Flavored & Herb Sauce With Other Natural Flavor: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Fettuccini In A Delicate …100/1003. Fettuccini In A Delicate Butter Flavored Sauce With Other Natural Flavor: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Fettuccini In A Delicate …100/1004. Rice & Pasta Blend In A Savory Sauce With Carrots & Peas: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Rice & Pasta Blend In A S…100/1005. Rice & Pasta Blend In A Creamy Chicken Flavored Sauce With Other Natural Flavor: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Rice & Pasta Blend In A C…100/100
High-band neighbours for Fettuccine in a Creamy Parmesan & Romano Flavored Cheese Sauce (100/100) outside Knorr.
Chart values as text

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

Fettuccine in a Creamy Parmesan & Romano Flavored Cheese Sauce
100/100
Fettuccini In A Delicate Butter Flavored & Herb Sauce With Other Natural Flavor
100/100
Fettuccini In A Delicate Butter Flavored Sauce With Other Natural Flavor
100/100
Rice & Pasta Blend In A Savory Sauce With Carrots & Peas
100/100
Rice & Pasta Blend In A Creamy Chicken Flavored Sauce With Other Natural Flavor
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. Fettuccine in a Creamy Parmesan & Romano Flavored Cheese Sauce 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

Fettuccine in a Creamy Parmesan & Romano Flavored Cheese Sauce lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 35 (95th 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
Enriched Macaroni Product
2
Semolina And Durum Flour
3
Wheat
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
6
Iron
7
Thiamin Mononitrate
8
Vitamin B1
9
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Vitamin B2
11
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
12
Parmesan And Romano Cheeses
13
Pasteurized Milk
14
Cheese Cultures
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Enzymes
17
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
18
Corn Starch
19
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
20
Butter
21
Cream
22
Dried Cream Cheese
23
Carob Bean Gum
24
Natural Flavor
25
Soy
26
Sodium Citrate
27
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
28
Onion Powder
29
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
30
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
31
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
32
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
33
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
34
Annatto Extract
35
For Color

Full Ingredient List

ENRICHED MACARONI PRODUCT [SEMOLINA AND DURUM FLOUR (WHEAT), NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE (IRON), THIAMIN MONONITRATE (VITAMIN B1), RIBOFLAVIN (VITAMIN B2), FOLIC ACID], PARMESAN AND ROMANO CHEESES (PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES), WHEY, CORN STARCH, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), CREAM CHEESE (PASTEURIZED MILK, CREAM, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM), NATURAL FLAVOR (SOY), SODIUM CITRATE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, ONION POWDER, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, SUGAR, SODIUM CASEINATE, LACTIC ACID, ANNATTO EXTRACT (FOR COLOR).

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Pastas

High-score cross-brand comparables for Fettuccine in a Creamy Parmesan & Romano Flavored Cheese Sauce

Neighbours outside Knorr with screening scores in the same high band as Fettuccine in a Creamy Parmesan & Romano Flavored Cheese Sauce (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Knorr; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Fettuccine in a Creamy Parmesan & Romano Flavored Cheese Sauce has a longer ingredient list than 95% 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 0041000022531: 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.