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Lobster Mac And Cheese

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0046567689630. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0046567689630 · Serving size 1 cup (151 g)

The verdict

Lobster Mac And Cheese scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 97 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 97-component record, beginning with White Cheese Sauce, Water, Milk. 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 97 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0046567689630
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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

67689630 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lobster Mac And Cheese label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 97 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Sorbitol PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …689630 · July 2026

22 of 97 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitol). Source sheet 67689630 · 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

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.

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.

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Lobster Mac And Cheese lists 97 ingredients on its label

97 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product 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%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 97 (100th 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 97 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
White Cheese Sauce
2
Water
3
Milk
4
Vitamin D3
5
Heavy Cream
6
Pasteurized Heavy Cream
7
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
8
American White Cheese
9
American Cheeses
10
Culture
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Enzyme
13
Milkfat
14
Sodium Citrate
15
Sodium Phosphates
16
Dried Cream Cheese
17
Pasteurized Milk And Cream
18
Cheese Cultures
19
Carob Bean Gum
20
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
21
Guar Gum
22
Provolone Cheese
23
Pasteurized Milk
24
Enzymes
25
Monterey Jack Cheese
26
Salt & Enzymes
27
Modified Corn Starch And Potato Starch
28
Canola Oil
29
Butter
30
Pasteurized Cream
31
Natural Flavors
32
Starter Distillate
33
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
34
Corn Starch
35
Parmesan Cheese
36
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
37
Wheat Flour
38
Bleached Wheat Flour
39
Malted Barley Flour
40
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Reduced Iron
42
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
43
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
44
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
45
Romano Cheese
46
Pasteurized Part-skim Cow's Milk
47
White Pepper
48
Annato Extract
49
For Color
50
Cooked Macaroni
51
Macaroni
52
Semolina
53
Durum Wheat Flour
54
Iron
55
Canola Oil And Extra Virgin Olive Oil
56
Lobster Sensations
57
Lobster
58
Fish Protein
59
Alaska Pollock
60
Pacific Whiting
61
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
62
Natural And Artificial Flavor
63
Egg White
64
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
65
Mirin
66
Organic Rice Extract
67
Alcohol
68
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
69
Corn Syrup Solids
70
Modified Food Starch
71
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
72
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
73
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
74
Hydrolyzed Corn/soy/wheat/whey Protein
75
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
76
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
77
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
78
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
79
Tetrasodium Pyrophosphate
80
Color Added
81
Carmine
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
82
White Cheddar Cheese
83
Cheddar Cheese
84
Cheese Culture
85
Potato Starch And Powdered Cellulose
86
Breadcrumb
87
Unbleached Enriched Flour
88
Yeast
89
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
90
Fully Refined Soybean Oil
91
Granulated Sugar
92
Dough Improver
93
Malted Wheat Flour
94
Enzymes And 2% Or Less Of Ascorbic Acid
95
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
96
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
97
Dehydrated Parsley

Full Ingredient List

White cheese sauce (water, milk [milk, vitamin d3], heavy cream [pasteurized heavy cream, carrageenan], american white cheese [american cheeses {milk, culture, salt, enzyme}, water, milkfat, sodium citrate, salt, sodium phosphates], cream cheese [pasteurized milk and cream, salt, less than 1 percent of: cheese cultures, carob bean gum, xanthan gum, guar gum], provolone cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], monterey jack cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt & enzymes, powdered corn starch and potato starch], canola oil, butter [pasteurized cream, natural flavors {lactic acid, starter distillate}], sugar, modified corn starch, parmesan cheese [pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], wheat flour [bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], romano cheese [pasteurized part-skim cow's milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes], salt, white pepper, xanthan gum, guar gum, annato extract [for color]), cooked macaroni (water, macaroni [semolina {wheat}, durum wheat flour, niacin, iron {ferrous sulfate}, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]), canola oil and extra virgin olive oil), lobster sensations (lobster, fish protein [alaska pollock and/or pacific whiting], water, wheat starch, sugar, contains less than 2% of the following: natural and artificial flavor, egg white, salt, sorbitol, mirin [rice extract, alcohol, salt, dextrose, corn syrup solids], modified food starch, potato starch, calcium carbonate, cornstarch, carrageenan, hydrolyzed corn/soy/wheat/whey protein, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, autolyzed yeast extract, sodium tripolyphosphate and/or tetrasodium pyrophosphate, color added, carmine), white cheddar cheese (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], potato starch and powdered cellulose [to prevent caking]), parmesan cheese (parmesan cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], potato starch and powdered cellulose [to prevent caking]), breadcrumb (unbleached enriched flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, yeast, wheat gluten, fully refined soybean oil, granulated sugar, salt, dough improver [malted wheat flour, enzymes and 2% or less of ascorbic acid], calcium propionate [to retain freshness], calcium sulfate, enzymes), parsley.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sorbitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Lobster Mac And Cheese's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 97-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sorbitol. Open Sorbitol
  • Compare Lobster Mac And Cheese'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 0046567689630: 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.