Caution

Fettuccini Pasta In Creamy Parmesan And Romano Flavored Alfredo Sauce, Alfredo

by Marie Callender's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0050100000653 · Marie Callender's · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0050100000653 · Serving size 0.66 cup (59 g)

The verdict

Fettuccini Pasta In Creamy Parmesan And Romano Flavored Alfredo Sauce, Alfredo by Marie Callender's scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 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 45-component record, beginning with Enriched Pasta, Wheat Flour, Glycerol Monostearate. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 45 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

50/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

00000653 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fettuccini Pasta In Creamy Parmesan And Romano Flavored Alfredo Sauce, Alfredo label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 21% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Chicken and pork · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000653 · July 2026

11 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 00000653 · 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: Chicken and pork franks count · Nearest score peer is Chicken and pork franks count at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Fettuccini Pasta In Creamy Parmesan And Romano Flavored Alfredo Sauce, Alfredo: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Fettuccini Pasta In Cream…85/1002. Chicken and pork franks count: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chicken and pork franks c…85/1003. Bun Length Franks: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Bun Length Franks85/1004. Bun Lenght Franks: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Bun Lenght Franks85/1005. John Morrell, Smoked Sausage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. John Morrell, Smoked Saus…85/100
High-band neighbours for Fettuccini Pasta In Creamy Parmesan And Romano Flavored Alfredo Sauce, Alfredo (85/100) outside Marie Callender's.
Chart values as text

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

Fettuccini Pasta In Creamy Parmesan And Romano Flavored Alfredo Sauce, Alfredo
85/100
Chicken and pork franks count
85/100
Bun Length Franks
85/100
Bun Lenght Franks
85/100
John Morrell, Smoked Sausage
85/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Fettuccini Pasta In Creamy Parmesan And Romano Flavored Alfredo Sauce, Alfredo scores 8.6 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products

Fettuccini Pasta In Creamy Parmesan And Romano Flavored Alfredo Sauce, Alfredo lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 79th percentile a longer ingredient list than 79% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 45 (79th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 45 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Pasta
2
Wheat Flour
3
Glycerol Monostearate
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Parmesan Cheese Flavor
10
Parmesan Cheese
11
Pasteurized Milk
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Cultures
14
Enzymes
15
Buttermilk Whey
16
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
17
Palm Oil
18
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oil
19
Romano Cheese Powder
20
Romano Cheese From Cow's Milk
21
Disodium Phosphate
22
Color Blend
23
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
24
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
25
Modified Food Starch
26
Gum Arabic
27
Dried Cream Extract
28
Garlic Powder
29
Monoglycerides
30
Romano Cheese Flavor
31
Whey Solids
32
Butter Oil
33
Butter
34
Guar Gum
35
With Annatto And Turmeric
36
Colors
37
Autolyzed Yeast And Brewers Yeast
38
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
39
Monocalcium Phosphate
40
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
41
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
42
Disodium Inosinate & Disodium Guanylate
43
Flavoring. Silicon Dioxide
44
Milk
45
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

Enriched Pasta (Wheat Flour, Glycerol Monostearate, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Parmesan Cheese Flavor (Parmesan Cheese [ Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Cultures, Enzymes), Buttermilk Whey, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Salt, Less Than 2% Of: Palm Oil, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oil, Romano Cheese Powder (Romano Cheese From Cow'S Milk [ Pasteurized Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Disodium Phosphate), Color Blend (Maltodextrin, Titanium Dioxide, Modified Food Starch, Gum Arabic), Dried Cream Extract, Garlic Powder, Monoglycerides, Romano Cheese Flavor (Maltodextrin, Whey Solids, Modified Butter Oil, Dehydrated Butter, Maltodextrin, Salt, Guar Gum, Annatto And Turmeric (Colors), Autolyzed Yeast And Brewers Yeast, Lactic Acid, Monocalcium Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Xanthan Gum, Disodium Inosinate & Disodium Guanylate, Flavoring. Silicon Dioxide (To Prevent Caking). Contains: Milk, Wheat.

Categories

Meals

High-score cross-brand comparables for Fettuccini Pasta In Creamy Parmesan And Romano Flavored Alfredo Sauce, Alfredo

Neighbours outside Marie Callender's with screening scores in the same high band as Fettuccini Pasta In Creamy Parmesan And Romano Flavored Alfredo Sauce, Alfredo (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Marie Callender's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Fettuccini Pasta In Creamy Parmesan And Romano Flavored Alfredo Sauce, Alfredo's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 45-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Fettuccini Pasta In Creamy Parmesan And Romano Flavored Alfredo Sauce, Alfredo'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 0050100000653: 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.