Marie Callender'S, Easy Sides , Fettuccini Pasta, Stroganoff, Stroganoff
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0050100000691 · Marie Callender's · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Marie Callender'S, Easy Sides , Fettuccini Pasta, Stroganoff, Stroganoff by Marie Callender's scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 63 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 63-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.
- 80/100
- Caution safety score
- 2
- Few flagged · of 63 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
48/100
Grade D
Ingredient Safety
80/100
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.
00000691 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Marie Callender'S, Easy Sides , Fettuccini Pasta, Stroganoff, Stroganoff label screening desk
20 of 63 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 00000691 · 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: BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Sausage Biscuit Gravy, 28.1 OZ · Nearest score peer is BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Sausage Biscuit Gravy, 28.1 OZ 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
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. Marie Callender'S, Easy Sides , Fettuccini Pasta, Stroganoff, Stroganoff scores 13.6 points below that category average (80/100 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
Marie Callender'S, Easy Sides , Fettuccini Pasta, Stroganoff, Stroganoff lists 63 ingredients on its label
63 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 11,283 products we track
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Distribution as text
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- 12 products (0%)
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- 83 products (1%)
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- 127 products (1%)
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- 209 products (2%)
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- 312 products (3%)
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- 466 products (4%)
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- 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 80/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 63 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Enriched Pasta (Wheat Flour, Glycerol Monostearate, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Maltodextrin, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oil, Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Emulsifier (Propylene Glycol Mono & Diesters Of Fatty Acids, Citric Acid), Less Than 2% Of: Sour Cream Powder (Sour Cream [Cream Cultures, Lactic Acid], Nonfat Milk, Citric Acid, Disodium Phosphate, Tbhq [Preservative], Flavor), Sugar, Garlic Powder, Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Salt), Beef Tallow, Monoglycerides, Shortening Powder (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Corn Syrup Solids, Sodium Caseinate, Dipotassium Phosphate), Onion Powder, Sodium Bicarbonate, Tomato Powder, Dehydrated Parsley, Monocalcium Phosphate, Natural And Artificial Flavoring (Contains Sugar, Salt, Powdered Mushroom, Corn Starch, Chicken Fat), Soy Sauce Powder (Soy Sauce [Wheat, Soybeans, Salt], Maltodextrin, Salt), Xanthan Gum, Butter Powder (Whey Solids, Modified Butter Oil, Dehydrated Butter, Maltodextrin, Salt, Guar Gum, Annatto And Turmeric [Colors]), Caramel Color, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate, Dried Yeast, Lactic Acid, Molasses Powder, Silicon Dioxide (To Prevent Caking), Spice.
Other products containing Cream Cultures
Cream Cultures is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 14 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Marie Callender'S, Easy Sides , Fettuccini Pasta, Stroganoff, Stroganoff
Neighbours outside Marie Callender's with screening scores in the same high band as Marie Callender'S, Easy Sides , Fettuccini Pasta, Stroganoff, Stroganoff (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Marie Callender's; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (2 flagged of 63 on 0050100000691).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (63 on 0050100000691).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Marie Callender'S, Easy Sides , Fettuccini Pasta, Stroganoff, Stroganoff's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 63-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
- Compare Marie Callender'S, Easy Sides , Fettuccini Pasta, Stroganoff, Stroganoff's 2 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 0050100000691: 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.