Concern

BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Cheeseburger Mac

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0050100142063. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0050100142063 · Serving size 1/4 Package (192 g), Makes 1 cup prepared (192 g)

The verdict

BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Cheeseburger Mac scores 50/100 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 Tomatoes, Organic Tomato Puree, Water. 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 63 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0050100142063
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

37/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

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.

00142063 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Cheeseburger Mac label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 63 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …142063 · July 2026

17 of 63 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00142063 · 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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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

BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Cheeseburger Mac lists 63 ingredients on its label

63 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 359,392 products 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: 63 (99th 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 50/100 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.

1
Tomatoes
2
Organic Tomato Puree
3
Water
4
Beef
5
Cheese Blend
6
Enzyme Modified Cheese
7
Cheddar Cheese
8
Sodium Phosphate
9
Enzymes
10
Blue
11
Cheddar
12
Granular And Semi-soft Cheese
13
Pasteurized Milk
14
Cheese Cultures
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
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
17
Butter
18
Cream
19
Milk Protein Concentrate
20
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
21
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
22
Dried Vinegar
23
Pasteurized Processed Cheese
24
Cheddar And Enzyme Modified Cheddar
25
Cultures
26
Milkfat
27
Apo-carotenal
28
Color
29
Corn Starch
30
Margarine
31
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
32
Soybean Oil
33
Sweet Dairy Whey
34
Soy Lecithin
35
Mono - And Diglycerides
36
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
37
Preservative
38
Artificial Butter Flavor
39
Colored With Beta Carotene And Vitamin A Palmitate
40
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
41
Nonfat Milk
42
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
43
Tomato Powder
44
Flavorings
45
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
46
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
47
Beet Powder
48
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
49
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
50
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
51
Wheat Flour
52
Extractives Of Paprika
53
Enriched Pasta
54
Durum Wheat Semolina
55
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
56
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
57
Iron
58
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
59
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
60
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
61
Milk
62
Soy
63
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

CHEESE SAUCE WITH MEAT: Tomatoes (Tomato Puree, Water), Water, Beef, Cheese Blend (Enzyme Modified Cheese [Cheddar Cheese, Water, Sodium Phosphate, Enzymes], Blue, Cheddar, Granular and Semi-soft Cheese [Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Water, Whey, Sodium Phosphate, Butter [Cream, Salt], Salt, Milk Protein Concentrate, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Vinegar), Pasteurized Processed Cheese (Cheddar and Enzyme Modified Cheddar [Pasteurized Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Water, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Milkfat, Apo-Carotenal [Color]), Modified Corn Starch, LESS THAN 2% OF: Margarine (Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Soybean Oil, Water, Salt, Sweet Dairy Whey, Soy Lecithin, Mono - And Diglycerides, Sodium Benzoate [Preservative], Artificial Butter Flavor, Colored With Beta Carotene And Vitamin A Palmitate), High Fructose Corn Syrup, Salt, Cream, Nonfat Milk, Sugar, Tomato Powder, Flavorings, Sodium Caseinate, Citric Acid, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Beet Powder (Color), Sodium Diacetate, Yellow 6, Yellow 5, Wheat Flour, Extractives of Paprika, Red 40.ELBOW MACARONI: Enriched Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate [Iron], Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid).CONTAINS: MILK, SOY, WHEAT.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Cheeseburger Mac'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 Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Cheeseburger Mac'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 0050100142063: 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.