Avoid

Cheeseburger Macaroni Dinner

by Clover Valley

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0055049003420 · Clover Valley · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0055049003420 · Serving size 0.33 cup (32 g)

The verdict

Cheeseburger Macaroni Dinner by Clover Valley scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 41-component record, beginning with Enriched Macaroni Product, Wheat Flour, Durum Flour. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 41 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

8/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

49003420 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheeseburger Macaroni Dinner label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-PART 41% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 27% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Milk Chocolate Mini · ±0 BOOK-OFF …003420 · July 2026

17 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 49003420 · 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: Milk Chocolate Mini Gems · Nearest score peer is Milk Chocolate Mini Gems 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. Cheeseburger Macaroni Dinner: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Cheeseburger Macaroni Din…0/1002. Milk Chocolate Mini Gems: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Milk Chocolate Mini Gems0/1003. Best Fruits & Nuts, Mountain Mix: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Best Fruits & Nuts, Mount…0/1004. Froot Loops Marshmallows: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Froot Loops Marshmallows0/1005. ISO100 Hydrolyzed Protein Powder 100% Whey Protein Isolate Fruity Pebbles Flavor: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. ISO100 Hydrolyzed Protein…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cheeseburger Macaroni Dinner (0/100 on 41 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cheeseburger Macaroni Dinner
0/100
Milk Chocolate Mini Gems
0/100
Best Fruits & Nuts, Mountain Mix
0/100
Froot Loops Marshmallows
0/100
ISO100 Hydrolyzed Protein Powder 100% Whey Protein Isolate Fruity Pebbles Flavor
0/100

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. Cheeseburger Macaroni Dinner scores 93.6 points below that category average (0/100 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

Cheeseburger Macaroni Dinner lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 73rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 73% 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: 41 (73rd 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 41 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Macaroni Product
2
Wheat Flour
3
Durum Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Corn Starch
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
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
12
Enriched Bleached Flour
13
Reduced Iron
14
Msg
15
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
16
Soybean Oil
17
Onion
18
Tomato
19
Natural Flavor
20
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
21
Hydrolyzed Corn Gluten
22
Glucono Delta Lactone
23
Cheddar Cheese
24
Pasteurized Milk
25
Chesse Cultures
26
Enzymes
27
Mono And Diglycerides
28
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
29
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
30
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
31
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
32
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
33
Tricalcium Phosphate
34
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
35
Buttermilk
36
Butter
37
Cream
38
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
39
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
40
Disodium Phosphate
41
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Enriched macaroni product (wheat flour, durum flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), corn starch, salt, maltodextrin, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), monosodium glutamate, sugar, soybean oil, dried onion, dried tomato, natural flavor, dipotassium phosphate, hydrolyzed corn gluten, glucono delta lactone, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, chesse cultures, salt, enzymes), mono and diglycerides, whey, sodium caseinate, dried garlic, autolyzed yeast extract, yellow 5 lake, tricalcium phosphate, yellow 5, buttermilk, butter (cream, salt), yellow 6 lake, yellow 6, disodium phosphate, silicon dioxide.

Categories

Meals Pasta dishes

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Cheeseburger Macaroni Dinner

Neighbours outside Clover Valley in the same lower screening band as Cheeseburger Macaroni Dinner (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Clover Valley; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheeseburger Macaroni Dinner's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 41-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Cheeseburger Macaroni Dinner's 4 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 0055049003420: 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.