Concern

Hamburger Cheeseburger Macaroni

by Hy-Vee

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450085532 · Hy-Vee. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450085532 · Serving size 0.25 cup (31 g)

The verdict

Hamburger Cheeseburger Macaroni by Hy-Vee scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 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 39-component record, beginning with Enriched Macaroni, Semolina Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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 39 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0075450085532
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.

50085532 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hamburger Cheeseburger Macaroni label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-PART 44% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH California French Style · ±0 BOOK-OFF …085532 · July 2026

17 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 50085532 · 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: California French Style Salad Dressing · Nearest score peer is California French Style Salad Dressing at the same screening score.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Hamburger Cheeseburger Macaroni: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Hamburger Cheeseburger Ma…50/1002. California French Style Salad Dressing: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. California French Style S…50/1003. Thousand island salad dressing: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Thousand island salad dre…50/1004. Apple Sauce: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Apple Sauce50/1005. Cha-ching, vanilla sugar wafers: 50/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cha-ching, vanilla sugar …50/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Hamburger Cheeseburger Macaroni (50/100 on 39 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Hamburger Cheeseburger Macaroni
50/100
California French Style Salad Dressing
50/100
Thousand island salad dressing
50/100
Apple Sauce
50/100
Cha-ching, vanilla sugar wafers
50/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Hamburger Cheeseburger Macaroni lists 39 ingredients on its label

39 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 39 (93rd 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 39 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Macaroni
2
Semolina Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Iron
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
Corn Starch
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Cheddar Cheese
12
Milk
13
Cheese Culture
14
Enzymes
15
Tomato
16
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
17
Onion
18
Enriched Flour
19
Wheat Flour
20
Msg
21
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
22
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
24
Disodium Phosphate
25
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
26
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
27
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
28
Blue Cheese
29
Cultured Milk
30
Color
31
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
32
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
33
Spice
34
Reduced Lactose Whey
35
Emulsifier
36
Monoglycerides
37
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
38
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
39
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved

Full Ingredient List

enriched macaroni (semolina wheat flour, niacin, iron [ferrous sulfate], thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), corn starch, salt, cheddar cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), contains 2% or less of: dehydrated tomato, maltodextrin, dehydrated onion, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron [ferrous sulfate], thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), monosodium glutamate, whey, sugar, dehydrated garlic, disodium phosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, citric acid, hydrolyzed corn protein, blue cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), color (yellow 5, yellow 6), spice, reduced lactose whey, emulsifier (monoglycerides), autolyzed yeast extract, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate.

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Hamburger Cheeseburger Macaroni

Neighbours outside Hy-Vee near Hamburger Cheeseburger Macaroni's mid-band score (50/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Hamburger Cheeseburger Macaroni's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 39-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Hamburger Cheeseburger Macaroni'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 0075450085532: 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.