Caution

Alfredo Sauce

by Hy-Vee

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450153002 · Hy-Vee · Condiments. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450153002 · Serving size 0.5 cup (125 g)

The verdict

Alfredo Sauce by Hy-Vee scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 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 40-component record, beginning with Milk, Cream, Vitamin D3. 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.

75/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 40 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

75/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

50153002 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Alfredo Sauce label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 75/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-SPARSE 18% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Potassium Bromate PHOTO-FINISH Peppermint Bark · ±0 BOOK-OFF …153002 · July 2026

7 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Bromate). Source sheet 50153002 · 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: Peppermint Bark · Nearest score peer is Peppermint Bark 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Alfredo Sauce: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Alfredo Sauce75/1002. Peppermint Bark: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Peppermint Bark75/1003. Toaster Pastries: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Toaster Pastries75/1004. Strawberry Cream Lightly Sweetened Whole Grain Wheat Cereal: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Strawberry Cream Lightly …75/1005. Sandwich Spread: 75/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sandwich Spread75/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Alfredo Sauce (75/100 on 40 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Alfredo Sauce
75/100
Peppermint Bark
75/100
Toaster Pastries
75/100
Strawberry Cream Lightly Sweetened Whole Grain Wheat Cereal
75/100
Sandwich Spread
75/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 31,268 products we've scored in the Condiments category, the average safety score is 98.3/100. Alfredo Sauce scores 23.3 points below that category average (75/100 vs. 98.3/100), 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 Condiments products

Alfredo Sauce lists 40 ingredients on its label

40 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 27,084 products we track

0–2: 186 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 1,031 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 1,392 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 2,093 products (8%). Below this entry. 8–10: 2,811 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3,070 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 2,818 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 2,724 products (10%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,451 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,045 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,563 products (6%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,244 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 934 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 694 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 551 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 420 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 246 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 196 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 135 products (0%). Below this entry. 38–40: 134 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 346 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Condiments 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

27,084 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 40 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
186 products (1%)
2–4
1,031 products (4%)
4–6
1,392 products (5%)
6–8
2,093 products (8%)
8–10
2,811 products (10%)
10–12
3,070 products (11%)
12–14
2,818 products (10%)
14–16
2,724 products (10%)
16–18
2,451 products (9%)
18–20
2,045 products (8%)
20–22
1,563 products (6%)
22–24
1,244 products (5%)
24–26
934 products (3%)
26–28
694 products (3%)
28–30
551 products (2%)
30–32
420 products (2%)
32–34
246 products (1%)
34–36
196 products (1%)
36–38
135 products (0%)
38–40
134 products (0%)
40 and above
346 products (1%)

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 27,084 Condiments products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Milk (milk, cream, vitamin d3), water, whipping cream (cream, milk), liquid shortening (high oleic canola oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, salt, soybean lecithin, natural and artificial butter flavor, citric acid, beta carotene [color], vitamin a palmitate), food starch-modified, parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose [to prevent caking]), flour (bleached wheat flour, potassium bromate, enzyme), salt, natural cheese flavor (parmesan cheese [milk, starter culture, salt, enzymes], enzyme modified butter, water), milk solids (whey solids, dried cream, milk fat, nonfat milk), dehydrated garlic, sugar, yeast extract, black pepper, white pepper, parsley.

Categories

Condiments Sauces Groceries

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Alfredo Sauce

Neighbours outside Hy-Vee near Alfredo Sauce's mid-band score (75/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Potassium Bromate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Alfredo Sauce's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 40-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Potassium Bromate. Open Potassium Bromate
  • Compare Alfredo Sauce'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 0075450153002: 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.