Concern

Twice baked mashed potatoes, double cheddar cheese & chive

by Hy-Vee Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450167702 · Hy-Vee Inc. · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450167702 · Serving size 0.67 cup (142 g)

The verdict

Twice baked mashed potatoes, double cheddar cheese & chive by Hy-Vee Inc. scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 47-component record, beginning with Potatoes, Cheddar Cheese, Pasteurized Milk. 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 47 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

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

50167702 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Twice baked mashed potatoes, double cheddar cheese & chive label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 19% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Mashed Potatoes · ±0 BOOK-OFF …167702 · July 2026

14 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 50167702 · 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: Mashed Potatoes · Nearest score peer is Mashed Potatoes 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.

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. Twice baked mashed potatoes, double cheddar cheese & chive: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Twice baked mashed potato…65/1002. Mashed Potatoes: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Mashed Potatoes65/1003. Salted caramel hot cocoa drink mix, salted caramel: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Salted caramel hot cocoa …65/1004. Long Grain & Wild Rice Mix with Herb Seasoning: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Long Grain & Wild Rice Mi…65/1005. Diet black tea, black: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Diet black tea, black65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Twice baked mashed potatoes, double cheddar cheese & chive (65/100 on 47 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Twice baked mashed potatoes, double cheddar cheese & chive
65/100
Mashed Potatoes
65/100
Salted caramel hot cocoa drink mix, salted caramel
65/100
Long Grain & Wild Rice Mix with Herb Seasoning
65/100
Diet black tea, black
65/100

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. Twice baked mashed potatoes, double cheddar cheese & chive scores 28.6 points below that category average (65/100 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

Twice baked mashed potatoes, double cheddar cheese & chive lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 81st percentile a longer ingredient list than 81% 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: 47 (81st 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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Potatoes
2
Cheddar Cheese
3
Pasteurized Milk
4
Cheese Culture
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Enzymes
7
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
8
Color
9
Potato Starch And Powdered Cellulose
10
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
11
Preservative
12
Sour Cream
13
Milk
14
Cream
15
Nonfat Dry Milk
16
Food Starch-modified
17
Sodium Phosphate
18
Guar Gum
19
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
20
Sodium Citrate
21
Locust Bean Gum
22
Culture
23
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
24
Liquid Shortening
25
High Oleic Canola Oil
26
Soybean Oil
27
Soybean Oil
28
Soybean Lecithin
29
Natural And Artificial Butter Flavor
30
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
31
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
32
Beta Carotene
33
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Chives
35
Water
36
Organic French Onion Seasoning
37
Onion
38
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
39
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
40
Hydrolyzed Soy And Corn Protein
41
Natural Flavor
42
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
43
Dehydrated Parsley
44
Garlic Powder
45
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
46
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
47
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned

Full Ingredient List

Potatoes, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto [color], potato starch and powdered cellulose [to prevent caking], natamycin [preservative]), sour cream (milk, cream, nonfat dry milk, food starch-modified, sodium phosphate, guar gum, carrageenan, sodium citrate, locust bean gum, culture, natamycin [preservative]), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto [color], powdered cellulose [to prevent caking]), liquid shortening (high oleic canola oil, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, salt, soybean lecithin, natural and artificial butter flavor, tbhq, citric acid, beta carotene [color], vitamin a palmitate), chives, food starch-modified, water, french onion seasoning (dehydrated onion, salt, dextrose, sugar, hydrolyzed soy and corn protein, natural flavor [torula yeast], parsley, garlic powder), salt, potassium sorbate (preservative), sodium benzoate (preservative), titanium dioxide.

Other products containing Organic French Onion Seasoning

Organic French Onion Seasoning is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 13 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Twice baked mashed potatoes, double cheddar cheese & chive

Neighbours outside Hy-Vee Inc. near Twice baked mashed potatoes, double cheddar cheese & chive's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Twice baked mashed potatoes, double cheddar cheese & chive's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 47-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Twice baked mashed potatoes, double cheddar cheese & chive's 3 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 0075450167702: 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.