Great value, macaroni & cheese dinner, original, original
by Great Value
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742082493 · Great Value · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Great value, macaroni & cheese dinner, original, original by Great Value scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 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 35-component record, beginning with Enriched Macaroni Product, 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.
- 85/100
- Caution safety score
- 1
- One flagged · of 35 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
55/100
Grade C
Ingredient Safety
85/100
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.
42082493 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Great value, macaroni & cheese dinner, original, original label screening desk
16 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 42082493 · 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: Drizzled Caramel Corn · Nearest score peer is Drizzled Caramel Corn 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.
This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
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. Great value, macaroni & cheese dinner, original, original scores 8.6 points below that category average (85/100 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
Great value, macaroni & cheese dinner, original, original lists 35 ingredients on its label
35 62nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 62% of the 11,283 products we track
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
- 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 85/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Enriched macaroni product (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cheese seasoning (whey, maltodextrin, palm oil, cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], lactose, modified cornstarch, salt, contains 2% or less of: dry whole milk, natural flavors, sodium caseinate, colors added [annatto extract, titanium dioxide, paprika extract], potassium chloride, citric acid, potassium phosphate, yeast extract, lactic acid), maltodextrin, modified tapioca starch, salt, acetic acid esters of mono - and diglycerides, potassium chloride, medium chain triglycerides, mono - and diglycerides, guar gum.
Other products containing Acetic Acid Esters Of Mono - And Diglycerides
Acetic Acid Esters Of Mono - And Diglycerides is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 25 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Great value, macaroni & cheese dinner, original, original
Neighbours outside Great Value with screening scores in the same high band as Great value, macaroni & cheese dinner, original, original (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Great Value; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 35 on 0078742082493).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (35 on 0078742082493).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Great value, macaroni & cheese dinner, original, original's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 35-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
- Compare Great value, macaroni & cheese dinner, original, original'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 0078742082493: 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.