Bacon mac & cheese bites
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742252056 · Member's Mark · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Bacon mac & cheese bites by Member's Mark scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 56 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 56-component record, beginning with Ditalini Pasta, Water, Enriched Durum Semolina. 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 56 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.
42252056 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Bacon mac & cheese bites label screening desk
14 of 56 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 42252056 · 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: Soup · Nearest score peer is Soup 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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Bacon mac & cheese bites scores 7.9 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products
Bacon mac & cheese bites lists 56 ingredients on its label
56 86th percentile a longer ingredient list than 86% of the 7,008 products we track
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Distribution as text
- 0–2
- 11 products (0%)
- 2–4
- 54 products (1%)
- 4–6
- 54 products (1%)
- 6–8
- 66 products (1%)
- 8–10
- 102 products (1%)
- 10–12
- 112 products (2%)
- 12–14
- 184 products (3%)
- 14–16
- 205 products (3%)
- 16–18
- 245 products (3%)
- 18–20
- 284 products (4%)
- 20–22
- 264 products (4%)
- 22–24
- 298 products (4%)
- 24–26
- 247 products (4%)
- 26–28
- 271 products (4%)
- 28–30
- 284 products (4%)
- 30–32
- 294 products (4%)
- 32–34
- 325 products (5%)
- 34–36
- 319 products (5%)
- 36–38
- 314 products (4%)
- 38–40
- 283 products (4%)
- 40 and above
- 2,792 products (40%)
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 7,008 Frozen foods 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 56 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Ditalini pasta (water, enriched durum semolina [durum semolina wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), whole milk (milk, vitamin d), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), water, panko breadcrumbs (wheat flour, organic cane sugar, yeast, sea salt), soybean oil, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), bacon (pork, cured with water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), shredded parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose [added to prevent caking]), butter with natural flavor (cream, natural flavor), shredded gouda cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, beta-carotene [color], powdered cellulose [added to prevent caking]), shredded swiss cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, powdered potato & corn starch [to prevent caking]), green chilis, corn starch, eggs, sea salt, cayenne pepper sauce (aged cayenne red peppers, distilled vinegar, water, salt, and garlic powder), dijon mustard (water, mustard seeds, vinegar, salt).
Other products containing Ditalini Pasta
Ditalini Pasta is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 7 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Bacon mac & cheese bites
Neighbours outside Member's Mark with screening scores in the same high band as Bacon mac & cheese bites (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Member's Mark; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 56 on 0078742252056).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (56 on 0078742252056).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Bacon mac & cheese bites's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 56-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
- Compare Bacon mac & cheese bites'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 0078742252056: 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.