Avoid

Cheeseburger Macaroni

by Karlin Foods Corp.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0079851114204 · Karlin Foods Corp.. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0079851114204 · Serving size 31 g (0.33 cup)

The verdict

Cheeseburger Macaroni by Karlin Foods Corp. scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 39-component record, beginning with Enriched Macaroni, 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 39 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0079851114204
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

3/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

51114204 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheeseburger Macaroni label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-PART 49% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-FINISH Macaroni & Cheese · ±0 BOOK-OFF …114204 · July 2026

19 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 51114204 · 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: Macaroni & Cheese Dinner · Nearest score peer is Macaroni & Cheese Dinner 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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. Cheeseburger Macaroni: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Cheeseburger Macaroni0/1002. Macaroni & Cheese Dinner: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. Macaroni & Cheese Dinner0/1003. Filled Twists: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Filled Twists0/1004. friendlys cake singles: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. friendlys cake singles0/1005. Limited edition premium ice cream cake: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Limited edition premium i…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Cheeseburger Macaroni (0/100 on 39 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Cheeseburger Macaroni
0/100
Macaroni & Cheese Dinner
0/100
Filled Twists
0/100
friendlys cake singles
0/100
Limited edition premium ice cream cake
0/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 39 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Macaroni
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Iron
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Corn Starch
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Sucrose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
GRAS
11
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
12
From Corn
13
Tomato
14
Onion
15
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
16
Cheddar Cheese
17
Pasteurized Milk
18
Cheese Cultures
19
Enzymes
20
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils
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
Rom Milk
23
Msg
24
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
25
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
26
Buttermilk
27
Nonfat Dry Milk
28
Mono- And Diglycerides
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
29
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
30
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
31
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
32
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
33
Spice
34
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
35
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
36
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
37
Color
38
Disodium Phoshate
39
Modified Wheat Starch. Dried

Full Ingredient List

Enriched macaroni (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), corn starch, salt, wheat flour, sucrose, maltodextrin (from corn), tomato*, onion*, sodium hexametaphosphate, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oils, whey (rom milk), monosodium glutamate, garlic*, citric acid, buttermilk, nonfat dry milk, mono- and diglycerides, autolyzed yeast extract, yellow 5 lake, yellow 5, lactic acid, spice, yellow 6 lake, yellow 6, caramel (color), disodium phoshate, modified wheat starch. *dried

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Cheeseburger Macaroni

Neighbours outside Karlin Foods Corp. in the same lower screening band as Cheeseburger Macaroni (0/100). No other Karlin Foods Corp. products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from 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 Cheeseburger Macaroni's 4 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 0079851114204: 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.