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Market pantry, four cheese mashed potatoes

by Market Pantry

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239144442 · Market Pantry · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239144442 · Serving size 0.5 cup (28 g)

The verdict

Market pantry, four cheese mashed potatoes by Market Pantry scores 35/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 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 35-component record, beginning with Potatoes, Potatoes, Mono And Diglycerides. 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.

35/100
Avoid safety score
3
Few flagged · of 35 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

25/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

35/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

39144442 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Market pantry, four cheese mashed potatoes label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 35/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 38% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Snowmen & Trees · ±0 BOOK-OFF …144442 · July 2026

12 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 39144442 · 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: Snowmen & Trees Gummi Candy · Nearest score peer is Snowmen & Trees Gummi Candy 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.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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

1. Market pantry, four cheese mashed potatoes: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Market pantry, four chees…35/1002. Snowmen & Trees Gummi Candy: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Snowmen & Trees Gummi Can…35/1003. Sugar free strawberry preserves: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sugar free strawberry pre…35/1004. White Dipped Heart-Shaped Pretzels: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. White Dipped Heart-Shaped…35/1005. Vanilla Bean Cupcakes: 35/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Vanilla Bean Cupcakes35/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Market pantry, four cheese mashed potatoes (35/100 on 35 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Market pantry, four cheese mashed potatoes
35/100
Snowmen & Trees Gummi Candy
35/100
Sugar free strawberry preserves
35/100
White Dipped Heart-Shaped Pretzels
35/100
Vanilla Bean Cupcakes
35/100

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. Market pantry, four cheese mashed potatoes scores 58.6 points below that category average (35/100 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

Market pantry, four cheese mashed potatoes lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 62nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 62% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Above this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). Above this entry. 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: 35 (62nd 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 35/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 35 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Potatoes
2
Potatoes
3
Mono And Diglycerides
4
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
5
Sodium Bisulfite And Citric Acid Added As Preservatives
6
Palm Oil
7
Dairy Product Solids
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
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
10
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
11
Butter Powder
12
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
13
Nonfat Dry Milk
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Cheddar
16
Parmesan
17
Romano
18
Blue Cheeses
19
Pasteurized Milk
20
Cheese Culture
21
Enzymes
22
Natural And Artificial Flavors
23
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
Color
25
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
26
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
27
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
28
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
29
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
30
Potassium Phosphate
31
Sodium Silicoaluminate
32
White Pepper
33
Butter Oil
34
Sodium Phosphate
35
Sodium Citrate

Full Ingredient List

Potatoes (dehydrated potatoes, mono and diglycerides, with sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bisulfite and citric acid added as preservatives), palm oil, dairy product solids, salt, maltodextrin, lactose, butter powder, potassium chloride, nonfat dry milk, sugar, cheddar, parmesan, romano, and blue cheeses (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), natural and artificial flavors, sodium caseinate, color (titanium dioxide, yellow 5, yellow 6), disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate, potassium phosphate, sodium silicoaluminate, white pepper, butter oil, sodium phosphate, sodium citrate.

Other products containing Blue Cheeses

Blue Cheeses is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Market pantry, four cheese mashed potatoes

Neighbours outside Market Pantry in the same lower screening band as Market pantry, four cheese mashed potatoes (35/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Market Pantry; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Market pantry, four cheese mashed potatoes'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 Market pantry, four cheese mashed potatoes'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 0085239144442: 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.