Safe

Stroganoff Cheesy Dinner Kit

by Target Stores

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239146910 · Target Stores · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239146910 · Serving size 2.5 ONZ (70 g)

The verdict

Stroganoff Cheesy Dinner Kit by Target Stores scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 58 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 58-component record, beginning with Sauce, Water, Canola. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 58 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

39146910 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Stroganoff Cheesy Dinner Kit label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 58 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Turkey Gravy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …146910 · July 2026

21 of 58 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 39146910 · 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: Turkey Gravy · Nearest score peer is Turkey Gravy at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

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.

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. Stroganoff Cheesy Dinner Kit: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Stroganoff Cheesy Dinner …95/1002. Turkey Gravy: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Turkey Gravy95/1003. Market pantry, chicken gravy: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Market pantry, chicken gr…95/1004. Market pantry, gravy, beef: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Market pantry, gravy, beef95/1005. Non-Dairy Plant Based Strawberry & Fudge Frozen Dessert: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Non-Dairy Plant Based Str…95/100
High-band neighbours for Stroganoff Cheesy Dinner Kit (95/100) outside Target Stores.
Chart values as text

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

Stroganoff Cheesy Dinner Kit
95/100
Turkey Gravy
95/100
Market pantry, chicken gravy
95/100
Market pantry, gravy, beef
95/100
Non-Dairy Plant Based Strawberry & Fudge Frozen Dessert
95/100

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. Stroganoff Cheesy Dinner Kit scores 1.4 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products

Stroganoff Cheesy Dinner Kit lists 58 ingredients on its label

58 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% 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: 58 (91st 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 58 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sauce
2
Water
3
Canola
4
Soybean Oil
5
Cheddar Cheese
6
Pasteurized Milk
7
Cheese Culture
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Enzymes
10
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
11
Organic Non-fat Dry Milk
12
Corn Syrup Solids
13
Sodium Phosphate
14
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
15
Natural Flavors
16
Sodium Alginate
17
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
18
Mono And Diglycerides
19
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
20
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
21
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
22
Celery Seed
23
Onion Powder
24
White Pepper
25
Enriched Macaroni Product
26
Wheat Flour
27
Durum Flour
28
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
30
Thiamin Mononitrate
31
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
33
Seasoning
34
Sour Cream Powder
35
Sour Cream Solids
36
Cream
37
Non-fat Milk
38
Cultures
39
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
40
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
41
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
42
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
43
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
44
Corn Starch
45
Yeast Extract
46
Palm
47
Soy Oil
48
Garlic Powder
49
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
50
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
51
Dehydrated Parsley
52
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
53
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
54
Spices
55
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
56
Potassium Phosphate
57
Sodium Silicoaluminate
58
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)

Full Ingredient List

Sauce (water, canola and/or soybean oil, cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], whey, non-fat dry milk, corn syrup solids, sodium phosphate, salt, maltodextrin, natural flavors, sodium alginate, lactic acid, mono and diglycerides, sodium diacetate, xanthan gum, sorbic acid, celery seed, onion powder, white pepper), enriched macaroni product (wheat flour, durum flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), seasoning (maltodextrin, sour cream powder [sour cream solids (cream, non-fat milk, cultures), citric acid, dipotassium phosphate, silicon dioxide], sugar, hydrolyzed soy protein, corn starch, non-fat dry milk, onion powder, yeast extract, palm and/or soy oil, garlic powder, salt, potassium chloride, sodium diacetate, natural flavors, lactose, parsley, citric acid, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, spices, sodium caseinate, potassium phosphate, sodium silicoaluminate, caramel color).

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Stroganoff Cheesy Dinner Kit

Neighbours outside Target Stores with screening scores in the same high band as Stroganoff Cheesy Dinner Kit (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Target Stores; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Stroganoff Cheesy Dinner Kit's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 58-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Stroganoff Cheesy Dinner Kit'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 0085239146910: 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.