Avoid

Market pantry, macaroni & cheese dinner

by No Manufaturer

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239147238 · No Manufaturer · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239147238 · Serving size 2.5 ONZ (70 g)

The verdict

Market pantry, macaroni & cheese dinner by No Manufaturer scores 10/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 27 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 27-component label is layered, beginning with Enriched Macaroni Product, Wheat Flour, Niacin. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

10/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 27 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

18/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

10/100

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.

39147238 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Market pantry, macaroni & cheese dinner label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 10/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-LAYERED 27 ing. REG-PART 48% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 56% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH White Fudge Covered · ±0 BOOK-OFF …147238 · July 2026

13 of 27 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 39147238 · 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: White Fudge Covered Shortbread Cookies · Nearest score peer is White Fudge Covered Shortbread Cookies 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.

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

1. Market pantry, macaroni & cheese dinner: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Market pantry, macaroni &…10/1002. White Fudge Covered Shortbread Cookies: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. White Fudge Covered Short…10/1003. Gummy bears: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Gummy bears10/1004. Wondershop dark chocolaty coated with peppermint marshmallow: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Wondershop dark chocolaty…10/1005. Gummi Worms: 10/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Gummi Worms10/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Market pantry, macaroni & cheese dinner (10/100 on 27 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Market pantry, macaroni & cheese dinner
10/100
White Fudge Covered Shortbread Cookies
10/100
Gummy bears
10/100
Wondershop dark chocolaty coated with peppermint marshmallow
10/100
Gummi Worms
10/100

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, macaroni & cheese dinner scores 83.6 points below that category average (10/100 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, macaroni & cheese dinner lists 27 ingredients on its label

27 44th percentile a longer ingredient list than 44% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Above this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Above this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Above this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Above this entry. 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: 27 (44th 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 10/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 27 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Macaroni Product
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
5
Thiamin Mononitrate
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
8
Cheese Sauce
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
Dairy Product Solids
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
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
13
Modified Food Starch
14
Cheddar Cheese
15
Pasteurized Milk
16
Cheese Cultures
17
Enzymes
18
Natural Flavor
19
Butter Milk Powder
20
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
21
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
22
Color
23
Disodium Phosphate
24
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
25
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
26
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
27
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

Full Ingredient List

Enriched macaroni product (wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cheese sauce (maltodextrin, dairy product solids, salt, whey, food starch modified, cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], natural flavor, butter milk powder, lactic acid, titanium dioxide [color], disodium phosphate, yellow 5, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6, silicon dioxide).

Categories

Meals Pasta dishes

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Market pantry, macaroni & cheese dinner

Neighbours outside No Manufaturer in the same lower screening band as Market pantry, macaroni & cheese dinner (10/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within No Manufaturer; 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, macaroni & cheese dinner's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 27-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Market pantry, macaroni & cheese dinner'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 0085239147238: 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.