Safe

Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese

by Papa John's Salad & Produce

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0782796023592 · Papa John's Salad & Produce. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0782796023592 · Serving size 1 cup (190 g)

The verdict

Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese by Papa John's Salad & Produce scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 50-component record, beginning with Macaroni Base, Cheese Sauce, Milk. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 50 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0782796023592
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

96023592 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-RARE Whey Protein Concentrate PHOTO-FINISH Edamame Salsa · ±0 BOOK-OFF …023592 · July 2026

12 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Whey Protein Concentrate). Source sheet 96023592 · 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: Edamame Salsa · Nearest score peer is Edamame Salsa 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.

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. Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Homestyle Macaroni & Chee…100/1002. Edamame Salsa: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Edamame Salsa100/1003. Macaroni Salad: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Macaroni Salad100/1004. Pasta Salad: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Pasta Salad100/1005. Superfood Salad: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Superfood Salad100/100
High-band neighbours for Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese (100/100) outside Papa John's Salad & Produce.
Chart values as text

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

Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese
100/100
Edamame Salsa
100/100
Macaroni Salad
100/100
Pasta Salad
100/100
Superfood Salad
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 50 (97th 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

1
Macaroni Base
2
Cheese Sauce
3
Milk
4
Reduced Fat Milk
5
Vitamins A & D
6
Cheese
7
Nonfat Milk And Milkfat
8
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
9
Milk Protein Concentratde
10
Sodium Phosphate
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
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
14
Calcium Phosphate
15
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
16
Sorbic Acid As A Preservative
17
Sodium Alginate
18
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
19
Sodium Citrate
20
Cheese Cultures
21
Enzymes
22
Apocarotenal And Annatto
23
Color
24
Water
25
Butter
26
Pasteurized Cream
27
Flavorings
28
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
29
Onion Powder
30
Black Pepper
31
Granulated Garlic
32
Cayenne Pepper
33
Macaroni Noodle
34
Semolina
35
Durum Flour
36
Egg Yolk
37
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
39
Iron
40
Thiamin Mononitrate
41
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
43
Cheddar Cheese
44
Cultured Milk
45
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
46
Bread Crumbs
47
Bleached Wheat Flour
48
Yeast
49
Sugar And Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
50
Paprika

Full Ingredient List

Macaroni base (cheese sauce (milk (reduced fat milk, vitamins a & d), cheese (nonfat milk and milkfat, whey, milk protein concentratde, milk, sodium phosphate, maltodextrin, salt, whey protein concentrate, calcium phosphate, lactic acid, sorbic acid as a preservative, sodium alginate, citric acid, sodium citrate, cheese cultures, enzymes, apocarotenal and annatto (color)), water, butter (pasteurized cream, natural flavorings), cornstarch, salt, onion powder, black pepper, granulated garlic, cayenne pepper), macaroni noodle (semolina, durum flour, egg yolk, niacin, ferrous sulfate (iron), thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto (color))), bread crumbs (bread crumbs (bleached wheat flour, yeast, salt, sugar and partially hydrogenated soybean oil), butter (pasteurized cream, natural flavorings)), paprika.

Other products containing Macaroni Base

Macaroni Base is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese

Neighbours outside Papa John's Salad & Produce with screening scores in the same high band as Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Papa John's Salad & Produce; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Homestyle Macaroni & Cheese has a longer ingredient list than 97% of its published comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0782796023592: 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.