Safe

Fettuccine Alfredo

by Clover Valley

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0854294005940 · Clover Valley · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0854294005940 · Serving size 3 ONZ (85 g)

The verdict

Fettuccine Alfredo by Clover Valley scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 46 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 46-component record, beginning with Milk, Dipotassium Phosphate, Carrageenan. 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 46 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

90/100

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.

94005940 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fettuccine Alfredo label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 46 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 28% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Simply asia, noodle · ±0 BOOK-OFF …005940 · July 2026

14 of 46 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 94005940 · 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: Simply asia, noodle bowl, spicy mongolian · Nearest score peer is Simply asia, noodle bowl, spicy mongolian 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.

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.

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. Fettuccine Alfredo: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Fettuccine Alfredo90/1002. Simply asia, noodle bowl, spicy mongolian: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Simply asia, noodle bowl,…90/1003. Cookies & Creme Dessert, Cookies & Creme: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cookies & Creme Dessert, …90/1004. Chocolate Milk: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chocolate Milk90/1005. Gelato: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Gelato90/100
High-band neighbours for Fettuccine Alfredo (90/100) outside Clover Valley.
Chart values as text

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

Fettuccine Alfredo
90/100
Simply asia, noodle bowl, spicy mongolian
90/100
Cookies & Creme Dessert, Cookies & Creme
90/100
Chocolate Milk
90/100
Gelato
90/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Fettuccine Alfredo scores 2.9 points below that category average (90/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Fettuccine Alfredo lists 46 ingredients on its label

46 72nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 72% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 46 (72nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 46 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Milk
2
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
3
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
4
Vitamin D3
5
Parmesan Cheese
6
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
7
Cheese Cultures
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Enzymes
10
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
11
Modified Food Starch
12
Alfredo Cheese Flavor
13
Cultures
14
Romano Cheese
15
Unsalted Butter
16
Olive Oil
17
Sweet Whey
18
Corn Starch
19
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
20
And Less Than 2% Of Natural Flavorings And Coloring
21
Garlic Powder
22
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
23
Margarine
24
Liquid And Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
25
Water
26
Soy Lecithin
27
Vegetable Mono & Diglycerides
28
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
29
Preservative
30
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
31
Natural & Artificial Flavor
32
Beta Carotene
33
Color
34
Vitamin A Palmitate Added
35
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
36
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
37
Onion Powder
38
Fettuccini Pasta Dry
39
Durum Seminola
40
Wheat
41
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Iron
43
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
44
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
45
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
46
Soybean Oil

Full Ingredient List

Sauce: milk (milk, dipotassium phosphate, carrageenan, vitamin d3), parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, powdered cellulose [to prevent caking], modified food starch), alfredo cheese flavor (alfredo cheese flavor, parmesan cheese [milk, cultures, salt, enzymes] and romano cheese [milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], salt, unsalted butter, olive oil, sweet whey, corn starch, dextrose, and less than 2% of natural flavorings and coloring, garlic powder, caramel color), margarine (liquid and partially hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, soy lecithin, vegetable mono & diglycerides, sodium benzoate [a preservative], citric acid, natural & artificial flavor, beta carotene [color], vitamin a palmitate added, whey), xanthan gum, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, white pepper. pasta: water, fettuccini pasta dry (durum seminola [wheat], niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), soybean oil.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Fettuccine Alfredo

Neighbours outside Clover Valley with screening scores in the same high band as Fettuccine Alfredo (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Clover Valley; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Fettuccine Alfredo's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 46-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Fettuccine Alfredo's 2 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 0854294005940: 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.