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Lobster mac & cheese balls

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0870953001313 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0870953001313 · Serving size 3 BALLS (129 g)

The verdict

Lobster mac & cheese balls scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 57 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 57-component record, beginning with Macaroni, Durum Wheat Semolina, Enriched With Iron And B Vitamins. 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 57 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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

53001313 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lobster mac & cheese balls label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 57 ing. REG-SPARSE 14% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 14% LEAD-RARE Whey Protein Concentrate PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …001313 · July 2026

8 of 57 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Whey Protein Concentrate). Source sheet 53001313 · 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

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.

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. Lobster mac & cheese balls scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products

Lobster mac & cheese balls lists 57 ingredients on its label

57 86th percentile a longer ingredient list than 86% 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

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 57 (86th 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

1
Macaroni
 2
Durum Wheat Semolina
 3
Enriched With Iron And B Vitamins
 4
Thiamin Mononitrate
 5
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
7
Velveeta Cheese
 8
Cheddar Cheese
 9
Milk
 10
Cheese Culture
 11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Enzymes
 13
Water
 14
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
15
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
16
Sodium Phosphate
 17
Skim Milk
 18
Milkfat
 19
Sodium Alginate
 20
Apocarotenal
 21
Color
 22
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
23
Breadcrumb
 24
Whole Wheat Flour
 25
Evaporated Cane Juice
 26
Yeast
 27
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
28
Pasteurized Milk
 29
Enzymes And Annatto
 30
If Colored
31
Potato Starch And Powdered Cellulose Added To Prevent Caking
32
Batter
 33
Wheat Flour
 34
Corn Flour
 35
Baking Powder
 36
Calcium Acid Phosphate
 37
Baking Soda
 38
Corn Starch
 39
Lobster Meat
 40
Lobster
 41
Heavy Cream
 42
Pasteurized Heavy Cream
 43
Egg
 44
Onion
 45
Seasoning
 46
Celery Salt
 47
Celery Seed
 48
Spices
 49
Red Pepper And Black Pepper
 50
Paprika
 51
Garlic Salt
 52
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
53
Chives
 54
Tomato Paste
 55
Tomatoes And Citric Acid
 56
Natural Lobster Extract
 57
Fried In Canola Oil

Full Ingredient List

Macaroni (durum wheat semolina [enriched with iron {ferrous sulfate} and b vitamins {niacin, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]), velveeta cheese (cheddar cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, whey, whey protein concentrate, sodium phosphate, skim milk, milkfat, salt, sodium alginate, apocarotenal [color], annatto [color], breadcrumb (whole wheat flour, evaporated cane juice, yeast, sea salt), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes and annatto [if colored], potato starch and powdered cellulose added to prevent caking), water, batter (wheat flour, corn flour, whey, baking powder [calcium acid phosphate, baking soda, corn starch], salt), lobster meat (lobster, water, salt), heavy cream (pasteurized heavy cream), egg, onion, seasoning (celery salt, [salt, celery seed], spices [including red pepper and black pepper], and paprika), garlic salt, sugar, chives, tomato paste (tomatoes and citric acid), lobster extract, fried in canola oil.

Categories

Frozen foods

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Lobster mac & cheese balls has a longer ingredient list than 86% of its Frozen foods category 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 0870953001313: 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.