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Smart sense, macaroni & cheese dinner

by Smart Sense

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0883967392087 · Smart Sense · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0883967392087 · Serving size 1 PKG (58 g)

The verdict

Smart sense, macaroni & cheese dinner by Smart Sense scores 0/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 40 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 40-component record, beginning with Enriched Macaroni Product, Wheat Flour, Durum Wheat Flour. 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.

0/100
Avoid safety score
5
Many flagged · of 40 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

13/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

0/100

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.

67392087 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Smart sense, macaroni & cheese dinner label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 0/100 FLAG-MANY 5 flagged LEN-DENSE 40 ing. REG-PART 48% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 28% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH PEANUT BUTTER CRUNCH · ±0 BOOK-OFF …392087 · July 2026

19 of 40 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 67392087 · 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: PEANUT BUTTER CRUNCH TRAIL MIX · Nearest score peer is PEANUT BUTTER CRUNCH TRAIL MIX 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.

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. Smart sense, macaroni & cheese dinner: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #11. Smart sense, macaroni & c…0/1002. PEANUT BUTTER CRUNCH TRAIL MIX: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #22. PEANUT BUTTER CRUNCH TRAI…0/1003. Extra Good Gummi Worms: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #33. Extra Good Gummi Worms0/1004. Sour Neon Worms Candy, Sour Neon Worms: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #44. Sour Neon Worms Candy, So…0/1005. Real Chocolate Chip Cookies: 0/100 · 0% of the leader · rank #55. Real Chocolate Chip Cooki…0/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Smart sense, macaroni & cheese dinner (0/100 on 40 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Smart sense, macaroni & cheese dinner
0/100
PEANUT BUTTER CRUNCH TRAIL MIX
0/100
Extra Good Gummi Worms
0/100
Sour Neon Worms Candy, Sour Neon Worms
0/100
Real Chocolate Chip Cookies
0/100

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. Smart sense, macaroni & cheese dinner scores 93.6 points below that category average (0/100 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

Smart sense, macaroni & cheese dinner lists 40 ingredients on its label

40 72nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 72% 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

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Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 40 (72nd 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 0/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (5 flagged of 40 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Macaroni Product
2
Wheat Flour
3
Durum Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
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
10
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
11
Palm
12
Soybean Oil
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Cheddar And Blue Cheeses
15
Pasteurized Milk
16
Annatto Extract
17
Color
18
Cheese Culture
19
Enzymes
20
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
21
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
22
Emulsifiers
23
Acetic Acid Esters Of Mono - And Diglycerides
24
Medium Chain Triglycerides
25
Corn Starch
26
Whole Milk Powder
27
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
28
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
29
Natural & Artificial Flavor
30
Mono & Diglycerides
31
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
32
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
33
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
34
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
35
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
36
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
37
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
38
Potassium Phosphate
39
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
40
Guar Gum

Full Ingredient List

Enriched macaroni product (wheat flour, durum wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), whey, maltodextrin, palm and/or soybean oil, salt, cheddar and blue cheeses (pasteurized milk, salt, annatto extract (color), cheese culture, enzymes), lactose, modified tapioca starch, emulsifiers (acetic acid esters of mono - and diglycerides, medium chain triglycerides), modified corn starch, whole milk powder, potassium chloride, silicon dioxide, natural & artificial flavor, mono & diglycerides, sodium caseinate, color (titanium dioxide, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake, yellow 5, yellow 6), citric acid, potassium phosphate, lactic acid, guar gum.

Categories

Meals Pasta dishes

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Smart sense, macaroni & cheese dinner

Neighbours outside Smart Sense in the same lower screening band as Smart sense, macaroni & cheese dinner (0/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Smart Sense; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Smart sense, macaroni & cheese dinner's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 40-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Smart sense, macaroni & cheese dinner's 5 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 0883967392087: 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.