Mac & Cheese Bites
by Appetitos
Open Food Facts label for barcode 4061464722484 · Appetitos · Dairies. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Mac & Cheese Bites by Appetitos scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 59 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 59-component record, beginning with Water, Enriched Macaroni, Enriched Durum Semolina. 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 59 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.
64722484 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Mac & Cheese Bites label screening desk
15 of 59 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Hexametaphosphate). Source sheet 64722484 · 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: Mashed Sweet Potatoes · Nearest score peer is Mashed Sweet Potatoes 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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 23,001 products we've scored in the Dairies category, the average safety score is 97.8/100. Mac & Cheese Bites scores 2.2 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.8/100), 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 Dairies products
Mac & Cheese Bites lists 59 ingredients on its label
59 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track
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
- 0–2
- 120 products (1%)
- 2–4
- 2,805 products (13%)
- 4–6
- 4,714 products (22%)
- 6–8
- 2,694 products (13%)
- 8–10
- 1,996 products (9%)
- 10–12
- 1,884 products (9%)
- 12–14
- 1,734 products (8%)
- 14–16
- 1,639 products (8%)
- 16–18
- 1,261 products (6%)
- 18–20
- 841 products (4%)
- 20–22
- 481 products (2%)
- 22–24
- 303 products (1%)
- 24–26
- 228 products (1%)
- 26–28
- 151 products (1%)
- 28–30
- 122 products (1%)
- 30–32
- 115 products (1%)
- 32–34
- 81 products (0%)
- 34–36
- 57 products (0%)
- 36–38
- 45 products (0%)
- 38–40
- 33 products (0%)
- 40 and above
- 134 products (1%)
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 21,438 Dairies 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
Full Ingredient List
Water, enriched macaroni (water, enriched durum semolina [durum semolina wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]), bleached wheat flour, soybean oil, pasteurized process cheddar cheese (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], water, milkfat, sodium phosphate, sodium hexametaphosphate, salt, artificial color), whey, corn starch, contains less than 2% of annatto extract (color), autolyzed yeast extract, butter (cream, salt), buttermilk, calcium chloride, cellulose gum, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), dextrose, eggs, enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), extractives of paprika (color), garlic powder, guar gum, iodized salt, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), maltodextrin, methylcellulose, milk protein concentrate, modified food starch, natural flavors, 2% nonfat milk, paprika extract, salt, sodium alginate, sodium tripolyphosphate, soy flour, spices, wheat flour, whey powder, yeast, yellow corn flour.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Mac & Cheese Bites
Neighbours outside Appetitos with screening scores in the same high band as Mac & Cheese Bites (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Appetitos; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (59 on 4061464722484).
Read the longer label in layers
Read the longer label in layers
Mac & Cheese Bites has a longer ingredient list than 100% of its Dairies category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.
- Open Sodium Hexametaphosphate first, then work through the remaining 59 parsed entries. Inspect ingredients
- Compare this longer label with a cross-brand product of similar list depth. Compare label depth
- Use the methodology to separate a derived screening score from dietary or medical advice. Read the boundary
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 4061464722484: 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.