Chili's
Open Food Facts brand roll-up for Chili's, current as of September 2026. Screening averages and flag shares live in the short-answer band below. This hero only situates the catalog slice.
The short answer
Chili's averages 96.4/100 across the 56 of 387 tracked products that carry an ingredient list, and 35.7% of those contain at least one separately flagged ingredient. The figure summarizes Open Food Facts labels cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI; it does not establish recall status, allergy suitability, or the composition of products outside this snapshot.
- 96.4/100
- average ingredient-screening score across 56 scored products
- 387
- tracked products in this brand roll-up
- 35.7%
- scored products with at least one flagged ingredient
- 96.4%
- of NOVA-classified products that are ultra-processed (Group 4)
Source snapshot current as of September 2026; open individual products before making a product-specific decision.
Portfolio reading
Use the distribution, then open the outliers
With 387 tracked products, the useful signal is the shape of the portfolio rather than one headline score. The current concern-sorted list begins Chicken bacon ranch grilled white chicken with rice, broccoli & bacon in a creamy ranch sauce, chicken bacon ranch; Bacon mac 'n' cheese; Nacho potatoes with beef & bacon; 35.7% of records contain at least one flagged ingredient while the overall mean is 96.4/100. Open those outliers first, then compare neighboring formulations. The aggregate does not establish recall status, allergen suitability, or the composition of an item outside this snapshot.
Catalog evidence
Ingredient-list coverage comes before the score
Only 56 of 387 tracked Chili's records (14.5%) include an ingredient list. The remaining 331 cannot be screened, so the 96.4/100 mean describes the labelled subset rather than the whole brand.
Next check: use the product rows below to verify the labelled subset, then compare the current package for any unscored item.
What the Data Says About Chili's
Chili's: 387 products tracked, 56 with an ingredient list, avg safety score 96.4/100, 35.7% of those scored products has at least one flagged ingredient.
Because ingredient lists cover only 14.5% of tracked records, this average is a description of the labelled subset, not a brand-wide tier. The coverage gap is the dominant limitation. Scoring methodology + dye-pledge context →
Among the 804 brands with 50+ products (the typical brand in that group flags 18% of its catalog), Chili's's 35.7% flagged share is 17.7 points above that cohort median.
Processing mix (NOVA)
Chili's processing intensity
Chili's's NOVA-classified set is 56 products: 96.4% ultra-processed (Group 4, 54 items) with Group 4 (ultra-processed) largest at 54. That ultra-processed share sits 18.1 points above the 78.3% median for 1,323 brands with 50+ products. NOVA is processing intensity, not additive safety.
Shelf mix
Where Chili's shows up in Open Food Facts
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Chili's concentrates in Beverages and beverages preparations (141, 46% of this top-five); Entrees (49); Toppings-ingredients (49); Frozen foods (37); Appetizers-sides (33).
Average score by leading shelf label
| Shelf | Scored n | Avg | Flagged |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frozen foods | 37 | 95.7/100 | 37.8% |
| Condiments | 13 | 97.3/100 | 38.5% |
| Dairies | 5 | 99/100 | 20% |
Cohort context
Flagged-ingredient share among large brands
Chili's's 35.7% flagged share is measured across 56 scored products. The chart places that rate against the 50 brands with 50+ scored products in this snapshot, the same qualifying cohort used on the rankings page.
Chili's flagged share vs large-brand cohort
35.7% of scored products carry at least one flagged ingredient
36% 0th percentile is at or above the flagged share of 0% of the 50 qualifying brands we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more qualifying brands. 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%–10%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 10%–20%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 20%–30%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 30%–40%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 40%–50%
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- 50%–60%
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- 60%–70%
- 0 qualifying brands (0%)
- 70%–80%
- 3 qualifying brands (6%)
- 80%–90%
- 25 qualifying brands (50%)
- 90% and above
- 22 qualifying brands (44%)
Source Open Food Facts × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Portfolio shape
How scores cluster inside this brand
The brand average (96.4/100) summarizes 56 scored products. This distribution shows whether that mean sits on a tight cluster or a wide spread, a few low-scoring SKUs can matter even when the headline average looks strong.
Chili's product score distribution
Brand average 96.4/100 across 56 scored products
96 27th percentile sits above 27% of the 56 scored products we track
Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more scored 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
- 80–90
- 10 scored products (18%)
- 90–100
- 10 scored products (18%)
- 100 and above
- 36 scored products (64%)
Source Open Food Facts product labels × FDA SAFFA × CSPI · September 2026
Sodium Nitrite is the flagged ingredient Chili's uses most
Across the 56 Chili's products scored here, Sodium Nitrite appears in 8. Only 1,491 other brands here use it (4.2%), which makes it a more particular choice than the flags that dominate the catalogue. A flag records that a named source raised a concern about an ingredient. It is not a finding that a product is unsafe to eat.
| Flagged ingredient | Chili's products | Why it is flagged |
|---|---|---|
| Sodium Nitrite | 8 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Caramel Coloring | 6 | Restricted: California (Prop 65 warning for 4-MEI) |
| Carrageenan | 4 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
| Sodium Nitrate | 1 | Preservative with a recorded concern |
| Sucralose | 1 | Concern recorded by a review body; no ban cited |
Counts are products in this database whose ingredient list names the flagged ingredient. Flags come from FDA enforcement actions, CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings and US state ingredient laws; see the methodology for how each source is applied.
Visible product sample
Label complexity does not determine the screening result
Each point is one of the 50 concern-sorted Chili's records shown below. Horizontal position is the number of resolved ingredients on that product's stored label; vertical position is its source-derived screening score. The dashed medians (51 ingredients and 100/100) divide this displayed sample only. A longer label is not automatically worse: open a specific product to inspect its flagged rows and source coverage.
- Shown records
- 50
- Median label
- 51 ingredients
- Median score
- 100/100
The outlined point is Chicken bacon ranch grilled white chicken with rice, broccoli & bacon in a creamy ranch sauce, chicken bacon ranch, the displayed record with the most flagged ingredients (1). Bubble size represents flagged ingredient count plus one, so zero-flagged products remain visible. The score is derived from FDA SAFFA and CSPI fields; this chart does not establish recall status, dietary suitability, or a health outcome.
Read the plotted values
- Chicken bacon ranch grilled white chicken with rice, broccoli & bacon in a creamy ranch sauce, chicken bacon ranch: 77 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Bacon mac 'n' cheese: 60 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Nacho potatoes with beef & bacon: 62 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chili's, nacho potatoes with beef & bacon: 52 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chili's, chicken bacon ranch: 66 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chili's, bacon mac 'n' cheese: 63 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Nacho Potatoes With Beef & Bacon: 62 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Bacon Mac 'N' Cheese: 60 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Chili's, chipotle bacon jalapeno bites: 63 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Burger: 16 resolved ingredients, 85/100, 1 flagged.
- Bold chicken fajita rice bowl, chicken fajita: 48 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chili's, creamy chipotle chicken & potatoes: 43 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chili's, black bean lasagna: 54 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Santa Fe Style Chicken & Dumplings: 62 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chili's, southwestern style potato skins, big bold, big bold: 42 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Chili's, mozzarella cheese sticks: 45 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Slow Cooker Sauce, Sweet & Spicy Molasses: 16 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Applewood bbq sauce, applewood bbq: 17 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Sloppy joe sauce peppered bacon: 18 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Peppered bacon mix-in-sauce burger: 23 resolved ingredients, 95/100, 1 flagged.
- Pepper jack mac 'n' cheese rotini pasta in a cheese sauce, pepper jack: 36 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chicken & Pasta With Green Chiles: 60 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Island chicken & rice roasted white chicken & pineapple in a jerk sauce with a southwest style rice blend, island chicken & rice: 46 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Shredded pork in a sweet bourbon sauce with rice, sweet bourbon pork: 36 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili's, mango habanero chicken with rice: 38 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili's, cheesy chicken pasta florentine, grilled white chicken & pasta with black beans and corn in a jalapeno spinach sauce: 69 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Cajun-Style Chicken Alfredo: 56 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chicken & rice: 37 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili's, queso fried chicken bites: 57 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili's, chicken tamales with rice: 67 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Pasta alfredo: 52 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili's, honey chipotle barbecue chicken flatbread: 78 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili's, chicken fajita rice: 44 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili's, loaded chicken enchilada soup: 56 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Seasoned chicken bites: 42 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili's, sweet & spicy chicken & sweet potatoes, big bold: 42 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- White queso dip with beef: 52 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili's, spinach & jalapeno dip: 41 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Southwestern Style Bites: 54 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Queso Bites: 73 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili's, chicken tamale bites with poblano sauce packet: 58 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chicken bites: 56 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili's at home, chicken & cheese enchiladas, bold food fresh: 69 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili's at home, baja steak burrito bowl: 30 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili's at home, chicken fajita burrito bowl, bold food fresh: 33 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chili's at home, cajun style chicken alfredo: 50 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Chipotle Queso With Red Bell Pepper: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Applewood Smoked Queso: 15 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Mild White Queso: 14 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
- Slow cooker sauce southwest savory: 17 resolved ingredients, 100/100, 0 flagged.
Products by Chili's
Showing 50 display-quality records, sorted by concern level (most flagged first); 337 tracked records with unusable upstream names remain in the aggregate but are not shown.
Nationwide brands with similar catalog profiles
Two PlainFoodSafe-derived peer sets for Chili's: closest on tracked product count (387 here) and closest on average ingredient screening score (96.4/100 here). Rows stay link-disjoint so each axis is a distinct neighborhood, not a largest-catalog strip.
Similar product count
Nearest other brands by Open Food Facts product count (floored at ≥50).
Similar average screening score
Nearest other brands by average ingredient screening score (floored at ≥50 scored products), distinct from the count row.
Counts and averages from Open Food Facts labels screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine; neither axis is a health outcome.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Chili's food safe? ▼
Chili's has an average safety score of 96/100 across the 56 of 387 tracked products that carry an ingredient list. 35.7% of those contain flagged ingredients.
How many Chili's products are tracked? ▼
Our database tracks 387 Chili's products. 56 include an ingredient list and can be screened against FDA SAFFA and CSPI data; 331 cannot be scored from this snapshot.
How processed is the Chili's catalog? ▼
Chili's has 56 NOVA-classified products; 96.4% are ultra-processed (Group 4, 54 items) and Group 4 is the largest slice. NOVA describes processing intensity, not whether additives on a label are flagged.
Which shelves dominate the Chili's catalog? ▼
In Open Food Facts shelf labels, Chili's concentrates in Beverages and beverages preparations (141, 46% of this top-five); Entrees (49); Toppings-ingredients (49); Frozen foods (37); Appetizers-sides (33).
Does Chili's use artificial dyes? ▼
Open the individual product pages below to see which Chili's items list a synthetic dye on their label. For whether the company has committed to removing dyes, the FDA and CSPI both publish corporate-commitment trackers; we no longer restate those commitments here.
What to do with this Chili's profile
Use this roll-up as orientation, then verify the specific package you hold against its ingredient panel and the named official sources.
- Start with Chicken bacon ranch grilled white chicken with rice, broccoli & bacon in a creamy ranch sauce, chicken bacon ranch, the displayed product with the most flagged ingredients (1) in this sample. Open the outlier product
- Sodium Nitrite appears in 8 scored Chili's products, review why each source flags it before treating the brand average as uniform. Review flagged ingredient counts
- Compare Chili's's 96.4/100 average and 35.7% flagged share against other brands before treating either figure as a recall or clearance signal. Brand safety rankings
- Cross-check any additive concern against FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine rather than relying on this derived index alone. Scoring methodology
A flagged ingredient records a source concern, not a recall, ban, or medical clearance. Always verify the current package label and consult official sources for product-specific decisions.
Citation & disclaimer notes
Brand scores aggregate ingredient-level FDA SAFFA + CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings across Open Food Facts product data. See our methodology. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe.Disclaimer: Informational purposes only; not professional advice. A flagged ingredient is not a recall or a ban. Consult a qualified professional before making decisions based on this data.
Every figure on PlainFoodSafe is rendered directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no number is typed in by an editor. Brand figures are computed directly from OpenFoodFacts and FDA data, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2026.
