chicken
chicken receives a safety score of 100/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. None of the ingredients in this product are flagged for safety concerns by FDA or CSPI databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
chicken carries a composite safety score of 100/100, which we classify as "Safe" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.
Our scan did not identify any ingredients in this product that FDA SAFFA or CSPI Chemical Cuisine data flags as requiring caution or avoidance at the time of analysis. That is a meaningful clean-label signal, though it does not account for personal allergens, regional recalls, or inspection findings not reflected in federal additive databases. The per-ingredient breakdown below shows the source-level classification for each component.
On the NOVA processing scale, chicken is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 100/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 0 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
brown rice, vegetable blend (com, prepared black beans (water, black beans], red peppers, poblano peppers), diced chicken (white meat chicken, water, modified food starch, salt, sodium phosphate), water, contains 2% or less of: onion, sweet cream solids, diced green chiles (green chile peppers, contains less than 2% of calcium chloride, citric acid, salt), cheese flavor (blue cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], whey, cheddar cheese [milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], contains less than 2% of sodium phosphate, salt, lactic acid), nonfat dry milk (nonfat dry milk, vitamin a palmitate and vitamin d3), nutrient blend (magnesium citrate, calcium citrate, maltodextrin, ascorbic acid [vitamin c], contains 1% or less of ferrous fumarate, zinc oxide, pyridoxine hci [vitamin b6], thiamine mononitrate [vitamin b1]), butter alternate (soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavor, beta carotene [color]), food starch-modified, sour cream powder (cultured sour cream, skim milk solids, whey, sugar, citric acid, and lactic acid), lime juice powder (ip maltodextrin, lime juice solids), iodized salt, minced garlic, butter buds (whey, natural flavor, maltodextrin, dehydrated butter [buttermilk powder, butter], guar gum, annatto and turmeric [for color]), cumin, black pepper, xanthan gum, guar gum, jalapeno pepper, contains: soy, milk, spect
Data Sources
Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.
Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.
This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.
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