Safe

Chicken Parmesan

by Stouffer's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0013800101716 · Stouffer's · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0013800101716 · Serving size 1 package (340 g)

The verdict

Chicken Parmesan by Stouffer's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 64 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 64-component record, beginning with Cooked Italian Style Breaded Chicken Breast Patties With Rib Meat, Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat, Water. 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 64 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

00101716 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken Parmesan label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 64 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-RARE Thiamine Hydrochloride PHOTO-FINISH Lean cuisine, chicken · ±0 BOOK-OFF …101716 · July 2026

16 of 64 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Thiamine Hydrochloride). Source sheet 00101716 · 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: Lean cuisine, chicken with peanut sauce · Nearest score peer is Lean cuisine, chicken with peanut sauce 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Chicken Parmesan: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken Parmesan100/1002. Lean cuisine, chicken with peanut sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Lean cuisine, chicken wit…100/1003. California Ripe Sliced Olives: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. California Ripe Sliced Ol…100/1004. California Ripe Chopped Olives: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. California Ripe Chopped O…100/1005. Oven Fried Chicken with Buffalo-Style Mac and Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Oven Fried Chicken with B…100/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken Parmesan (100/100) outside Stouffer's.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken Parmesan
100/100
Lean cuisine, chicken with peanut sauce
100/100
California Ripe Sliced Olives
100/100
California Ripe Chopped Olives
100/100
Oven Fried Chicken with Buffalo-Style Mac and Cheese
100/100

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. Chicken Parmesan 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

Chicken Parmesan lists 64 ingredients on its label

64 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% 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

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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 64 (92nd 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
Cooked Italian Style Breaded Chicken Breast Patties With Rib Meat
2
Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
3
Water
4
Enriched Wheat Flour
5
Wheat Flour
6
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Reduced Iron
8
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
11
Modified Food Starch
12
Or Less Of Salt
13
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
14
Spices
15
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
16
Garlic Powder
17
Parmesan Cheese
18
Partially Skim Milk
19
Cultures
20
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
21
Enzymes
22
Chicken Flavor
23
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
24
Soy Sauce Solids
25
Wheat
26
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
27
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
28
Chicken Powder
29
Natural Flavor
30
Vegetable Oil
31
Chicken Broth
32
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
33
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
35
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
36
Chicken Fat
37
Sodium Phosphates
38
Leavening
39
Cream Of Tartar
40
Baking Soda
41
Yeast
42
Onion Powder
43
Dehydrated Parsley
44
Paprika Extracts
45
Caramel Color. Breading Set In Vegetable Oil
46
Blanched Spaghetti
47
Semolina
48
Organic Tomato Puree
49
Tomato Paste
50
Tomatoes
51
Tomato Juice
52
Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese And Modified Cornstarch
53
Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese
54
Pasteurized Milk
55
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
56
Nonfat Milk
57
Natural Flavors
58
Organic Onions
59
2% Or Less Of Soybean Oil
60
Bleached Wheat Flour
61
Roasted Garlic
62
Natural Flavors
63
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
64
Cultured Whey

Full Ingredient List

Cooked italian style breaded chicken breast patties with rib meat (chicken breast meat with rib meat, water, enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], modified food starch, contains 2% or less of salt, isolated soy protein, spices, dextrose, garlic powder, parmesan cheese [partially skim milk, cultures, salt, enzymes] chicken flavor [autolyzed yeast extract, salt, soy sauce solids {soybeans, wheat, salt}, sugar, maltodextrin, chicken powder, flavor, vegetable oil, chicken broth, tapioca starch, thiamine hydrochloride, lactic acid, citric acid, chicken fat], sodium phosphates, leavening [cream of tartar, baking soda], yeast, onion powder, dried parsley, paprika extracts, caramel color. breading set in vegetable oil), blanched spaghetti (water, semolina), tomato puree (water, tomato paste), tomatoes, tomato juice, water, part-skim mozzarella cheese and modified cornstarch (part-skim mozzarella cheese [pasteurized milk, salt, cultures, enzymes], modified cornstarch, nonfat milk, flavors), onions, 2% or less of soybean oil, sugar, modified cornstarch, salt, bleached wheat flour, spices, roasted garlic, autolyzed yeast extract, citric acid, natural flavors, calcium chloride, cultured whey.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken Parmesan

Neighbours outside Stouffer's with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken Parmesan (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Stouffer's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Chicken Parmesan has a longer ingredient list than 92% 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 0013800101716: 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.