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Oven Fried Chicken with Buffalo-Style Mac and Cheese

by Lean Cuisine

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0013800109354 · Lean Cuisine · Frozen chicken nuggets. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0013800109354 · Serving size 1.0g

The verdict

Oven Fried Chicken with Buffalo-Style Mac and Cheese by Lean Cuisine scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 56 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 56-component record, beginning with Cooked Pasta, Water, Semolina 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 56 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.

00109354 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Oven Fried Chicken with Buffalo-Style Mac and Cheese label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 56 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-RARE Potassium Chloride PHOTO-FINISH California Ripe Sliced · ±0 BOOK-OFF …109354 · July 2026

11 of 56 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Chloride). Source sheet 00109354 · 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: California Ripe Sliced Olives · Nearest score peer is California Ripe Sliced Olives 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

1. Oven Fried Chicken with Buffalo-Style Mac and Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Oven Fried Chicken with B…100/1002. California Ripe Sliced Olives: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. California Ripe Sliced Ol…100/1003. California Ripe Chopped Olives: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. California Ripe Chopped O…100/1004. Classics macaroni & cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Classics macaroni & cheese100/1005. MAC & CHEESE: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. MAC & CHEESE100/100
High-band neighbours for Oven Fried Chicken with Buffalo-Style Mac and Cheese (100/100) outside Lean Cuisine.
Chart values as text

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

Oven Fried Chicken with Buffalo-Style Mac and Cheese
100/100
California Ripe Sliced Olives
100/100
California Ripe Chopped Olives
100/100
Classics macaroni & cheese
100/100
MAC & CHEESE
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Oven Fried Chicken with Buffalo-Style Mac and Cheese lists 56 ingredients on its label

56 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 56 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Cooked Pasta
2
Water
3
Semolina Wheat Flour
4
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
5
Skim Milk
6
Oven Fried Breaded Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
7
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
8
Wheat Flour
9
Soybean Oil
10
Rice Flour
11
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
12
2% Or Less Of Modified Cornstarch
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Tapioca Dextrin
15
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
16
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
17
Palm Oil
18
Leavening
19
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
20
Baking Soda
21
Garlic Powder
22
Onion Powder
23
Celery Seed
24
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
25
Natural Flavor
26
Sodium Phosphate
27
Chicken Flavor
28
Chicken Broth
29
Natural Flavor
30
Yeast
31
Paprika And Annatto Extracts
32
Reduced Fat Vermont Cheddar Cheese
33
Cultured Low Fat Milk
34
Enzymes
35
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Buffalo Style Sauce
37
Distilled Vinegar
38
Organic Cayenne Peppers
39
Modified Food Starch
40
Canola Oil
41
Paprika
42
Carrot Fiber
43
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
44
Cheddar Club Cheese
45
Cheddar Cheese
46
Cultured Milk
47
Annatto Color
48
2% Or Less Of Cheddar Cheese
49
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
50
Blue Cheese Crumbles
51
Penicillium Roquefortii
52
Dried Vinegar
53
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
54
Spice
55
Wheat
56
Milk

Full Ingredient List

cooked pasta (water, semolina wheat flour, wheat gluten), skim milk, oven fried breaded chicken breast with rib meat (chicken breast with rib meat, wheat flour, water, soybean oil, rice flour, modified wheat starch, 2% or less of modified cornstarch, salt, tapioca dextrin, sugar, modified tapioca starch, wheat gluten, palm oil, leavening [sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda], garlic powder, onion powder, celery seed, maltodextrin, natural flavor, sodium phosphate, chicken flavor [chicken broth, flavor, salt], yeast, paprika and annatto extracts), water, reduced fat vermont cheddar cheese (cultured low fat milk, salt, enzymes, vitamin a palmitate), buffalo style sauce (distilled vinegar, cayenne peppers, salt, water, modified food starch, canola oil, paprika, carrot fiber, xanthan gum, natural flavor, garlic powder), cheddar club cheese (cheddar cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], water, salt, annatto color), 2% or less of cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color), modified cornstarch, blue cheese crumbles (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, penicillium roquefortii), vinegar, xanthan gum, potassium chloride, onion powder, spice. contains: wheat, milk.

Categories

Frozen chicken nuggets

High-score cross-brand comparables for Oven Fried Chicken with Buffalo-Style Mac and Cheese

Neighbours outside Lean Cuisine with screening scores in the same high band as Oven Fried Chicken with Buffalo-Style Mac and Cheese (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Lean Cuisine; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Oven Fried Chicken with Buffalo-Style Mac and Cheese has a longer ingredient list than 98% of its published 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 0013800109354: 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.