Safe

Sweet & Sour Chicken bowl

by Nestlé

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0013800232120 · Nestlé. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0013800232120

The verdict

Sweet & Sour Chicken bowl by Nestlé scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Cooked Brown Rice, Water, Panko Breaded Chicken. 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 44 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0013800232120
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

00232120 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sweet & Sour Chicken bowl label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-SPARSE 16% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-RARE Wheat Gluten PHOTO-FINISH Classic Lasagna with · ±0 BOOK-OFF …232120 · July 2026

7 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Wheat Gluten). Source sheet 00232120 · 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: Classic Lasagna with Meat & Sauce · Nearest score peer is Classic Lasagna with Meat & 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Sweet & Sour Chicken bowl: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sweet & Sour Chicken bowl100/1002. Classic Lasagna with Meat & Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Classic Lasagna with Meat…100/1003. Stouffer's Large Family Size Chicken Alfredo: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Stouffer's Large Family S…100/1004. Meat Lovers Lasagna: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Meat Lovers Lasagna100/1005. Southwest Style Chicken: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Southwest Style Chicken100/100
High-band neighbours for Sweet & Sour Chicken bowl (100/100) outside Nestlé.
Chart values as text

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

Sweet & Sour Chicken bowl
100/100
Classic Lasagna with Meat & Sauce
100/100
Stouffer's Large Family Size Chicken Alfredo
100/100
Meat Lovers Lasagna
100/100
Southwest Style Chicken
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Sweet & Sour Chicken bowl lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 44 (95th 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 Brown Rice
2
Water
3
Panko Breaded Chicken
4
Whiíte Meat Chicken
5
Wheat Flour
6
Chicken Broth
7
2% Or Less Of Tapioca Starch
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
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
10
Garlic And Onion Powder
11
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Yeast
13
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
14
Egg Whites
15
Yellow Corn Flour
16
Paprika Extracts
17
Dehydrated Parsley
18
Spice
19
Natural Flavor
20
Dried Red Bell Peppers
21
Carrots
22
Green Bell Peppers
23
Organic Tomato Puree
24
Tomato Paste
25
Pineapple Tidbits
26
Pineapple
27
Pineapple Juice
28
Clarified Pineapple Juice Concentrate
29
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
30
Organic Onions
31
Brown Sugar
32
Orange Juice Concentrate
33
2% Or Less Of Pineapple Juice Concentrate
34
Apple Cider Vinegar
35
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
36
Sesame Oi̇l
37
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
38
Soybeans
39
Wheat
40
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
41
Potassium čHloride
42
Cayenne Red Pepper
43
Egg
44
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Full Ingredient List

cooked brown rice (water, cooked brown rice), panko breaded chicken (whiíte meat chicken, wheat flour, water, chicken broth, 2% or less of tapioca starch, salt, cornstarch, garlic and onion powder, sugar, yeast, wheat gluten, egg whites, yellow corn flour, paprika extracts, dried parsley, spice, natural flavor), water, red bell peppers, carrots, green bell peppers, tomato puree (water, tomato paste), pineapple tidbits (pineapple, pineapple juice, water, clarified pineapple juice concentrate, citric acid), onions, brown sugar, orange juice concentrate, 2% or less of pineapple juice concentrate, apple cider vinegar, modified cornstarch, sesame oi̇l, soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt), salt, garlic, potassium čhloride, cayenne red pepper. contains: egg, wheat, soy. thoughtr 1porti you've choi

Other products containing 2% Or Less Of Tapioca Starch

2% Or Less Of Tapioca Starch is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Sweet & Sour Chicken bowl

Neighbours outside Nestlé with screening scores in the same high band as Sweet & Sour Chicken bowl (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Nestlé; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Sweet & Sour Chicken bowl has a longer ingredient list than 95% 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 0013800232120: 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.