Safe

Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes gravy and corn

by Lean Cuisine

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0013800427847 · Lean Cuisine · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0013800427847 · Serving size 1 package (297 g)

The verdict

Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes gravy and corn by Lean Cuisine scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 66 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 66-component record, beginning with Potatoes, Water, Oven Fried Breaded Chicken Breast With Rib Meat. 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 66 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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

90/100

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.

00427847 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes gravy and corn label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 66 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Stuffed peppers · ±0 BOOK-OFF …427847 · July 2026

15 of 66 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 00427847 · 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: Stuffed peppers · Nearest score peer is Stuffed peppers 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. Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes gravy and corn: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Fried Chicken with Mashed…90/1002. Stuffed peppers: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Stuffed peppers90/1003. Swedish Meatballs: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Swedish Meatballs90/1004. Roast Turkey: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Roast Turkey90/1005. Baked chicken: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Baked chicken90/100
High-band neighbours for Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes gravy and corn (90/100) outside Lean Cuisine.
Chart values as text

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

Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes gravy and corn
90/100
Stuffed peppers
90/100
Swedish Meatballs
90/100
Roast Turkey
90/100
Baked chicken
90/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 13,350 products we've scored in the Meats and their products category, the average safety score is 92.4/100. Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes gravy and corn scores 2.4 points below that category average (90/100 vs. 92.4/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meats and their products products

Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes gravy and corn lists 66 ingredients on its label

66 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 79 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 430 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 612 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 1,397 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,485 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,698 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,463 products (13%). Below this entry. 14–16: 996 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 734 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 489 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 377 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 234 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 140 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 145 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 92 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 74 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 50 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 238 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meats and their products 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

11,159 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 66 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
79 products (1%)
2–4
430 products (4%)
4–6
612 products (5%)
6–8
1,397 products (13%)
8–10
1,485 products (13%)
10–12
1,698 products (15%)
12–14
1,463 products (13%)
14–16
996 products (9%)
16–18
734 products (7%)
18–20
489 products (4%)
20–22
377 products (3%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
234 products (2%)
26–28
140 products (1%)
28–30
145 products (1%)
30–32
92 products (1%)
32–34
83 products (1%)
34–36
66 products (1%)
36–38
74 products (1%)
38–40
50 products (0%)
40 and above
238 products (2%)

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 11,159 Meats and their products 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

How the 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 66 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Potatoes
2
Water
3
Oven Fried Breaded Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
4
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
5
Wheat Flour
6
Soybean Oil
7
Rice Flour
8
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
9
2% Or Less Of Modified Cornstarch
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Tapioca Dextrin
12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
14
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
15
Palm Oil
16
Leavening
17
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
18
Baking Soda
19
Garlic Powder
20
Onion Powder
21
Celery Seed
22
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
23
Natural Flavor
24
Sodium Phosphate
25
Chicken Flavor
26
Chicken Broth
27
Natural Flavor
28
Yeast
29
Paprika And Annatto Extracts
30
Corn
31
Skim Milk
32
2% Or Less Of Soybean Oil
33
Butter
34
Cream
35
Organic Onions
36
Bleached Wheat Flour
37
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
38
Seasoning
39
Flavoring
40
Chicken Fat
41
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
42
Chicken Broth
43
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
44
Gum Acacia
45
Sesame Oil
46
Less Than 2% Citric Acid
47
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
48
Canola Lecithin Potassium Phosphate
49
Potato Maltodextrin
50
Sodium Citrate
51
Sodium Phosphates
52
Spices
53
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
54
Extractives Of Turmeric & Annatto Color
55
Natural Flavori
56
Natural Butter Flavor
57
Annatto & Turmeric Color
58
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
59
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
60
Potassium Salt
61
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
62
Organic Onions
63
Wheat
64
Milk
65
Sesame
66
Bioengineered Food Ingredient

Full Ingredient List

POTATOES, WATER, 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), CORN, SKIM MILK, 2% OR LESS OF SOYBEAN OIL, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT), ONIONS, BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SEASONING (MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, FLAVORING, CHICKEN FAT, SODIUM LACTATE, DRIED CHICKEN BROTH, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, GUM ACACIA, SESAME OIL, LESS THAN 2% CITRIC ACID, LACTIC ACID, CANOLA LECITHIN POTASSIUM PHOSPHATE, POTATO MALTODEXTRIN, SODIUM CITRATE, SODIUM PHOSPHATES), SALT, MODIFIED TAPIOCA STARCH, SPICES, SEASONING (WHEAT STARCH, EXTRACTIVES OF TURMERIC & ANNATTO COLOR, NATURAL FLAVORI, BUTTER FLAVOR (MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVOR, ANNATTO & TURMERIC COLOR), NATURAL FLAVOR, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, CARAMEL COLOR, CARRAGEENAN, POTASSIUM SALT, WHEY, DRIED ONIONS. CONTAINS: WHEAT, MILK, SESAME. CONTAINS A BIOENGINEERED FOOD INGREDIENT

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes gravy and corn

Neighbours outside Lean Cuisine with screening scores in the same high band as Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes gravy and corn (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Lean Cuisine; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes gravy and corn's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 66-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes gravy and corn's 2 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0013800427847: 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.