White meat chicken, tomato, bacon & a ranch club sauce in a flavorful flatbread melt, chicken ranch club flatbread melt
by Lean cuisine
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
White meat chicken, tomato, bacon & a ranch club sauce in a flavorful flatbread melt, chicken ranch club flatbread melt by Lean cuisine receives a safety score of 85/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy 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
White meat chicken, tomato, bacon & a ranch club sauce in a flavorful flatbread melt, chicken ranch club flatbread melt by Lean cuisine carries a composite safety score of 85/100, which we classify as "Caution" 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 identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, White meat chicken, tomato, bacon & a ranch club sauce in a flavorful flatbread melt, chicken ranch club flatbread melt 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. The Nutri-Score grade of C reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 85/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 1 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | C | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Flatbread (enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, romano, parmesan, & asiago cheese blend [cultured part skim milk and cow's milk, salt, enzymes], isolated oat product, sugar, soybean oil, 2% or less of dough conditioner [guar gum, calcium carbonate, datem, wheat flour, ascorbic acid, enzymes], yeast, parsley, plum puree [prune juice concentrate, dried plums], dough conditioner [guar gum, yeast], flavor, salt), cooked grill marked white meat chicken strips (white meat chicken, water, isolated soy protein, modified rice starch, chicken flavor [dried chicken broth, chicken powder, natural flavor], sodium phosphate, salt), reduced fat mozzarella cheese (cultured part skim milk and skim milk, modified cornstarch*, salt, vitamin a palmitate, enzymes, *ingredient not in regular mozzarella cheese), tomatoes, water, seasoning (skim milk, dried creamer [sunflower oil, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate, dipotassium phosphate, mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin], dried buttermilk [buttermilk, whey, sodium caseinate, lactic acid], modified cornstarch, dried cream [cream, soy lecithin], whey, dried buttermilk flavor [maltodextrin, lactic acid, modified cornstarch, vinegar, buttermilk solids], sugar, dried garlic, corn syrup solids, yeast extract, potassium chloride, salt, xanthan gum, dried onion, lactic acid, dried flavor [maltodextrin, flavor], spice, soybean oil, and dried parsley), light pasteurized process cheddar cheese (cultured milk and skim milk, water, potassium citrate, salt, sodium citrate, whey*, sorbic acid [preservative], cream, apocarotenal and beta carotene (color), enzymes, sodium phosphate, lactic acid, [*ingredient not in regular pasteurized process cheddar cheese]), green onions, cooked bacon (cured with water, salt, sugar, dextrose, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), 2% or less of white distilled vinegar, seasoning (salt, maltodextrin, modified cornstarch, flavor, smoke flavor).
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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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