Caution

Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta

by Stouffer's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0013800470089 · Stouffer's · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0013800470089 · Serving size 1 package (396 g)

The verdict

Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta by Stouffer's scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 45-component record, beginning with Cooked Enriched 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 45 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

00470089 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 30% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH White meat chicken, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …470089 · July 2026

13 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 00470089 · 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: White meat chicken, tomato, bacon & a ranch club sauce in a flavorful flatbread melt, chicken ranch club flatbread melt · Nearest score peer is White meat chicken, tomato, bacon & a ranch club sauce in a flavorful flatbread melt, chicken ranch club flatbread melt at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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 Bacon Ranch Pasta: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta85/1002. White meat chicken, tomato, bacon & a ranch club sauce in a flavorful flatbread melt, chicken ranch club flatbread melt: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. White meat chicken, tomat…85/1003. Signature Chicken Club Sandwich: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Signature Chicken Club Sa…85/1004. Faygo, twist!, genuine dee-licious soda, lemon, lime: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Faygo, twist!, genuine de…85/1005. Naturally & artificially flavored creme soda, vanilla: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Naturally & artificially …85/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta (85/100) outside Stouffer's.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta
85/100
White meat chicken, tomato, bacon & a ranch club sauce in a flavorful flatbread melt, chicken ranch club flatbread melt
85/100
Signature Chicken Club Sandwich
85/100
Faygo, twist!, genuine dee-licious soda, lemon, lime
85/100
Naturally & artificially flavored creme soda, vanilla
85/100

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 Bacon Ranch Pasta scores 7.9 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively weaker 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 Bacon Ranch Pasta lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 70th percentile a longer ingredient list than 70% 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: 45 (70th 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

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 45 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Cooked Enriched Pasta
2
Water
3
Semolina Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Skim Milk
10
Cooked White Meat Chicken
11
White Meat Chicken
12
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
13
Modified Food Starch
14
Seasoning
15
Chicken Broth
16
Chicken Powder
17
Natural Flavor
18
Sodium Phosphate
19
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
20
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
21
Dried Cream Cheese
22
Cultured Milk And Cream
23
Carob Bean Gum
24
Cheddar Cheese
25
Cultured Milk
26
Enzymes
27
Annatto Color
28
Bacon
29
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
30
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
31
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
32
Monterey Jack Cheese
33
2% Or Less Of Buttermilk Powder
34
Soybean Oil
35
Sour Cream
36
Cultured Cream
37
Nonfat Milk
38
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
39
Garlic Puree
40
White Vinegar
41
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
42
Natural Flavors
43
Lemon Juice Concentrate
44
Spices
45
Mushroom Juice Concentrate

Full Ingredient List

Cooked enriched pasta (water, semolina wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), skim milk, cooked white meat chicken (white meat chicken, water, isolated soy protein, modified food starch, seasoning [dried chicken broth, chicken powder, natural flavor], sodium phosphate, maltodextrin, salt), water, cream cheese (cultured milk and cream, salt, carob bean gum), cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto color), bacon (cured with: water, salt, sugar, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), monterey jack cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), 2% or less of buttermilk powder, soybean oil, sour cream (cultured cream, nonfat milk), modified cornstarch, garlic puree, white vinegar, potassium chloride, natural flavors, lemon juice concentrate, salt, spices, mushroom juice concentrate.

Other products containing 2% Or Less Of Buttermilk Powder

2% Or Less Of Buttermilk Powder is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta

Neighbours outside Stouffer's with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Stouffer's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 45-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Chicken Bacon Ranch Pasta's 1 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 0013800470089: 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.