Safe

Maple Balsamic Chicken

by Vital Pursuit

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0013800718891 · Vital Pursuit · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0013800718891 · Serving size 1 serving (269 g)

The verdict

Maple Balsamic Chicken by Vital Pursuit scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 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 37-component record, beginning with Dehydrated Vegetables, Asparagus, Carrots. 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 37 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0013800718891
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.

00718891 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Maple Balsamic Chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-SPARSE 11% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 46% LEAD-RARE Isolated soy protein PHOTO-FINISH Spanish Manzanilla Olives · ±0 BOOK-OFF …718891 · July 2026

4 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Isolated soy protein). Source sheet 00718891 · 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: Spanish Manzanilla Olives Sliced With Pimiento · Nearest score peer is Spanish Manzanilla Olives Sliced With Pimiento 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. Maple Balsamic Chicken: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Maple Balsamic Chicken100/1002. Spanish Manzanilla Olives Sliced With Pimiento: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Spanish Manzanilla Olives…100/1003. Togarashi Beef With Red Cabbage, Edamame And Carrots, Wheat Berries, And Black Garlic Miso, Togarashi: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Togarashi Beef With Red C…100/1004. Stouffer's, classic mac & cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Stouffer's, classic mac &…100/1005. Kalamata Olives: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Kalamata Olives100/100
High-band neighbours for Maple Balsamic Chicken (100/100) outside Vital Pursuit.
Chart values as text

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

Maple Balsamic Chicken
100/100
Spanish Manzanilla Olives Sliced With Pimiento
100/100
Togarashi Beef With Red Cabbage, Edamame And Carrots, Wheat Berries, And Black Garlic Miso, Togarashi
100/100
Stouffer's, classic mac & cheese
100/100
Kalamata Olives
100/100

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. Maple Balsamic Chicken scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong 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

Maple Balsamic Chicken lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 54th percentile a longer ingredient list than 54% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 37 (54th 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.

Full Ingredient List

VEGETABLES (ASPARAGUS, CARROTS, SWEET POTATOES). COOKED GRILLED 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). MAPLE BALSAMIC SAUCE (WATER, BALSAMIC VINEGAR [WINE VINEGAR, CONCENTRATED GRAPE MUST], DARK BROWN SUGAR [SUGAR, CANE MOLASSES], MAPLE SYRUP, DIJON MUSTARD [DISTILLED VINEGAR, MUSTARD SEED, SALT, WATER, WHITE WINE, SPICES], MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CHICKEN BASE [ROASTED CHICKEN AND CHICKEN JUICES, SALT, SUGAR, CORN STARCH, CHICKEN FAT, DEHYDRATED ONION, TURMERIC, FLAVORING], SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR, SPICES).

Other products containing Roasted Chicken And Chicken Juices

Roasted Chicken And Chicken Juices is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Frozen foods Meals Combination Meals Frozen ready-made meals

High-score cross-brand comparables for Maple Balsamic Chicken

Neighbours outside Vital Pursuit with screening scores in the same high band as Maple Balsamic Chicken (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Vital Pursuit; these peers cross brands.

Trace this label’s coverage

Trace this label’s coverage

4 of 37 parsed ingredients on Maple Balsamic Chicken match at least one source registry. Use the ingredient records to see which entries carry source context and which remain unmatched.

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

Barcode 0013800718891: 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.