Safe

Lean Cuisine Panko Chicken Romano Bowls

by Lean Cuisine

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0013800922977 · Lean Cuisine · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0013800922977 · Serving size 1 Package (340 g) (340 GRM)

The verdict

Lean Cuisine Panko Chicken Romano Bowls by Lean Cuisine scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 35 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 35-component record, beginning with Cooked Cavatappi 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 35 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

00922977 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lean Cuisine Panko Chicken Romano Bowls label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 35 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 51% LEAD-RARE Potassium Chloride PHOTO-FINISH Creamy Street Corn · ±0 BOOK-OFF …922977 · July 2026

7 of 35 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Chloride). Source sheet 00922977 · 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: Creamy Street Corn · Nearest score peer is Creamy Street Corn 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Lean Cuisine Panko Chicken Romano Bowls: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Lean Cuisine Panko Chicke…100/1002. Creamy Street Corn: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Creamy Street Corn100/1003. Clover valley, small pitted black olives: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Clover valley, small pitt…100/1004. Sliced black olives`: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sliced black olives`100/1005. Medium Pitted Ripe Black Olives: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Medium Pitted Ripe Black …100/100
High-band neighbours for Lean Cuisine Panko Chicken Romano Bowls (100/100) outside Lean Cuisine.
Chart values as text

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

Lean Cuisine Panko Chicken Romano Bowls
100/100
Creamy Street Corn
100/100
Clover valley, small pitted black olives
100/100
Sliced black olives`
100/100
Medium Pitted Ripe Black 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. Lean Cuisine Panko Chicken Romano Bowls 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

Lean Cuisine Panko Chicken Romano Bowls lists 35 ingredients on its label

35 49th percentile a longer ingredient list than 49% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Above this entry. 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

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: 35 (49th 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

1
Cooked Cavatappi Pasta
2
Water
3
Semolina Wheat Flour
4
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
5
Panko Breaded Chicken
6
White Meat Chicken
7
Wheat Flour
8
Chicken Broth
9
2% Or Less Of Tapioca Starch
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
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
12
Garlic Powder
13
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
14
Onion Powder
15
Yeast
16
Egg Whites
17
Yellow Corn Flour
18
Paprika Extracts
19
Dehydrated Parsley
20
Spice
21
Natural Flavor
22
Tomatoes
23
Diced Tomatoes
24
Tomato Juice
25
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
26
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
27
Organic Tomato Puree
28
Tomato Paste
29
Romano Cheese Made From Cow's Milk
30
Cultured Milk
31
Enzymes
32
2% Or Less Of Garlic
33
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
34
Paprika
35
Spices

Full Ingredient List

Cooked Cavatappi Pasta (Water, Semolina Wheat Flour, Wheat Gluten), Panko Breaded Chicken (White Meat Chicken, Wheat Flour, Water, Chicken Broth, 2% Or Less Of Tapioca Starch, Salt, Cornstarch, Garlic Powder, Sugar, Onion Powder, Yeast, Wheat Gluten, Egg Whites, Yellow Corn Flour, Paprika Extracts, Dried Parsley, Spice, Natural Flavor), Tomatoes (Diced Tomatoes, Tomato Juice, Citric Acid, Calcium Chloride), Tomato Puree (Water, Tomato Paste), Water, Romano Cheese Made From Cow'S Milk (Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes), 2% Or Less Of Garlic, Cornstarch, Sugar, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Paprika, Spices

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.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Lean Cuisine Panko Chicken Romano Bowls

Neighbours outside Lean Cuisine with screening scores in the same high band as Lean Cuisine Panko Chicken Romano Bowls (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Lean Cuisine; these peers cross brands.

Trace this label’s coverage

Trace this label’s coverage

7 of 35 parsed ingredients on Lean Cuisine Panko Chicken Romano Bowls match at least one source registry. Use the ingredient records to see which entries carry source context and which remain unmatched.

  • Review Potassium Chloride as the most distinctive source-covered entry on this label. Inspect ingredients
  • Compare this product with a nearby cross-brand screening score. Compare labels
  • Read the methodology before treating source coverage as a food, medical, or dietary conclusion. Read the boundary

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

Barcode 0013800922977: 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.