Safe

Oven Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes

by Lean Cuisine

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0013844803843 · Lean Cuisine · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0013844803843 · Serving size 297 g

The verdict

Oven Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes by Lean Cuisine scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 61 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 61-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 61 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0013844803843
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

90/100

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.

44803843 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Oven Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 61 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Baked Creamed Spinach · ±0 BOOK-OFF …803843 · July 2026

15 of 61 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 44803843 · 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: Baked Creamed Spinach · Nearest score peer is Baked Creamed Spinach 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. Oven Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Oven Fried Chicken with M…90/1002. Baked Creamed Spinach: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Baked Creamed Spinach90/1003. Heavy Cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Heavy Cream90/1004. Farmland fresh dairies, heavy cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Farmland fresh dairies, h…90/1005. Bowl-Fulls Fried Chicken & Mashed Potatoes: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Bowl-Fulls Fried Chicken …90/100
High-band neighbours for Oven Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes (90/100) outside Lean Cuisine.
Chart values as text

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

Oven Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes
90/100
Baked Creamed Spinach
90/100
Heavy Cream
90/100
Farmland fresh dairies, heavy cream
90/100
Bowl-Fulls Fried Chicken & Mashed Potatoes
90/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Oven Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes scores 3.6 points below that category average (90/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Oven Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes lists 61 ingredients on its label

61 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 61 (93rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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 61 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 Cream
33
Organic Onions
34
Butter
35
Cream
36
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
37
Seasoning
38
Flavoring
39
Chicken Fat
40
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
41
Chicken Broth
42
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
43
Gum Acacia
44
Sesame Oil
45
2% Or Less Of Citric Acid
46
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
47
Canola Lecithin
48
Potassium Phosphate
49
Potato Maltodextrin
50
Sodium Citrate
51
Sodium Phosphates
52
Bleached Wheat Flour
53
Spices
54
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
55
Turmeric & Annatto Extracts
56
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
57
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
58
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
59
Natural Flavors
60
Cultured Whey
61
With Annatto And Turmeric

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 Cream, Onions, Butter (Cream, Salt), Modified Cornstarch, Soybean Oil, Seasoning (Maltodextrin, Salt, Flavoring, Chicken Fat, Sodium Lactate, Dried Chicken Broth, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Gum Acacia, Sesame Oil, 2% or Less of Citric Acid, Lactic Acid, Canola Lecithin, Potassium Phosphate, Potato Maltodextrin, Sodium Citrate, Sodium Phosphates), Salt, Bleached Wheat Flour, Modified Tapioca Starch, Spices, Seasoning (Wheat Starch, Turmeric & Annatto Extracts, Natural Flavor), Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Maltodextrin, Caramel Color, Carrageenan, Potassium Chloride, Natural Flavors, Cultured Whey, Annatto and Turmeric.

Other products containing Oven Fried Breaded Chicken Breast With Rib Meat

Oven Fried Breaded Chicken Breast With Rib Meat is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Oven Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes

Neighbours outside Lean Cuisine with screening scores in the same high band as Oven Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes (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 Oven Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 61-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Oven Fried Chicken with Mashed Potatoes'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 0013844803843: 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.