Safe

Garlic Chicken

by Birds Eye Voila!

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0014500016966 · Birds Eye Voila! · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0014500016966 · Serving size 1 serving (176 g)

The verdict

Garlic Chicken by Birds Eye Voila! scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 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 54-component record, beginning with Dehydrated Vegetables, Broccoli, 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 54 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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

00016966 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Garlic Chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 54 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 17% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Chicken alfredo grilled · ±0 BOOK-OFF …016966 · July 2026

12 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00016966 · 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: Chicken alfredo grilled white meat chicken with · Nearest score peer is Chicken alfredo grilled white meat chicken with 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.

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. Garlic Chicken: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Garlic Chicken95/1002. Chicken alfredo grilled white meat chicken with: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chicken alfredo grilled w…95/1003. Chicken fried riced cauliflower white meat chicken: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chicken fried riced cauli…95/1004. Birds Eye Voila! Family Size Chicken Stir-Fry: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Birds Eye Voila! Family S…95/1005. Creamy chicken & noodles: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Creamy chicken & noodles95/100
High-band neighbours for Garlic Chicken (95/100) outside Birds Eye Voila!.
Chart values as text

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

Garlic Chicken
95/100
Chicken alfredo grilled white meat chicken with
95/100
Chicken fried riced cauliflower white meat chicken
95/100
Birds Eye Voila! Family Size Chicken Stir-Fry
95/100
Creamy chicken & noodles
95/100

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. Garlic Chicken scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Garlic Chicken lists 54 ingredients on its label

54 83rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 83% 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: 54 (83rd 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 54 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Dehydrated Vegetables
2
Broccoli
3
Carrots
4
Corn
5
Pasta With Garlic Sauce
6
Cooked Enriched Pasta
7
Water
8
Enriched Durum Wheat Semolina
9
Semolina
10
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
12
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
15
Soybean Oil
16
Whey Solids
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Garlic Seasoning
19
Garlic Powder
20
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
21
Spices
22
Yeast Extract
23
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
With Enzyme Modified Milkfat
25
Natural Flavors
26
Milk
27
Enriched Wheat Flour
28
Flour
29
Reduced Iron
30
Natural Cream Flavor
31
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
32
Lipolyzed Cream
33
Natural Garlic Oil Blend
34
Medium Chain Triglycerides
35
Soy Lecithin
36
Rosemary Extractives
37
Cooked Italian Style Coated Diced Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
38
Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
39
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
40
Seasoning
41
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
42
Romano Cheese
43
Part Skim Cow's Milk
44
Cheese Culture
45
Enzymes
46
Onion
47
Sodium Phosphates
48
Natural Flavor
49
Coated With Corn Flour
50
Wheat Flour
51
Corn Starch
52
Paprika
53
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
54
Extractives Of Paprika

Full Ingredient List

Vegetables (broccoli, carrots, corn), pasta with garlic sauce (cooked enriched pasta (water, enriched durum wheat semolina (semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid)), soybean oil, whey solids, contains 2% or less of: salt, garlic seasoning (garlic powder, sugar, spices, yeast extract, salt, whey, enzyme modified milkfat, natural flavors (with milk)), enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cream flavor (maltodextrin, lipolyzed cream), natural garlic oil blend (medium chain triglycerides, natural flavors, soy lecithin, rosemary extractives)), cooked italian style coated diced chicken breast with rib meat (chicken breast meat with rib meat, water, isolated soy protein, seasoning [sugar, garlic, romano cheese (part skim cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), dehydrated onion], salt, sodium phosphates, natural flavor, coated with corn flour, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), salt, corn starch, spices, paprika, maltodextrin, caramel color, garlic powder, extractives of paprika).

Other products containing Coated With Corn Flour

Coated With Corn Flour 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 Garlic Chicken

Neighbours outside Birds Eye Voila! with screening scores in the same high band as Garlic Chicken (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Birds Eye Voila!; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Garlic Chicken's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 54-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Garlic Chicken'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 0014500016966: 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.