Safe

Cheesy chicken

by Viola

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0014500025302 · Viola · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0014500025302 · Serving size 1 serving (233 g)

The verdict

Cheesy chicken by Viola scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 51 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 51-component record, beginning with Broccoli, Carrots, Corn. 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 51 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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

00025302 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cheesy chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 51 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 15% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Chicken Stir-Fry · ±0 BOOK-OFF …025302 · July 2026

14 of 51 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 00025302 · 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 Stir-Fry · Nearest score peer is Chicken Stir-Fry 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.

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. Cheesy chicken: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cheesy chicken95/1002. Chicken Stir-Fry: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chicken Stir-Fry95/1003. STIR-FRY VEGGIES & SAUCE Teriyaki: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. STIR-FRY VEGGIES & SAUCE …95/1004. Voila Chicken Bacon Ranch Mac & Cheese Skillet: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Voila Chicken Bacon Ranch…95/1005. Chicken Breast With Rosemary Brown Butter Seasoned Roasted Potatoes And Broccoli Sheet Pan Meals, Chicken With Rosemary Brown Butter Potatoes: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chicken Breast With Rosem…95/100
High-band neighbours for Cheesy chicken (95/100) outside Viola.
Chart values as text

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

Cheesy chicken
95/100
Chicken Stir-Fry
95/100
STIR-FRY VEGGIES & SAUCE Teriyaki
95/100
Voila Chicken Bacon Ranch Mac & Cheese Skillet
95/100
Chicken Breast With Rosemary Brown Butter Seasoned Roasted Potatoes And Broccoli Sheet Pan Meals, Chicken With Rosemary Brown Butter Potatoes
95/100

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. Cheesy chicken scores 1.4 points above that category average (95/100 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

Cheesy chicken lists 51 ingredients on its label

51 85th percentile a longer ingredient list than 85% 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

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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 51 (85th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 51 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Broccoli
2
Carrots
3
Corn
4
Cooked Enriched Wheat Flour
5
Durum Wheat Semolina
6
Water
7
Pasteurized Process Cheese Sauce Concentrate
8
Palm Oil
9
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
10
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
11
Sodium Phosphate
12
Corn Syrup Solids
13
Cheese Culture
14
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
15
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Sodium Alginate
18
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
20
Cheddar Cheese Powder
21
Monterey Jack Cheese
22
Parmesan Cheese
23
Buttermilk Solids
24
Corn Starch
25
Natural Flavors
26
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
27
Onion Powder
28
Butter
29
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
30
Disodium Phosphate
31
Garlic Powder
32
Spices
33
Paprika Extract
34
Turmeric Extract
35
Annatto Extract
36
Natural Cheddar Cheese Flavor
37
Blue Cheese
38
Cooked Chicken
39
White Meat Chicken
40
Olive Oil
41
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
42
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
43
Corn Starch
44
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
45
Soy Lecithin
46
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
47
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
48
Flavoring
49
Milk
50
Soy
51
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

Broccoli, carrots, corn, cooked enriched wheat flour (durum wheat semolina), water, pasteurized process cheese sauce concentrate, palm oil, whey, maltodextrin, sodium phosphate, corn syrup solids, cheese culture, citric acid, lactic acid, salt, sodium alginate, sugar, xanthan gum, cheddar cheese powder, Monterey Jack cheese, Parmesan cheese, buttermilk solids, modified corn starch, natural flavors, autolyzed yeast extract, onion powder, butter, sodium caseinate, disodium phosphate, garlic powder, spices, paprika extract, turmeric extract, annatto extract, cheddar cheese flavor, blue cheese, cooked chicken (white meat chicken, water, olive oil), isolated soy protein, modified potato starch, corn starch, carrageenan, soy lecithin, dextrose, potassium chloride, flavoring. Contains: milk, soy, wheat.

Other products containing Pasteurized Process Cheese Sauce Concentrate

Pasteurized Process Cheese Sauce Concentrate is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 7 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Cheesy chicken

Neighbours outside Viola with screening scores in the same high band as Cheesy chicken (95/100 here). The 1 same-brand link above stay within Viola; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cheesy chicken's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 51-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Cheesy 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 0014500025302: 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.