Safe

Newman's own, complete skillet meal, orange chicken

by Newman's Own

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0020662005168 · Newman's Own · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0020662005168 · Serving size 312 g (312 g)

The verdict

Newman's own, complete skillet meal, orange chicken by Newman's Own scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 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 50-component record, beginning with Sauce, Water, Sugar. 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 50 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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

62005168 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Newman's own, complete skillet meal, orange chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-SPARSE 16% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 22% LEAD-RARE Orange Peel PHOTO-FINISH Thin & Crispy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …005168 · July 2026

8 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Orange Peel). Source sheet 62005168 · 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: Thin & Crispy Buffalo Style Chicken Pizza · Nearest score peer is Thin & Crispy Buffalo Style Chicken Pizza 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. Newman's own, complete skillet meal, orange chicken: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Newman's own, complete sk…100/1002. Thin & Crispy Buffalo Style Chicken Pizza: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Thin & Crispy Buffalo Sty…100/1003. Poppy Seed Dressing: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Poppy Seed Dressing100/1004. Vodka Organic Pasta Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Vodka Organic Pasta Sauce100/1005. Lime Lite Vinaigrette: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Lime Lite Vinaigrette100/100
High-band neighbours for Newman's own, complete skillet meal, orange chicken (100/100) outside Newman's Own.
Chart values as text

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

Newman's own, complete skillet meal, orange chicken
100/100
Thin & Crispy Buffalo Style Chicken Pizza
100/100
Poppy Seed Dressing
100/100
Vodka Organic Pasta Sauce
100/100
Lime Lite Vinaigrette
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. Newman's own, complete skillet meal, orange 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

Newman's own, complete skillet meal, orange chicken lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 78th percentile a longer ingredient list than 78% 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: 50 (78th 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
Sauce
2
Water
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
5
Soybeans
6
Wheat
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Dried Vinegar
9
Ginger Puree
10
Organic Ginger
11
Soybean Oil
12
Stabilizer
13
Corn Starch
14
Gum Arabic
15
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
16
Guar Gum
17
Rice Wine Vinegar
18
Rice
19
Sugared Orange Flavedo
20
Orange Peel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
21
Orange Oil
22
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
23
Water And Citric Acid
24
Tomato Paste
25
Chili Oil
26
Chili Pepper
27
Oyster-flavored Fish Sauce
28
Evaporated Cane Syrup
29
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
30
Oyster Extract
31
Fermented Soy Sauce Powder
32
Spice Oyster-flavored Fish Extract Powder
33
Cooked Oyster
34
Tara Gum
35
Cold Pressed Orange Oil
36
Fully Cooked Battered Natural Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat Chunks
37
Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
38
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
39
Sea Salt. Battered With Water
40
Wheat Flour
41
Rice Flour
42
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
43
Leavening
44
Cream Of Tartar
45
Baking Soda
46
Garlic Powder
47
Carrots
48
Water Chestnuts
49
Edamame
50
Sweet Green Soybeans

Full Ingredient List

Sauce (water, sugar, soy sauce [water, soybeans, wheat, salt, vinegar], ginger puree [ginger, water], soybean oil, stabilizer [corn starch, gum arabic, xanthan gum, guar gum], rice wine vinegar [water, rice], sugared orange flavedo [orange peel, sugar, orange oil], garlic [with water and citric acid], tomato paste, chili oil [soybean oil, dried chili pepper], oyster-flavored fish sauce [water, evaporated cane syrup, salt, corn starch, vinegar, maltodextrin, oyster extract], fermented soy sauce powder [soy sauce {fermented soybeans, wheat, salt}, maltodextrin], spice oyster-flavored fish extract powder [cooked oyster, maltodextrin, salt, sugar, soy sauce {fermented soybeans, wheat, salt}], tara gum, cold pressed orange oil), fully cooked battered natural* chicken breast meat with rib meat chunks (chicken breast meat with rib meat, water, evaporated cane syrup, potato starch, sea salt. battered with water, wheat flour, rice flour, wheat starch, salt, leavening [cream of tartar, baking soda], garlic powder), carrots, water chestnuts, edamame (sweet green soybeans).

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Newman's own, complete skillet meal, orange chicken

Neighbours outside Newman's Own with screening scores in the same high band as Newman's own, complete skillet meal, orange chicken (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Newman's Own; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Newman's own, complete skillet meal, orange chicken has a longer ingredient list than 78% of its Frozen foods category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

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

Barcode 0020662005168: 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.