Safe

Newman's own, general paul's chicken complete skillet meal

by Newman's Own

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0020662005175 · Newman's Own · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0020662005175 · Serving size 0.5 PACKAGE (312 g)

The verdict

Newman's own, general paul's chicken complete skillet meal by Newman's Own scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 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 55-component record, beginning with Sauce, Water, Dark Brown 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 55 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.

62005175 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

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

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-SPARSE 15% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 16% LEAD-RARE Wheat Starch PHOTO-FINISH Thin & Crispy · ±0 BOOK-OFF …005175 · July 2026

8 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Wheat Starch). Source sheet 62005175 · 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, general paul's chicken complete skillet meal: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Newman's own, general pau…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, general paul's chicken complete skillet meal (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, general paul's chicken complete skillet meal
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, general paul's chicken complete skillet meal 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, general paul's chicken complete skillet meal lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 84th percentile a longer ingredient list than 84% 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: 55 (84th 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
Dark Brown Sugar
4
Red Jalapeno Peppers
5
Ginger Puree
6
Organic Ginger
7
Stabilizer
8
Corn Starch
9
Gum Arabic
10
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
11
Guar Gum
12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Raisin Juice Concentrate
14
Chicken Broth
15
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
16
Water And Citric Acid
17
Sesame Oil
18
Soybean Oil
19
Rice Wine
20
Distilled Rice
21
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
22
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
23
Soybeans
24
Wheat
25
Dried Vinegar
26
Fermented Soy Sauce Powder
27
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
28
Balsamic Vinegar
29
Wine Vinegar
30
Concentrated Grape Must
31
Oyster Sauce
32
Water Evaporated Cane Syrup
33
Oyster Extract
34
Chili Oil
35
Chili Peppers
36
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
37
Fermented Soybean Sauce
38
Spices
39
Oyster-flavored Extract Powder
40
Tara Gum
41
Fully Cooked Battered Natural Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat Chunks
42
Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
43
Evaporated Cane Syrup
44
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
45
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
46
Battered With Water
47
Wheat Flour
48
Rice Flour
49
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
50
Leavening
51
Cream Of Tartar
52
Baking Soda
53
Garlic Powder
54
Broccoli
55
Bell Peppers

Full Ingredient List

Sauce (water, dark brown sugar, red jalapeno peppers, ginger puree [ginger, water], stabilizer [corn starch, gum arabic, xanthan gum, guar gum], sugar, raisin juice concentrate, chicken broth, garlic [with water and citric acid], sesame oil, soybean oil, rice wine [distilled rice, salt, water], soy sauce [water, soybeans, wheat, salt, vinegar], fermented soy sauce powder [soy sauce {fermented soybeans, wheat, salt}, maltodextrin], balsamic vinegar [wine vinegar, grape must], oyster sauce [water evaporated cane syrup, salt, corn starch, vinegar, maltodextrin, oyster extract], chili oil [soybean oil, dried chili peppers], powdered soy sauce [fermented soybean sauce {fermented soybeans, wheat, salt}, maltodextrin], spices, oyster-flavored extract powder [oyster extract, maltodextrin, salt, sugar, soy sauce {fermented soybeans, wheat, salt}], tara gum), 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), broccoli, bell peppers.

Categories

Frozen foods

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

Neighbours outside Newman's Own with screening scores in the same high band as Newman's own, general paul's chicken complete skillet meal (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, general paul's chicken complete skillet meal has a longer ingredient list than 84% 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 0020662005175: 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.