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Chicken Parmesan Creamy Cheese Sauce With Pasta, Breading Mix & Seasoning Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit, Chicken Parmesan

by Kraft

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021000042647 · Kraft · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021000042647 · Serving size 2.5 ONZ (70 g)

The verdict

Chicken Parmesan Creamy Cheese Sauce With Pasta, Breading Mix & Seasoning Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit, Chicken Parmesan by Kraft scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 56 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 56-component record, beginning with Cheese Sauce, Whey, From Milk. 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 56 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

00042647 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken Parmesan Creamy Cheese Sauce With Pasta, Breading Mix & Seasoning Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit, Chicken Parmesan label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 56 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-RARE Whey Protein Concentrate PHOTO-FINISH Cheesy Skillets Dinner · ±0 BOOK-OFF …042647 · July 2026

13 of 56 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Whey Protein Concentrate). Source sheet 00042647 · 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: Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit · Nearest score peer is Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit 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 assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Chicken Parmesan Creamy Cheese Sauce With Pasta, Breading Mix & Seasoning Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit, Chicken Parmesan: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken Parmesan Creamy C…100/1002. Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit100/1003. Shells & Cheese Queso Blanco Microwaveable Shell Pasta & Cheese Sauce, Shells & Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Shells & Cheese Queso Bla…100/1004. Tex-Mex Chicken Fajita: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Tex-Mex Chicken Fajita100/1005. 2 Cooking Sauces & Recipe: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. 2 Cooking Sauces & Recipe100/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken Parmesan Creamy Cheese Sauce With Pasta, Breading Mix & Seasoning Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit, Chicken Parmesan (100/100) outside Kraft.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken Parmesan Creamy Cheese Sauce With Pasta, Breading Mix & Seasoning Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit, Chicken Parmesan
100/100
Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit
100/100
Shells & Cheese Queso Blanco Microwaveable Shell Pasta & Cheese Sauce, Shells & Cheese
100/100
Tex-Mex Chicken Fajita
100/100
2 Cooking Sauces & Recipe
100/100

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. Chicken Parmesan Creamy Cheese Sauce With Pasta, Breading Mix & Seasoning Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit, Chicken Parmesan scores 6.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Chicken Parmesan Creamy Cheese Sauce With Pasta, Breading Mix & Seasoning Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit, Chicken Parmesan lists 56 ingredients on its label

56 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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: 56 (89th 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

1
Cheese Sauce
2
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
3
From Milk
4
Canola Oil
5
Cheddar Cheese
6
Milk
7
Cheese Culture
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Enzymes
10
Milk Protein Concentrate
11
Sodium Phosphate
12
Enzyme Modified Cheddar Cheese
13
Water
14
Milkfat
15
Sorbic Acid As A Preservative
16
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
17
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
18
Sodium Alginate
19
Annatto Extract
20
Color
21
Oleoresin Paprika
22
Cellulose Gum
23
Natural Flavor
24
Enriched Pasta Product
25
Wheat Flour
26
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
28
Iron
29
Thiamin Mononitrate
30
Vitamin B1
31
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
32
Vitamin B2
33
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
34
Seasoned Coating Mix
35
Enriched Wheat Flour
36
Reduced Iron
37
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
38
Bleached Wheat Flour
39
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
40
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils
41
Paprika
42
Celery Seed
43
Spice
44
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
45
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
46
Yeast
47
Organic Onions
48
Seasoning Blend
49
Tomatoes
50
Parmesan Cheese
51
Part-skim Milk
52
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
53
Cream
54
Modified Food Starch
55
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
56
Silicon Dioxide As An Anticaking Agent

Full Ingredient List

Cheese Sauce (Whey [From Milk], Canola Oil, Cheddar Cheese [Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes], Milk Protein Concentrate, Sodium Phosphate, Enzyme Modified Cheddar Cheese [Milk, Water, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Milkfat, Enzymes, Cheese Culture, Sorbic Acid As A Preservative], Contains Less Than 2% Of Salt, Whey Protein Concentrate, Lactic Acid, Sodium Alginate, Sorbic Acid As A Preservative, Annatto Extract [Color], Oleoresin Paprika [Color], Cellulose Gum, Natural Flavor); Enriched Pasta Product (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate [Iron], Thiamin Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid); Seasoned Coating Mix (Enriched Wheat Flour [Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid], Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour [Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid], Maltodextrin, Salt, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils, Canola Oil, Paprika, Contains Less Than 2% Of Celery Seed, Spice, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Garlic*, Yeast, Onions*, Natural Flavor); Seasoning Blend (Tomatoes*, Garlic*, Natural Flavor, Parmesan Cheese [Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes], Spice, Sugar, Contains Less Than 2% Of Cream*, Modified Food Starch, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Annatto, Silicon Dioxide As An Anticaking Agent, Enzymes, Lactic Acid)

Categories

Meals Pasta dishes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken Parmesan Creamy Cheese Sauce With Pasta, Breading Mix & Seasoning Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit, Chicken Parmesan

Neighbours outside Kraft with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken Parmesan Creamy Cheese Sauce With Pasta, Breading Mix & Seasoning Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit, Chicken Parmesan (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Kraft; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Chicken Parmesan Creamy Cheese Sauce With Pasta, Breading Mix & Seasoning Cheesy Skillets Dinner Kit, Chicken Parmesan has a longer ingredient list than 89% of its Meals 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 0021000042647: 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.