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Buffalo Chicken Classic American Skillets Dinner Kit Pasta With Creamy Cheese Sauce And Premium Seasonings, Buffalo Chicken

by Kraft

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021000053476 · Kraft · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021000053476 · Serving size 2.5 ONZ (70 g)

The verdict

Buffalo Chicken Classic American Skillets Dinner Kit Pasta With Creamy Cheese Sauce And Premium Seasonings, Buffalo Chicken by Kraft scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 52 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 52-component record, beginning with Enriched Macaroni Product, Wheat Flour, Niacin. 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 52 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.

00053476 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Buffalo Chicken Classic American Skillets Dinner Kit Pasta With Creamy Cheese Sauce And Premium Seasonings, Buffalo Chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 52 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 14% LEAD-RARE Acetic Acid PHOTO-FINISH Dover Farms, Low · ±0 BOOK-OFF …053476 · July 2026

17 of 52 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acetic Acid). Source sheet 00053476 · 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: Dover Farms, Low Fat Cottage Cheese · Nearest score peer is Dover Farms, Low Fat Cottage Cheese 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. Buffalo Chicken Classic American Skillets Dinner Kit Pasta With Creamy Cheese Sauce And Premium Seasonings, Buffalo Chicken: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Buffalo Chicken Classic A…100/1002. Dover Farms, Low Fat Cottage Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Dover Farms, Low Fat Cott…100/1003. Deli Style Cream Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Deli Style Cream Cheese100/1004. Mozzarella Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mozzarella Cheese100/1005. Cream Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cream Cheese100/100
High-band neighbours for Buffalo Chicken Classic American Skillets Dinner Kit Pasta With Creamy Cheese Sauce And Premium Seasonings, Buffalo Chicken (100/100) outside Kraft.
Chart values as text

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

Buffalo Chicken Classic American Skillets Dinner Kit Pasta With Creamy Cheese Sauce And Premium Seasonings, Buffalo Chicken
100/100
Dover Farms, Low Fat Cottage Cheese
100/100
Deli Style Cream Cheese
100/100
Mozzarella Cheese
100/100
Cream Cheese
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. Buffalo Chicken Classic American Skillets Dinner Kit Pasta With Creamy Cheese Sauce And Premium Seasonings, Buffalo Chicken 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

Buffalo Chicken Classic American Skillets Dinner Kit Pasta With Creamy Cheese Sauce And Premium Seasonings, Buffalo Chicken lists 52 ingredients on its label

52 86th percentile a longer ingredient list than 86% 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: 52 (86th 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
Enriched Macaroni Product
2
Wheat Flour
3
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
4
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
5
Iron
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Vitamin B1
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Vitamin B2
10
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
11
Cheese Sauce
12
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
13
From Milk
14
Canola Oil
15
Cheddar Cheese
16
Milk
17
Cheese Culture
18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Enzymes
20
Milk Protein Concentrate
21
Sodium Phosphate
22
Enzyme Modified Cheddar Cheese
23
Water
24
Milkfat
25
Sorbic Acid As A Preservative
26
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
27
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
28
Sodium Alginate
29
Annatto Extract
30
Color
31
Oleoresin Paprika
32
Cellulose Gum
33
Natural Flavor
34
Seasoning Blend
35
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
36
Modified Food Starch
37
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
38
Buttermilk
39
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
40
Paprika
41
Spice
42
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
43
Dried Vinegar
44
Yeast Extract
45
Natural And Artificial Flavor
46
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
47
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
48
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
49
Turmeric Extracts
50
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
51
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
52
Silicon Dioxide As An Anticaking Agent

Full Ingredient List

Enriched Macaroni Product (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate [Iron], Thiamin Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid); 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); Seasoning Blend (Maltodextrin, Modified Food Starch, Sodium Diacetate, Salt, Buttermilk*, Citric Acid, Paprika, Spice, Garlic*, Vinegar*, Yeast Extract, Natural And Artificial Flavor, Whey, Contains Less Than 2% Of Disodium Inosinate, Disodium Guanylate, Paprika, Annatto, And Turmeric Extracts, Acetic Acid, Ascorbic Acid, Silicon Dioxide As An Anticaking Agent)

Categories

Meals Pasta dishes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Buffalo Chicken Classic American Skillets Dinner Kit Pasta With Creamy Cheese Sauce And Premium Seasonings, Buffalo Chicken

Neighbours outside Kraft with screening scores in the same high band as Buffalo Chicken Classic American Skillets Dinner Kit Pasta With Creamy Cheese Sauce And Premium Seasonings, Buffalo Chicken (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

Buffalo Chicken Classic American Skillets Dinner Kit Pasta With Creamy Cheese Sauce And Premium Seasonings, Buffalo Chicken has a longer ingredient list than 86% 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 0021000053476: 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.