Safe

Roasted Garlic Chicken Bowl

by Marie Callender's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021131506643 · Marie Callender's · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021131506643 · Serving size 1 meal (326 g)

The verdict

Roasted Garlic Chicken Bowl by Marie Callender's scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 48 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 48-component record, beginning with Sauce, Water, Roma Tomatoes. 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 48 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

75/100

Grade B+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

A

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.

31506643 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Roasted Garlic Chicken Bowl label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 48 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 18% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Plant Based Be'f · ±0 BOOK-OFF …506643 · July 2026

14 of 48 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 31506643 · 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: Plant Based Be'f Pot Pie · Nearest score peer is Plant Based Be'f Pot Pie 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 placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

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. Roasted Garlic Chicken Bowl: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Roasted Garlic Chicken Bo…95/1002. Plant Based Be'f Pot Pie: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Plant Based Be'f Pot Pie95/1003. Sweet Lava Caramel Dip: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Sweet Lava Caramel Dip95/1004. Turkey & cheddar full sub: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Turkey & cheddar full sub95/1005. Plant base protein: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Plant base protein95/100
High-band neighbours for Roasted Garlic Chicken Bowl (95/100) outside Marie Callender's.
Chart values as text

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

Roasted Garlic Chicken Bowl
95/100
Plant Based Be'f Pot Pie
95/100
Sweet Lava Caramel Dip
95/100
Turkey & cheddar full sub
95/100
Plant base protein
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. Roasted Garlic Chicken Bowl 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

Roasted Garlic Chicken Bowl lists 48 ingredients on its label

48 82nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 82% 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: 48 (82nd 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 48 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sauce
2
Water
3
Roma Tomatoes
4
Spinach
5
Roasted Garlic Puree
6
Organic Onions
7
Butter
8
Cream
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Corn Starch
11
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
12
Chardonnay Wine
13
Canola Oil
14
Flavoring
15
Soybean Oil
16
Chicken Glace
17
Chicken Broth
18
Cooked Chicken
19
Chicken Fat
20
Flavorings
21
Nonfat Dry Milk
22
Olive Oil
23
Spices
24
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
25
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
26
Guar Gum
27
Cooked Enriched Pasta
28
Organic Pasta
29
Durum Wheat Semolina
30
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
32
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
35
Chicken Breast
36
Water. Olive Oil
37
Or Less Of Isolated Soy Protein Product
38
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
39
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
40
Corn Starch
41
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
42
Soy Lecithin
43
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
44
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
45
Sodium Phosphate
46
Milk
47
Soy
48
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

SAUCE (WATER, ROMA TOMATOES, SPINACH, ROASTED GARLIC PUREE, ONIONS, BUTTER [CREAM, SALT], MODIFIED CORN STARCH, LESS THAN 2% OF: GARLIC, CHARDONNAY WINE, CANOLA OIL, SALT, FLAVORING, SOYBEAN OIL, CHICKEN GLACE [CHICKEN BROTH, COOKED CHICKEN, CHICKEN FAT, SALT, NATURAL FLAVORINGS], NONFAT DRY MILK, OLIVE OIL, SPICES, SUGAR, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM), COOKED ENRICHED PASTA (WATER, PASTA [DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SOYBEAN OIL), COOKED CHICKEN (CHICKEN BREAST, WATER. OLIVE OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN PRODUCT [ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, CORN STARCH, CARRAGEENAN, SOY LECITHIN], DEXTROSE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, FLAVORING). CONTAINS: MILK, SOY, WHEAT.

Categories

Meals Meals with meat Poultry meals Meals with chicken

High-score cross-brand comparables for Roasted Garlic Chicken Bowl

Neighbours outside Marie Callender's with screening scores in the same high band as Roasted Garlic Chicken Bowl (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Marie Callender's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Roasted Garlic Chicken Bowl's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 48-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Roasted Garlic Chicken Bowl'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 0021131506643: 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.