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Fried buffalo style mac & cheese pasta in a creamy cheese sauce with chicken breast fritters bowl, fried chicken buffalo style mac & cheese bowl

by Marie Callender's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0021131905569 · Marie Callender's · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0021131905569 · Serving size 1 meal (326 g)

The verdict

Fried buffalo style mac & cheese pasta in a creamy cheese sauce with chicken breast fritters bowl, fried chicken buffalo style mac & cheese bowl by Marie Callender's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 60 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 60-component record, beginning with Cheese Sauce, Water, Cheddar Club Cheese. 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 60 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.

31905569 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fried buffalo style mac & cheese pasta in a creamy cheese sauce with chicken breast fritters bowl, fried chicken buffalo style mac & cheese bowl label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 60 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-RARE Potassium Chloride PHOTO-FINISH Pasteurized process american · ±0 BOOK-OFF …905569 · July 2026

13 of 60 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Chloride). Source sheet 31905569 · 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: Pasteurized process american cheese slices · Nearest score peer is Pasteurized process american cheese slices 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. Fried buffalo style mac & cheese pasta in a creamy cheese sauce with chicken breast fritters bowl, fried chicken buffalo style mac & cheese bowl: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Fried buffalo style mac &…100/1002. Pasteurized process american cheese slices: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pasteurized process ameri…100/1003. Children’s Chewable Multivitamin: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Children’s Chewable Multi…100/1004. Member's Mark, Juice Cocktail, Cranberry: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Member's Mark, Juice Cock…100/1005. Shredded 3 Cheese Blend: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Shredded 3 Cheese Blend100/100
High-band neighbours for Fried buffalo style mac & cheese pasta in a creamy cheese sauce with chicken breast fritters bowl, fried chicken buffalo style mac & cheese bowl (100/100) outside Marie Callender's.
Chart values as text

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

Fried buffalo style mac & cheese pasta in a creamy cheese sauce with chicken breast fritters bowl, fried chicken buffalo style mac & cheese bowl
100/100
Pasteurized process american cheese slices
100/100
Children’s Chewable Multivitamin
100/100
Member's Mark, Juice Cocktail, Cranberry
100/100
Shredded 3 Cheese Blend
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. Fried buffalo style mac & cheese pasta in a creamy cheese sauce with chicken breast fritters bowl, fried chicken buffalo style mac & cheese bowl 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

Fried buffalo style mac & cheese pasta in a creamy cheese sauce with chicken breast fritters bowl, fried chicken buffalo style mac & cheese bowl lists 60 ingredients on its label

60 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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: 60 (89th 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
Cheese Sauce
2
Water
3
Cheddar Club Cheese
4
Pasteurized Cultured Milk
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Enzymes
7
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
8
Cayenne Pepper Sauce
9
Aged Cayenne Red Peppers
10
Distilled Vinegar
11
Garlic Powder
12
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
13
Soybean Oil
14
Butter
15
Cream
16
Enzyme Modified Cheese
17
Cheddar And Colby Cheese
18
Cheese Cultures
19
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
20
Yeast Extract
21
Sodium Citrate
22
Sodium Phosphate
23
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
24
Nonfat Dry Milk
25
Corn Starch
26
Disodium Phosphate
27
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
28
Guar Gum
29
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
30
Cooked Enriched Pasta
31
Enriched Pasta
32
Durum Wheat Semolina
33
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Iron
35
Thiamin Mononitrate
36
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
38
Chicken Breast Fritter
39
Chicken Breast
40
Modified Food Starch
41
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
42
Potassium Phosphate. Battered With
43
Bleached Wheat Flour
44
Yellow Corn Flour
45
Leavening
46
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
47
Egg
48
Predusted With
49
Enriched Wheat Flour
50
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
51
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
52
Folic
53
Acid
54
Natural Flavor
55
Fried In Vegetable Oil
56
Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese
57
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
58
Skim Milk
59
Cultures
60
Dehydrated Parsley

Full Ingredient List

Cheese sauce (water, cheddar club cheese [pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes, annatto], cayenne pepper sauce [aged cayenne red peppers, distilled vinegar, water, salt, garlic powder], maltodextrin, soybean oil, butter [cream, salt], enzyme modified cheese [cheddar and colby cheese {pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes}, water, lactic acid, yeast extract, sodium citrate, sodium phosphate, salt, enzymes], whey, nonfat dry milk, modified corn starch, salt, disodium phosphate, xanthan gum, annatto, guar gum, citric acid), cooked enriched pasta (water, enriched pasta [durum wheat semolina, niacin, iron {ferrous sulfate}, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]), chicken breast fritter (chicken breast, water, modified food starch, salt, potassium chloride, potassium phosphate. battered with [water, bleached wheat flour, yellow corn flour, leavening {sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate}, whey, salt, egg, guar gum], predusted with [enriched wheat flour {enriched with niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic, acid}, soybean oil, salt, natural flavor], fried in vegetable oil), part skim mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, skim milk, salt, cultures, enzymes), parsley.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Fried buffalo style mac & cheese pasta in a creamy cheese sauce with chicken breast fritters bowl, fried chicken buffalo style mac & cheese bowl

Neighbours outside Marie Callender's with screening scores in the same high band as Fried buffalo style mac & cheese pasta in a creamy cheese sauce with chicken breast fritters bowl, fried chicken buffalo style mac & cheese bowl (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Marie Callender's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Fried buffalo style mac & cheese pasta in a creamy cheese sauce with chicken breast fritters bowl, fried chicken buffalo style mac & cheese bowl has a longer ingredient list than 89% 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 0021131905569: 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.