Safe

Chik'n pot pie veggie bowls

by MorningStar Farms

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028989101877 · MorningStar Farms · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028989101877 · Serving size 1g

The verdict

Chik'n pot pie veggie bowls by MorningStar Farms scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 58 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 58-component record, beginning with Water, Carrots, Red Potatoes. 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 58 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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

89101877 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chik'n pot pie veggie bowls label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 58 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Swiss Stake With · ±0 BOOK-OFF …101877 · July 2026

13 of 58 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 89101877 · 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: Swiss Stake With Gravy · Nearest score peer is Swiss Stake With Gravy 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. Chik'n pot pie veggie bowls: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chik'n pot pie veggie bow…95/1002. Swiss Stake With Gravy: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Swiss Stake With Gravy95/1003. Choplets Vegetable & Grain Protein Patties: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Choplets Vegetable & Grai…95/1004. Original Delicious Vegetarian Alternative To Chicken: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Original Delicious Vegeta…95/1005. Breakfast veggie Sausage Patties: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Breakfast veggie Sausage …95/100
High-band neighbours for Chik'n pot pie veggie bowls (95/100) outside MorningStar Farms.
Chart values as text

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

Chik'n pot pie veggie bowls
95/100
Swiss Stake With Gravy
95/100
Choplets Vegetable & Grain Protein Patties
95/100
Original Delicious Vegetarian Alternative To Chicken
95/100
Breakfast veggie Sausage Patties
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Chik'n pot pie veggie bowls scores 2.7 points below that category average (95/100 vs. 97.7/100), 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 Plant-based foods and beverages products

Chik'n pot pie veggie bowls lists 58 ingredients on its label

58 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 58 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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 58 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Carrots
3
Red Potatoes
4
Potatoes
5
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
6
Enriched Bleached Flour
7
Wheat Flour
8
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Reduced Iron
10
Vitamin B1
11
Thiamin Mononitrate
12
Vitamin B2
13
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
15
Whole Kernel Corn
16
Green Peas
17
Cream
18
White Wine
19
Palm Oil
20
Roasted Red Onion
21
Buttermilk
22
Skim Milk
23
Nonfat Milk Solids
24
Modified Food Starch
25
Mono And Diglycerides
26
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
27
Carob Bean Gum
28
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
29
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
30
Cultures
31
Soy Protein Isolate
32
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
33
Two Percent Or Less Of Cornstarch
34
Butter
35
Spices
36
Roasted Garlic
37
Leavening
38
Baking Soda
39
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
40
Onion Powder
41
Onion
42
Red Pepper
43
Celery
44
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
45
Lemon Juice Concentrate
46
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
47
Natural Flavor
48
Yeast Extract
49
Color Added
50
Cellulose Gum
51
Tomato
52
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
53
Green Bell Pepper
54
Leek Juice Concentrate
55
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
56
Natural Flavors
57
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
58
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved

Full Ingredient List

Water, carrots, red potatoes (potatoes, sodium acid pyrophosphate), enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, vitamin B1 [thiamin mononitrate], vitamin B2 [riboflavin], folic acid), whole kernel corn, green peas, cream, white wine, palm oil, roasted red onion, buttermilk (skim milk, nonfat milk solids, modified food starch, mono and diglycerides, carrageenan, carob bean gum, dextrose, salt, cultures), soy protein isolate, wheat gluten, contains two percent or less of cornstarch, butter (cream, salt), spices, wheat flour, roasted garlic, leavening (baking soda, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), onion powder, onion, red pepper, salt, celery, tapioca starch, lemon juice concentrate, sugar, natural flavor, yeast extract, color added, cellulose gum, dried tomato, dried garlic, dried green bell pepper, leek juice concentrate, hydrolyzed corn protein, natural flavors, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate.

Other products containing Leek Juice Concentrate

Leek Juice Concentrate is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 9 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Chik'n pot pie veggie bowls

Neighbours outside MorningStar Farms with screening scores in the same high band as Chik'n pot pie veggie bowls (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within MorningStar Farms; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chik'n pot pie veggie bowls's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 58-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Chik'n pot pie veggie bowls'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 0028989101877: 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.