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Parmesan chicken

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0030223049920. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0030223049920 · Serving size 17.25 ONZ (489 g)

The verdict

Parmesan chicken scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 63 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 63-component record, beginning with Sauce, Tomatoes, Tomato Sauce. 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 63 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0030223049920
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

90/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/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.

23049920 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Parmesan chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 63 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …049920 · July 2026

14 of 63 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 23049920 · 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

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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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.

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Parmesan chicken lists 63 ingredients on its label

63 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 63 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 63 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sauce
2
Tomatoes
3
Tomato Sauce
4
Tomato Concentrate
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
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
7
Red Bell Pepper Powder
8
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
9
Spice
10
Flavoring
11
Water
12
Tomato Paste
13
Onion
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
16
Olive Oil
17
Corn Starch
18
Worcestershire Sauce
19
Distilled Vinegar
20
Molasses
21
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
22
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
23
Garlic Powder
24
Spices
25
Tamarind
26
Natural Flavors
27
Organic Basil
28
Black Pepper
29
Thyme
30
Organic Pasta
31
Semolina
32
Durum Wheat Flour
33
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Iron
35
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
36
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
38
Breaded Chicken Cutlet
39
Chicken
40
Boneless Chicken Breast
41
Soy Protein Concentrate
42
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
43
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
44
Sodium Phosphate
45
Bread Crumbs
46
Bleached Wheat Flour
47
Yeast
48
Soybean Oil
49
Batter
50
Cellulose Gum
51
Vital Wheat Gluten
52
Mozzarella Cheese
53
Low Moisture
54
Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese
55
Pasteurized Milk
56
Cheese Culture
57
Enzymes
58
Potato Starch & Powdered Cellulose
59
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
60
Parmesan Cheese
61
Enzymes
62
Canola Oil
63
Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil

Full Ingredient List

Sauce (tomatoes, tomato sauce [tomato concentrate, salt, citric acid, red bell pepper powder, dextrose, spice, natural flavoring], water, tomato paste, onion, sugar, garlic, olive oil, modified corn starch, salt, worcestershire sauce [distilled vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, water, salt, caramel color, garlic powder, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavors], basil, black pepper, thyme), pasta (water, [semolina {wheat}, durum wheat flour, niacin, iron {ferrous sulfate}, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]), breaded chicken cutlet (chicken [boneless chicken breast, water, contains 2% or less of the following: soy protein concentrate, sodium lactate, salt, modified corn starch, carrageenan, sodium phosphate], bread crumbs [bleached wheat flour, dextrose, yeast, salt], soybean oil, batter [bleached wheat flour, modified corn starch, salt, cellulose gum, vital wheat gluten]), mozzarella cheese (low moisture, part-skim mozzarella cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, potato starch & powdered cellulose {to prevent caking}, natamycin {a natural mold inhibitor}]), parmesan cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, and enzymes), canola oil, extra virgin olive oil.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Parmesan chicken's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 63-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Parmesan chicken's 2 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 0030223049920: 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.