Safe

Classic skillet meal

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0036200230510 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0036200230510 · Serving size 0.25 PACKAGE, PER CONTAINER (340 g)

The verdict

Classic skillet meal scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 52 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 52-component record, beginning with Bleached Penne Pasta, Water, Enriched Semolina. 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 52 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.

00230510 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Classic skillet meal label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 52 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 19% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …230510 · July 2026

11 of 52 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00230510 · 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.

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.

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. Classic skillet meal scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Classic skillet meal lists 52 ingredients on its label

52 81st percentile a longer ingredient list than 81% 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

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 52 (81st 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

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 52 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Bleached Penne Pasta
2
Water
3
Enriched Semolina
4
Durum Wheat Semolina
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
7
Thiamin Mononitrate
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Soybean Oil
10
Crushed Tomatoes In Puree
11
Fully Cooked Italian Style Breaded Chicken Breast Strips With Rib Meat
12
Boneless Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
13
Bleached Wheat Flour
14
Modified Food Starch
15
Parmesan Cheese
16
Pasteurized Cultured Milk
17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Enzymes
19
Yellow Corn Flour
20
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
21
Spices
22
Soy Protein Concentrate
23
Sodium Phosphates
24
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
25
Partially Skim Milk Cheese Cultures
26
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
27
Enzyme Modified Parmesan Cheese
28
Milk
29
Culture
30
Cheese Flavor With Dehydrated Cheese
31
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
32
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
33
Soy Lecithin
34
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
35
Leavening
36
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
37
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
38
Yeast
39
Natural Flavors
40
Garlic Powder
41
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oil
42
Onion Powder
43
Mustard Seed
44
Extractives Of Paprika
45
Dehydrated Parsley
46
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
47
Tomatoes
48
Mozzarella Cheese
49
Whole Pasteurized Milk
50
Nonfat Milk
51
Cheese Cultures
52
Organic Basil

Full Ingredient List

Bleached penne pasta (water, enriched semolina (durum wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, folic acid), soybean oil], crushed tomatoes in puree, fully cooked italian style breaded chicken breast strips with rib meat (boneless chicken breast meat with rib meat, bleached wheat flour, water, modified food starch, parmesan cheese (pasteurized cultured milk, salt, enzymes), yellow corn flour, salt, maltodextrin, spices, soy protein concentrate, sodium phosphates, dextrose, parmesan cheese (partially skim milk cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), sugar, enzyme modified parmesan cheese (milk, culture, salt, enzymes), cheese flavor with dehydrated cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes), maltodextrin, autolyzed yeast extract, soy lecithin), whey, autolyzed yeast extract, leavening (sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), yeast, natural flavors, garlic powder, partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oil, onion powder, mustard seed, extractives of paprika, parsley, caramel color), tomatoes, mozzarella cheese (whole pasteurized milk, nonfat milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), water, soybean oil, salt, basil, spices.

Categories

Frozen foods

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Classic skillet meal's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 52-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Classic skillet meal'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 0036200230510: 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.