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Cafe Creations Grilled Chicken & Pasta

by Hormel

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0037600051095 · Hormel. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0037600051095 · Serving size 283g

The verdict

Cafe Creations Grilled Chicken & Pasta by Hormel 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 Tomatoes, Water, Tomato Paste. 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.

00051095 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cafe Creations Grilled Chicken & Pasta label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 48 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Baked sweet potatoes · ±0 BOOK-OFF …051095 · July 2026

16 of 48 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00051095 · 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: Baked sweet potatoes · Nearest score peer is Baked sweet potatoes 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. Cafe Creations Grilled Chicken & Pasta: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cafe Creations Grilled Ch…95/1002. Baked sweet potatoes: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Baked sweet potatoes95/1003. Beef Stew: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Beef Stew95/1004. Beef Stew: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Beef Stew95/1005. Louisiana, Wing Sauce, The Original: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Louisiana, Wing Sauce, Th…95/100
High-band neighbours for Cafe Creations Grilled Chicken & Pasta (95/100) outside Hormel.
Chart values as text

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

Cafe Creations Grilled Chicken & Pasta
95/100
Baked sweet potatoes
95/100
Beef Stew
95/100
Beef Stew
95/100
Louisiana, Wing Sauce, The Original
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Cafe Creations Grilled Chicken & Pasta lists 48 ingredients on its label

48 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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: 48 (96th 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 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
Tomatoes
2
Water
3
Tomato Paste
4
Enriched Spaghetti
5
Enriched Semolina
6
Wheat
7
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
9
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
12
Egg Whites
13
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
14
Glyceryl Monostearate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
15
White Chicken Strips With Grill Marks Added
16
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
17
Modified Food Starch
18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Seasoning
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
Natural Garlic Flavor
22
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
23
Gum Arabic
24
Garlic Extract
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
25
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
26
Sodium Phosphate
27
Olive Oil
28
Green Bell Peppers
29
Or Less Of Modified Cornstarch
30
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
31
Carrots
32
Celery
33
Organic Onions
34
Parmesan Cheese
35
Part Skim Cow's Milk
36
Cheese Culture
37
Enzymes
38
Dried Red Bell Peppers
39
Wine
40
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
41
Preservative
42
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
43
Yeast Extract
44
Romano Cheese
45
Pasteurized Cow's Milk
46
Cheese Cultures
47
Spices
48
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

Full Ingredient List

TOMATOES (TOMATOES, WATER, TOMATO PASTE), ENRICHED SPAGHETTI (WATER, ENRICHED SEMOLINA [WHEAT, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], EGG WHITES, WHEAT GLUTEN, GLYCERYL MONOSTEARATE), WHITE CHICKEN STRIPS WITH GRILL MARKS ADDED (CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, SALT, SEASONING [MALTODEXTRIN, GARLIC FLAVOR {SALT, GARLIC, GUM ARABIC, GARLIC EXTRACT}, CARAMEL COLOR], SODIUM PHOSPHATE}, OLIVE OIL, GREEN BELL PEPPERS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, SUGAR, CARROTS, CELERY, ONIONS, PARMESAN CHEESE (PART SKIM COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), RED BELL PEPPERS, WINE (CONTAINS SALT, POTASSIUM SORBATE [PRESERVATIVE]), GARLIC (CONTAINS HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP), YEAST EXTRACT, ROMANO CHEESE (PASTEURIZED COW'S MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, ENZYMES, SALT), SPICES, SALT, CITRIC ACID.

Other products containing White Chicken Strips With Grill Marks Added

White Chicken Strips With Grill Marks Added is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cafe Creations Grilled Chicken & Pasta

Neighbours outside Hormel with screening scores in the same high band as Cafe Creations Grilled Chicken & Pasta (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hormel; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cafe Creations Grilled Chicken & Pasta'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 Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Cafe Creations Grilled Chicken & Pasta'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 0037600051095: 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.