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White Chicken Chili With Beans

by Hormel

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0037600083973 · Hormel. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0037600083973 · Serving size 247.00000000000003g

The verdict

White Chicken Chili With Beans by Hormel scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 34 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 34-component record, beginning with Water, Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Green Chiles. 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 34 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.

00083973 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

White Chicken Chili With Beans label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 34 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Roasted Tomato Chili · ±0 BOOK-OFF …083973 · July 2026

9 of 34 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 00083973 · 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: Roasted Tomato Chili With Beans Made With Beef · Nearest score peer is Roasted Tomato Chili With Beans Made With Beef 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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. White Chicken Chili With Beans: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. White Chicken Chili With …95/1002. Roasted Tomato Chili With Beans Made With Beef: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Roasted Tomato Chili With…95/1003. Beef Tamales Wrapped In Parchment Paper: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Beef Tamales Wrapped In P…95/1004. Roast Beef & Mashed Potatoes with Gravy: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Roast Beef & Mashed Potat…95/1005. Chili Con Carne With Beans: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chili Con Carne With Beans95/100
High-band neighbours for White Chicken Chili With Beans (95/100) outside Hormel.
Chart values as text

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

White Chicken Chili With Beans
95/100
Roasted Tomato Chili With Beans Made With Beef
95/100
Beef Tamales Wrapped In Parchment Paper
95/100
Roast Beef & Mashed Potatoes with Gravy
95/100
Chili Con Carne With Beans
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

White Chicken Chili With Beans lists 34 ingredients on its label

34 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 34 (89th 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 34 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
3
Green Chiles
4
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
5
Navy Beans
6
Sour Cream
7
Cultured Milk
8
Cream
9
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
10
Corn Starch
11
Sodium Phosphate
12
Guar Gum
13
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
14
Carob Bean Gum
15
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
16
Maintains Freshness
17
Organic Onions
18
Red And Green Bell Peppers
19
Or Less Of Modified Cornstarch
20
Jalapeno Peppers
21
Dried Vinegar
22
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
Cheddar Cheese
24
Cheddar Cheese
25
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
26
Enzymes
27
Disodium Phosphate
28
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
29
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
30
Flavoring
31
Spices
32
Yeast Extract
33
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
34
Sodium Bisulfite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

WATER, CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, GREEN CHILES (CONTAINS CITRIC ACID), NAVY BEANS, SOUR CREAM (CULTURED MILK, CREAM, WHEY, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, GUAR GUM, CARRAGEENAN, CAROB BEAN GUM, POTASSIUM SORBATE [MAINTAINS FRESHNESS]), ONIONS, RED AND GREEN BELL PEPPERS, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, JALAPENO PEPPERS (CONTAINS VINEGAR), SUGAR, DEHYDRATED CHEDDAR CHEESE (CHEDDAR CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], DISODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT, LACTIC ACID), SALT, HYDROLYZED CORN PROTEIN, FLAVORING, SPICES, YEAST EXTRACT, DEXTROSE, SODIUM BISULFITE.

High-score cross-brand comparables for White Chicken Chili With Beans

Neighbours outside Hormel with screening scores in the same high band as White Chicken Chili With Beans (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

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from White Chicken Chili With Beans's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 34-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare White Chicken Chili With Beans'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 0037600083973: 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.