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Hormel, compleats, cafe creations three cheese chicken pasta

by Hormel

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0037600668774 · Hormel. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0037600668774 · Serving size 1 TRAY (255 g)

The verdict

Hormel, compleats, cafe creations three cheese chicken pasta by Hormel scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Water, Organic Pasta, Durum Wheat. 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 44 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0037600668774
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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

00668774 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Hormel, compleats, cafe creations three cheese chicken pasta label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Chili With Beans · ±0 BOOK-OFF …668774 · July 2026

11 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00668774 · 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: Chili With Beans · Nearest score peer is Chili With Beans 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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Hormel, compleats, cafe creations three cheese chicken pasta: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Hormel, compleats, cafe c…95/1002. Chili With Beans: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chili With Beans95/1003. Chicken pot pie: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chicken pot pie95/1004. Fajita Mariande: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Fajita Mariande95/1005. Grill Seasoning: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Grill Seasoning95/100
High-band neighbours for Hormel, compleats, cafe creations three cheese chicken pasta (95/100) outside Hormel.
Chart values as text

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

Hormel, compleats, cafe creations three cheese chicken pasta
95/100
Chili With Beans
95/100
Chicken pot pie
95/100
Fajita Mariande
95/100
Grill Seasoning
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Hormel, compleats, cafe creations three cheese chicken pasta lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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: 44 (95th 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 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Organic Pasta
3
Durum Wheat
4
Egg White
5
Pasteurized Process Swiss And American Cheese
6
Cultured Milk And Skim Milk
7
Cream
8
Sodium Phosphate
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
11
Preservative
12
Enzymes
13
White Chicken Strips With Grill Marks Added
14
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
15
Modified Food Starch
16
Seasoning
17
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
18
Natural Garlic Flavor
19
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
20
Gum Arabic
21
Garlic Extract
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
22
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
23
Pasteurized Process American Cheese
24
American Cheese
25
Milk
26
Cheese Cultures
27
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
28
Or Less Of Canola Oil
29
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
30
Erythorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
31
Parmesan Cheese
32
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
33
Powdered Cellulose To Prevent Caking
34
Sorbic Acid To Protect Flavor
35
Dried Cream Cheese
36
Pasteurized Milk And Cream
37
Cheese Culture
38
Carob Bean Gum
39
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
40
Yeast Extract
41
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
42
Soy Protein Concentrate
43
Flavoring
44
Rice Flour

Full Ingredient List

Water, pasta (durum wheat, water, egg white), pasteurized process swiss and american cheese (cultured milk and skim milk, cream, sodium phosphate, salt, sorbic acid [preservative], enzymes), 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), pasteurized process american cheese (american cheese [milk, salt, cheese cultures, enzymes], water, sodium phosphate, cream, salt, lactic acid), milk, contains 2% or less of canola oil, modified cornstarch (contains erythorbic acid), parmesan cheese (parmesan cheese [pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], powdered cellulose to prevent caking, sorbic acid to protect flavor), cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), potato starch, yeast extract, potassium chloride, soy protein concentrate, flavoring, rice flour.

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 Hormel, compleats, cafe creations three cheese chicken pasta

Neighbours outside Hormel with screening scores in the same high band as Hormel, compleats, cafe creations three cheese 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 Hormel, compleats, cafe creations three cheese chicken pasta's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Hormel, compleats, cafe creations three cheese 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 0037600668774: 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.