Safe

CHICKEN & MASHED POTATOES

by Mountain House

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041133531702 · Mountain House · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041133531702 · Serving size 0.5 PACKAGE, DRY (53 g)

The verdict

CHICKEN & MASHED POTATOES by Mountain House scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 36 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 36-component record, beginning with Potato Flakes, Potato, Monoglycerides. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 36 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

33531702 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

CHICKEN & MASHED POTATOES label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 36 ing. REG-SPARSE 19% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-RARE Potato Starch PHOTO-FINISH Boneless beef chuck · ±0 BOOK-OFF …531702 · July 2026

7 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potato Starch). Source sheet 33531702 · 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: Boneless beef chuck shoulder cross-rib steak · Nearest score peer is Boneless beef chuck shoulder cross-rib steak 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 assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. CHICKEN & MASHED POTATOES: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. CHICKEN & MASHED POTATOES100/1002. Boneless beef chuck shoulder cross-rib steak: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Boneless beef chuck shoul…100/1003. Biscuits And Gravy: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Biscuits And Gravy100/1004. 100% apple cider: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. 100% apple cider100/1005. Apple cider: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Apple cider100/100
High-band neighbours for CHICKEN & MASHED POTATOES (100/100) outside Mountain House.
Chart values as text

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

CHICKEN & MASHED POTATOES
100/100
Boneless beef chuck shoulder cross-rib steak
100/100
Biscuits And Gravy
100/100
100% apple cider
100/100
Apple cider
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. CHICKEN & MASHED POTATOES scores 6.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meats and their products products

CHICKEN & MASHED POTATOES lists 36 ingredients on its label

36 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 11,159 products we track

0–2: 79 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 430 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 612 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 1,397 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,485 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,698 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,463 products (13%). Below this entry. 14–16: 996 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 734 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 489 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 377 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 234 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 140 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 145 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 92 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 74 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 50 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 238 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Meats and their products 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

11,159 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 36 (97th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
79 products (1%)
2–4
430 products (4%)
4–6
612 products (5%)
6–8
1,397 products (13%)
8–10
1,485 products (13%)
10–12
1,698 products (15%)
12–14
1,463 products (13%)
14–16
996 products (9%)
16–18
734 products (7%)
18–20
489 products (4%)
20–22
377 products (3%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
234 products (2%)
26–28
140 products (1%)
28–30
145 products (1%)
30–32
92 products (1%)
32–34
83 products (1%)
34–36
66 products (1%)
36–38
74 products (1%)
38–40
50 products (0%)
40 and above
238 products (2%)

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 11,159 Meats and their products 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

1
Potato Flakes
2
Potato
3
Monoglycerides
4
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
5
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
6
Herb & Chive Seasoning
7
Nonfat Dry Milk
8
Butter
9
Cream
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Corn Starch
12
Natural Flavor
13
Parmesan Cheese
14
Pasteurized Milk
15
Cheese Culture
16
Enzymes
17
Chicken
18
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
19
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
20
Onion
21
Hydrolyzed Wheat & Corn Protein
22
Yeast Extract
23
Chive
24
Spice
25
Chicken Fat
26
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
27
Chicken Broth
28
Herbs
29
Rosemary
30
Thyme
31
Annatto & Turmeric Extract
32
For Color
33
Sunflower Oil
34
Chicken Breasts With Rib Meat
35
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
36
Sodium Phosphate

Full Ingredient List

Mashed potatoes with herbs & chives: potato flakes (potato, monoglycerides, sodium acid pyrophosphate, citric acid), herb & chive seasoning (nonfat dry milk, butter [cream, salt], salt, modified corn starch, natural flavor, parmesan cheese [pasteurized milk, salt, cheese culture, enzymes], dehydrated chicken, maltodextrin, whey, onion, hydrolyzed wheat & corn protein, yeast extract, chive, spice, chicken fat, garlic, chicken broth, citric acid, herbs [rosemary, thyme], annatto & turmeric extract [for color], sunflower oil); freeze dried grilled chicken breast: chicken breasts with rib meat, potato starch, salt, sodium phosphate

Other products containing Chicken Breasts With Rib Meat

Chicken Breasts With Rib Meat is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meats and their products Meals Meats Chicken and its products Poultries Meals with meat Chickens Freeze-dried foods Poultry meals Meals with chicken Chicken breasts

High-score cross-brand comparables for CHICKEN & MASHED POTATOES

Neighbours outside Mountain House with screening scores in the same high band as CHICKEN & MASHED POTATOES (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Mountain House; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

CHICKEN & MASHED POTATOES has a longer ingredient list than 97% of its Meats and their products category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0041133531702: 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.