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Pasta in an alfredo cheese sauce with broccoli, carrots, garden peas and seasoned white meat chicken, alfredo chicken

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041498199241 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041498199241 · Serving size 0.333 PACKAGE (198 g)

The verdict

Pasta in an alfredo cheese sauce with broccoli, carrots, garden peas and seasoned white meat chicken, alfredo chicken scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 74 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 74-component record, beginning with Broccoli, Peas, Water. 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 74 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.

98199241 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pasta in an alfredo cheese sauce with broccoli, carrots, garden peas and seasoned white meat chicken, alfredo chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 74 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …199241 · July 2026

17 of 74 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 98199241 · 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 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.

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. Pasta in an alfredo cheese sauce with broccoli, carrots, garden peas and seasoned white meat chicken, alfredo chicken 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

Pasta in an alfredo cheese sauce with broccoli, carrots, garden peas and seasoned white meat chicken, alfredo chicken lists 74 ingredients on its label

74 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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: 74 (96th 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 74 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Broccoli
2
Peas
3
Water
4
Cream
5
Edible Vegetable Fat
6
Liquid Glucose
7
Milk Solids
8
Emulsifiers
9
Caseinate
10
Acidity Regulators
11
Stabilizers
12
Milk
13
Pasteurized Cow's Milk
14
Butter
15
Pasteurized Cream From Cow's Milk
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Cow's Milk
18
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
19
Flour
20
Canola Oil
21
Bouillon Mix
22
Wheat Flour
23
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
24
Whey Powder
25
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
26
Soy Sauce Powder
27
Soya Sauce
28
Corn Starch
29
Dried Onion And Garlic Powder
30
Yeast Extract
31
Food Acidulant
32
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
33
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
34
Pepper
35
Guar Gum
36
Flavor Enhancer
37
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
38
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
39
Anticaking Agent
40
Silicone Dioxide
41
Milk Powder
42
Romano Cheese
43
Organic Sheep's Milk
44
Starter Culture
45
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
46
Milk Protein Concentrate
47
Oregano
48
Modified Food Starch
49
Nutmeg
50
Parmesan Cheese
51
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
52
Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
53
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
54
Seasoning
55
Corn Flour
56
Spices
57
Paprika
58
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
59
Paprika Extract
60
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
61
Romano Cheese Powder
62
Cheese Culture
63
Enzymes
64
Onion
65
Sodium Phosphate
66
Natural Flavor
67
Enriched Wheat Flour
68
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
69
Reduced Iron
70
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
71
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
72
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
73
Garlic Powder
74
Extractives Of Paprika

Full Ingredient List

Vegetables: broccoli, peas, carrots. pasta: water, durum wheat flour. alfredo sauce: water, cream (edible vegetable fat, liquid glucose, milk solids, emulsifiers, caseinate, acidity regulators, stabilizers), milk (pasteurized cow's milk), butter (pasteurized cream from cow's milk, salt, cow's milk), garlic, refined flour, canola oil, bouillon mix (wheat flour, sugar, salt, milk solids (whey powder, lactose), soy sauce powder (wheat flour, soya sauce, corn starch, salt), dehydrated onion and garlic powder, yeast extract, food acidulant (citric acid, malic acid), pepper, guar gum, flavor enhancer (disodium guanylate, disodium inosinate), anticaking agent (silicone dioxide)), milk powder, romano cheese (sheep's milk, starter culture, calcium chloride, milk protein concentrate, salt), salt, oregano, modified food starch, nutmeg, parmesan cheese (cow's milk, starter culture, calcium chloride, milk protein concentrate, salt), xanthan gum, sugar. chicken: chicken breast meat with rib meat, water, isolated soy protein, seasoning (corn flour, wheat flour, corn starch, salt, spices, paprika, maltodextrin, paprika extract, caramel color), seasoning (sugar, garlic, romano cheese powder {part skim cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes}, dehydrated onion), salt, sodium phosphate, natural flavor, coated with: corn flour, enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], salt, corn starch, spices, paprika, maltodextrin, caramel color, garlic powder, extractives of paprika.

Categories

Frozen foods

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pasta in an alfredo cheese sauce with broccoli, carrots, garden peas and seasoned white meat chicken, alfredo chicken's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 74-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Pasta in an alfredo cheese sauce with broccoli, carrots, garden peas and seasoned white meat chicken, alfredo chicken'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 0041498199241: 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.