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Rosarita, Chicken With Verde Sauce And Rice

by Rosarita

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0044300109179 · Rosarita · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0044300109179 · Serving size 1 MEAL (255 g)

The verdict

Rosarita, Chicken With Verde Sauce And Rice by Rosarita scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 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 50-component record, beginning with Verde Sauce, Water, Tomatillos. 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 50 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

00109179 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Rosarita, Chicken With Verde Sauce And Rice label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 22% LEAD-RARE Isolated soy protein PHOTO-FINISH Sweet & Sour · ±0 BOOK-OFF …109179 · July 2026

11 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Isolated soy protein). Source sheet 00109179 · 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: Sweet & Sour Sauce · Nearest score peer is Sweet & Sour Sauce 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 settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Rosarita, Chicken With Verde Sauce And Rice: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Rosarita, Chicken With Ve…100/1002. Sweet & Sour Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sweet & Sour Sauce100/1003. TERIYAKI SAUCE: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. TERIYAKI SAUCE100/1004. Yum Yum Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Yum Yum Sauce100/1005. LA CHOY Chow Mein Beef Bi Pak, 42 OZ: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. LA CHOY Chow Mein Beef Bi…100/100
High-band neighbours for Rosarita, Chicken With Verde Sauce And Rice (100/100) outside Rosarita.
Chart values as text

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

Rosarita, Chicken With Verde Sauce And Rice
100/100
Sweet & Sour Sauce
100/100
TERIYAKI SAUCE
100/100
Yum Yum Sauce
100/100
LA CHOY Chow Mein Beef Bi Pak, 42 OZ
100/100

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. Rosarita, Chicken With Verde Sauce And Rice scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Rosarita, Chicken With Verde Sauce And Rice lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 78th percentile a longer ingredient list than 78% 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

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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 50 (78th 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

1
Verde Sauce
2
Water
3
Tomatillos
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
Onions Jalapeno Peppers
6
Green Serrano Pepper Puree
7
Green Serrano Pepper
8
Dried Cane Syrup
9
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Corn Starch
11
Natural Pork Flavor
12
Mono And Diglycerides
13
Natural Flavor
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
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
16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate
18
Onion Powder And Garlic Powder
19
Chicken Base
20
Chicken Meat And Natural Chicken Juices
21
Chicken Fat
22
Hydrolyzed
23
Corn And Wheat Gluten
24
Soy
25
Protein
26
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
27
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
28
Yeast Extract
29
Flavoring
30
Extractives Of Turmeric And Annatto
31
Garlic Puree
32
Beef Tallow
33
Bht And Citric Acid Added To Help Protect Flavor
34
Cilantro
35
Roasted Chicken Flavor
36
Chicken Flavor
37
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
38
Disodium Inosinate And Guanylate
39
Rice
40
White Meat Chicken
41
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
42
Sodium Phosphate
43
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
44
Rice Starch
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Listed
45
Mozzarella Cheese
46
Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese
47
Pasteurized Milk
48
Cultures
49
Enzymes
50
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Verde Sauce (Water, Tomatillos (Tomatillos, Citric Acid), Onions Jalapeno Peppers, Green Serrano Pepper Puree (Green Serrano Pepper, Dried Cane Syrup, Sea Salt), Modified Corn Starch, Pork Flavor (Contains Mono And Diglycerides, Natural Flavor), Salt, Lactose, Sugar, Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate, Onion Powder And Garlic Powder, Chicken Base (Chicken Meat And Natural Chicken Juices, Salt, Chicken Fat, Sugar, Hydrolyzed (Corn And Wheat Gluten, Soy) Protein, Dried Whey, Maltodextrin, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavoring, Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate, Natural Extractives Of Turmeric And Annatto), Garlic Puree, Beef Tallow (With Bht And Citric Acid Added To Help Protect Flavor), Cilantro, Sugar, Roasted Chicken Flavor (Yeast Extract, Maltodextrin, Chicken Flavor (Xanthan Gum, Disodium Inosinate And Guanylate), Chicken Fat, Citric Acid, Natural Flavor)), Rice (Water, Rice), White Meat Chicken (Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Water, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Isolated Soy Protein, Modified Rice Starch), Mozzarella Cheese (Part Skim Mozzarella Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Whey Protein Concentrate).

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Rosarita, Chicken With Verde Sauce And Rice

Neighbours outside Rosarita with screening scores in the same high band as Rosarita, Chicken With Verde Sauce And Rice (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Rosarita; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Rosarita, Chicken With Verde Sauce And Rice has a longer ingredient list than 78% of its Frozen foods 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 0044300109179: 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.