Safe

Healthy Choice, Modern Classics, Lemon Garlic Chicken

by Healthy Choice

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0050100210328 · Healthy Choice · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0050100210328 · Serving size 1 MEAL (298 g)

The verdict

Healthy Choice, Modern Classics, Lemon Garlic Chicken by Healthy Choice scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 63 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 63-component record, beginning with Cooked Pasta, Water, Whole Grain Wheat Flour. 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 63 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

00210328 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Healthy Choice, Modern Classics, Lemon Garlic Chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 63 ing. REG-SPARSE 19% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-RARE Potassium Chloride PHOTO-FINISH CHEESE & CHEDDAR · ±0 BOOK-OFF …210328 · July 2026

12 of 63 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Chloride). Source sheet 00210328 · 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: CHEESE & CHEDDAR SANDWICH CRACKERS · Nearest score peer is CHEESE & CHEDDAR SANDWICH CRACKERS 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Healthy Choice, Modern Classics, Lemon Garlic Chicken: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Healthy Choice, Modern Cl…100/1002. CHEESE & CHEDDAR SANDWICH CRACKERS: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. CHEESE & CHEDDAR SANDWICH…100/1003. Graham Cracker Snacks Cinnamon: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Graham Cracker Snacks Cin…100/1004. Scooby-Doo! Graham Cracker Snacks Cinnamon: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Scooby-Doo! Graham Cracke…100/1005. Keebler Fudge Shoppe Cookies Fudge Stripes Minis Original 2Oz: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Keebler Fudge Shoppe Cook…100/100
High-band neighbours for Healthy Choice, Modern Classics, Lemon Garlic Chicken (100/100) outside Healthy Choice.
Chart values as text

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

Healthy Choice, Modern Classics, Lemon Garlic Chicken
100/100
CHEESE & CHEDDAR SANDWICH CRACKERS
100/100
Graham Cracker Snacks Cinnamon
100/100
Scooby-Doo! Graham Cracker Snacks Cinnamon
100/100
Keebler Fudge Shoppe Cookies Fudge Stripes Minis Original 2Oz
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. Healthy Choice, Modern Classics, Lemon Garlic Chicken 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

Healthy Choice, Modern Classics, Lemon Garlic Chicken lists 63 ingredients on its label

63 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% 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: 63 (91st 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
Cooked Pasta
2
Water
3
Whole Grain Wheat Flour
4
Ultragrain
5
Wheat
6
Semolina
7
Egg White
8
Broccoli
9
Chicken Breast Fritter Chunks
10
Chicken Breast Chunks
11
Chicken Breast
12
Modified Food Starch
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
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
15
Potassium Phosphate
16
Batter Mix
17
Bleached Wheat Flour
18
Yellow Corn Flour
19
Leavening
20
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
21
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
22
Egg
23
Guar Gum
24
Predust
25
Enriched Wheat Flour
26
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
27
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
29
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
30
Soybean Oil
31
Natural Flavor
32
Scallions
33
Salted Chablis Wine
34
Red Peppers
35
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
36
Garlic Puree
37
Onion Puree
38
Onion
39
Dried Cane Syrup
40
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
41
Chicken Flavor
42
Chicken Meat And Juices
43
Chicken Fat
44
Hydrolyzed
45
Corn And Wheat Gluten
46
Soy
47
Proteins
48
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
49
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
50
Yeast Extract
51
Flavoring
52
Disodium Inosinate And Guanylate
53
Extractives Of Turmeric And Annatto
54
Canola Oil
55
Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
56
Seasoning Blend
57
Garlic Powder
58
Organic Onions
59
Dried Red Bell Peppers
60
Lemon Juice Concentrate
61
Black Pepper
62
Corn Starch
63
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

Full Ingredient List

Cooked Pasta (Water, Whole Grain Wheat Flour [ Ultragrain], Wheat, Semolina, Egg White), Broccoli, Chicken Breast Fritter Chunks (Chicken Breast Chunks [ Chicken Breast, Water, Modified Food Starch, Salt, Potassium Chloride, Potassium Phosphate], Batter Mix [ Bleached Wheat Flour, Yellow Corn Flour, Leavening {Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate}, Whey, Salt, Egg, Guar Gum], Water, Predust [ Enriched Wheat Flour {Enriched With Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid}, Soybean Oil, Salt, Natural Flavor]), Water, Scallions, Salted Chablis Wine, Red Peppers, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Sugar, Garlic Puree, Onion Puree (Onion, Dried Cane Syrup, Sea Salt), Chicken Flavor (Chicken Meat And Natural Juices, Salt, Chicken Fat, Sugar, Hydrolyzed [ Corn And Wheat Gluten, Soy] Proteins, Dried Whey, Maltodextrin, Yeast Extract, Natural Flavoring, Disodium Inosinate And Guanylate, Extractives Of Turmeric And Annatto), Canola Oil, Extra Virgin Olive Oil, Seasoning Blend (Sea Salt, Garlic Powder, Dehydrated Onions, Red Bell Peppers), Lemon Juice Concentrate, Black Pepper, Salt, Modified Corn Starch, Natural Flavoring, Citric Acid.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Healthy Choice, Modern Classics, Lemon Garlic Chicken

Neighbours outside Healthy Choice with screening scores in the same high band as Healthy Choice, Modern Classics, Lemon Garlic Chicken (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Healthy Choice; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Healthy Choice, Modern Classics, Lemon Garlic Chicken has a longer ingredient list than 91% 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 0050100210328: 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.