Caution

Homestyle bakes creamy cheesy chicken alfredo

by Banquet

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0050100408596 · Banquet. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0050100408596 · Serving size 1/5 Package (202 g) About 1 Cup Prepared (202 g)

The verdict

Homestyle bakes creamy cheesy chicken alfredo by Banquet scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 56 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 56-component record, beginning with Chicken Broth, Turkey Broth, Diced Chicken. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 56 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0050100408596
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

00408596 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Homestyle bakes creamy cheesy chicken alfredo label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 56 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH CHICKEN POT PIE · ±0 BOOK-OFF …408596 · July 2026

20 of 56 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 00408596 · 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: CHICKEN POT PIE STYLE SOUP · Nearest score peer is CHICKEN POT PIE STYLE SOUP at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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. Homestyle bakes creamy cheesy chicken alfredo: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Homestyle bakes creamy ch…85/1002. CHICKEN POT PIE STYLE SOUP: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. CHICKEN POT PIE STYLE SOUP85/1003. Lard: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Lard85/1004. Lard: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Lard85/1005. Ham Steak: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ham Steak85/100
High-band neighbours for Homestyle bakes creamy cheesy chicken alfredo (85/100) outside Banquet.
Chart values as text

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

Homestyle bakes creamy cheesy chicken alfredo
85/100
CHICKEN POT PIE STYLE SOUP
85/100
Lard
85/100
Lard
85/100
Ham Steak
85/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Homestyle bakes creamy cheesy chicken alfredo lists 56 ingredients on its label

56 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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: 56 (98th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 56 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Chicken Broth
2
Turkey Broth
3
Diced Chicken
4
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
5
Water
6
Rice Starch
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Listed
7
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Sodium Phosphates
10
Soybean Oil
11
Butter
12
Corn Starch
13
Nonfat Dry Milk
14
Buttermilk Powder
15
Chicken Fat
16
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
17
Parmesan Cheese
18
Pasteurized Part-skim Cow?s Milk
19
Cheese Culture
20
Enzymes
21
Romano Cheese
22
Pasteurized Cow's Milk
23
Cheese Cultures
24
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
25
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
26
Cream
27
Msg
28
Sodium Phosphate
29
Natural Flavors
30
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
31
Color
32
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
33
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
34
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
35
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
36
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
37
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
38
Milk Powder
39
Dehydrated Parsley
40
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
41
Cooked Chicken
42
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
43
Turkey Meat
44
Mushroom Powder
45
Chicken Flavor
46
Enriched Pasta
47
Durum Wheat Semolina
48
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
49
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
50
Iron
51
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
52
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
53
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
54
Soy
55
Milk
56
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

ALFREDO SAUCE WITH CHICKEN: Chicken Broth, Turkey Broth, Diced Chicken (Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Water, Modified Rice Starch, Isolated Soy Protein, Salt, Sodium Phosphates), Soybean Oil, Butter, Modified Corn Starch, Nonfat Dry Milk, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Buttermilk Powder, Chicken Fat, Maltodextrin, Salt, Parmesan Cheese (Pasteurized Part-Skim Cow?s Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Romano Cheese (Pasteurized Cow's Milk, Salt, Cheese Cultures, Enzymes), Whey, Sugar, Cream, Monosodium Glutamate, Sodium Phosphate, Natural Flavors, Titanium Dioxide (Color), DATEM, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Lactic Acid, Citric Acid, Disodium Guanylate, Disodium Inosinate, Milk Powder, Parsley, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Cooked Chicken, Sodium Caseinate, Turkey Meat, Mushroom Powder, Natural Chicken Flavor, Turkey Fat.FETTUCINE: Enriched Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate (Iron), Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid).CONTAINS: SOY, MILK, WHEAT.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Homestyle bakes creamy cheesy chicken alfredo

Neighbours outside Banquet with screening scores in the same high band as Homestyle bakes creamy cheesy chicken alfredo (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Banquet; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Homestyle bakes creamy cheesy chicken alfredo's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 56-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Homestyle bakes creamy cheesy chicken alfredo'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 0050100408596: 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.