Safe

BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Creamy Chicken, 28.1 OZ

by Banquet

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0050100408848 · Banquet. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0050100408848 · Serving size 8.5 oz (241 g) makes about 1 cup prepared (241 g)

The verdict

BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Creamy Chicken, 28.1 OZ by Banquet scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 56 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 56-component record, beginning with Water, Cooked White Meat Chicken, Chicken Breast With Rib Meat. 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 56 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0050100408848
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00408848 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Creamy Chicken, 28.1 OZ label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 56 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-RARE Isolated soy protein PHOTO-FINISH Chicken and Dumplings · ±0 BOOK-OFF …408848 · July 2026

16 of 56 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Isolated soy protein). Source sheet 00408848 · 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 and Dumplings Soup · Nearest score peer is Chicken and Dumplings Soup 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.

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. BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Creamy Chicken, 28.1 OZ: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. BANQUET Homestyle Bakes C…100/1002. Chicken and Dumplings Soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chicken and Dumplings Soup100/1003. Chicken Broth: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chicken Broth100/1004. Marie Calendars soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Marie Calendars soup100/1005. Chicken Noodle: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chicken Noodle100/100
High-band neighbours for BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Creamy Chicken, 28.1 OZ (100/100) outside Banquet.
Chart values as text

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

BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Creamy Chicken, 28.1 OZ
100/100
Chicken and Dumplings Soup
100/100
Chicken Broth
100/100
Marie Calendars soup
100/100
Chicken Noodle
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Creamy Chicken, 28.1 OZ 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

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

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

1
Water
2
Cooked White Meat Chicken
3
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
4
Rice Starch
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Listed
5
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Sodium Phosphates
8
Soybean Oil
9
Carrots
10
Celery
11
Corn
12
Corn Starch
13
Potatoes
14
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
15
Chicken Flavor
16
Chicken Broth
17
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
18
Turkey Broth
19
Rendered Chicken Fat
20
Yeast Extract
21
Cooked Chicken
22
Organic Turkey Fat
23
Turkey Meat
24
Cottonseed Oil
25
Mushroom Powder
26
Natural Flavor
27
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
28
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
29
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
30
Canola Oil
31
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
32
Mono - And Diglycerides
33
Flavorings
34
Beta Carotene
35
Color
36
Enriched Wheat Flour
37
Wheat Flour
38
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Reduced Iron
40
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
43
Shortening
44
High Oleic Canola Oil
45
Cottonseed Oil
46
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
47
Organic Cultured Buttermilk Powder
48
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
49
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
50
Monocalcium Phosphate
51
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
52
Natural Flavors
53
Natural Butter Flavor
54
Milk
55
Soy
56
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

hearty vegetable and white meat chicken stew: water, cooked white meat chicken (chicken breast with rib meat, water, modified rice starch, isolated soy protein, salt, sodium phosphates), soybean oil, carrots, celery, corn, modified corn starch, potatoes (potatoes, sodium acid pyrophosphate [to preserve color]), less than 2% of: salt, chicken flavor (contains chicken broth, maltodextrin, turkey broth, rendered chicken fat, salt, yeast extract, cooked chicken, turkey fat, turkey meat, cottonseed oil, mushroom powder, flavor, disodium inosinate , disodium guanylate), sodium stearoyl lactylate, rendered chicken fat, canola oil, datem, mono - and diglycerides, flavorings, beta carotene (color),biscuit mix: enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), shortening (high oleic canola oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil, citric acid), cultured buttermilk powder, sodium bicarbonate, dextrose, salt, monocalcium phosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate, natural flavors, natural butter flavor,contains: milk, soy, wheat

High-score cross-brand comparables for BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Creamy Chicken, 28.1 OZ

Neighbours outside Banquet with screening scores in the same high band as BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Creamy Chicken, 28.1 OZ (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Banquet; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

BANQUET Homestyle Bakes Creamy Chicken, 28.1 OZ has a longer ingredient list than 98% of its published 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 0050100408848: 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.