Safe

Megastars Pasta & Meateors In Chicken Broth Soup

by Campbell's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0051000202161 · Campbell's · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0051000202161 · Serving size 1 cup (240 ml)

The verdict

Megastars Pasta & Meateors In Chicken Broth Soup by Campbell's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Chicken Stock, Water, Enriched Pasta. 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 44 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.

00202161 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Megastars Pasta & Meateors In Chicken Broth Soup label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 23% LEAD-RARE Ferrous Sulfate PHOTO-FINISH V8 +Energy Orange · ±0 BOOK-OFF …202161 · July 2026

10 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Ferrous Sulfate). Source sheet 00202161 · 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: V8 +Energy Orange Pineapple · Nearest score peer is V8 +Energy Orange Pineapple 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. Megastars Pasta & Meateors In Chicken Broth Soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Megastars Pasta & Meateor…100/1002. V8 +Energy Orange Pineapple: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. V8 +Energy Orange Pineapp…100/1003. Orange Pineapple: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Orange Pineapple100/1004. Wish-bone, franks, redhot buffalo ranch dressing: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Wish-bone, franks, redhot…100/1005. SPICY CHICKEN QUESADILLA SOUP: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. SPICY CHICKEN QUESADILLA …100/100
High-band neighbours for Megastars Pasta & Meateors In Chicken Broth Soup (100/100) outside Campbell's.
Chart values as text

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

Megastars Pasta & Meateors In Chicken Broth Soup
100/100
V8 +Energy Orange Pineapple
100/100
Orange Pineapple
100/100
Wish-bone, franks, redhot buffalo ranch dressing
100/100
SPICY CHICKEN QUESADILLA SOUP
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Megastars Pasta & Meateors In Chicken Broth Soup scores 6.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Megastars Pasta & Meateors In Chicken Broth Soup lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 77th percentile a longer ingredient list than 77% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 44 (77th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Full Ingredient List

Chicken Stock, Water, Enriched Pasta (Wheat Flour, Egg Whites, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Meatballs (Beef, Pork, Water, Bread Crumbs [Wheat Flour, Natural Cane Sugar, Yeast, Sea Salt, Canola Oil], Seasoning [Salt, Natural Flavor, Sugar, Onion Powder, Spice, Garlic Powder, Beef Fat], Salt, Spice Extract), Contains Less Than 2% Of: Carrots, Modified Food Starch, Salt, Chicken Fat, Monosodium Glutamate, Chicken Flavor, Sugar, Maltodextrin, Dehydrated Mechanically Separated Chicken, Celery, Onions, Vegetable Oil, Flavoring, Yeast Extract, Cornstarch, Lower Sodium Natural Sea Salt, Beta Carotene For Color, Flavoring (Soybean Oil, Soy Lecithin).

Categories

Meals Soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Megastars Pasta & Meateors In Chicken Broth Soup

Neighbours outside Campbell's with screening scores in the same high band as Megastars Pasta & Meateors In Chicken Broth Soup (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Campbell's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Megastars Pasta & Meateors In Chicken Broth Soup has a longer ingredient list than 77% of its Meals 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 0051000202161: 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.