CHEF BOYARDEE Chicken Buffalo Cheddar Pasta, 7.25 OZ
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0064144020836 · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
CHEF BOYARDEE Chicken Buffalo Cheddar Pasta, 7.25 OZ scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 61 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 61-component record, beginning with Water, Enriched Pasta, Durum Wheat Semolina. 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 61 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.
44020836 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
CHEF BOYARDEE Chicken Buffalo Cheddar Pasta, 7.25 OZ label screening desk
15 of 61 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Isolated soy protein). Source sheet 44020836 · 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
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.
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. CHEF BOYARDEE Chicken Buffalo Cheddar Pasta, 7.25 OZ scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.7/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.
Ingredient-list length vs other Plant-based foods and beverages products
CHEF BOYARDEE Chicken Buffalo Cheddar Pasta, 7.25 OZ lists 61 ingredients on its label
61 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track
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
- 0–2
- 3,907 products (6%)
- 2–4
- 7,921 products (12%)
- 4–6
- 8,845 products (14%)
- 6–8
- 7,032 products (11%)
- 8–10
- 6,320 products (10%)
- 10–12
- 4,190 products (7%)
- 12–14
- 3,449 products (5%)
- 14–16
- 3,051 products (5%)
- 16–18
- 2,493 products (4%)
- 18–20
- 2,053 products (3%)
- 20–22
- 1,808 products (3%)
- 22–24
- 1,758 products (3%)
- 24–26
- 1,623 products (3%)
- 26–28
- 1,606 products (3%)
- 28–30
- 1,360 products (2%)
- 30–32
- 1,198 products (2%)
- 32–34
- 1,081 products (2%)
- 34–36
- 901 products (1%)
- 36–38
- 649 products (1%)
- 38–40
- 534 products (1%)
- 40 and above
- 1,655 products (3%)
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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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
Full Ingredient List
Water, Enriched Pasta (Durum Wheat Semolina, Wheat Protein Isolate [Wheat Gluten, Phosphate, Lactic Acid], Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate [Vitamin B1], Riboflavin [Vitamin B2], Folic Acid), Diced Chicken (Chicken Breast with Rib Meat, Water, Modified Rice Starch, Isolated Soy Protein, Salt, Sodium Phosphates), Cheese Flavor (Dehydrated Blend of Whey, Granular and Blue Cheese [Pasteurized Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Sunflower Oil, Maltodextrin, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Citric Acid, Lactic Acid), Pasteurized Processed Cheese (Cheddar and Enzyme Modified Cheddar [Pasteurized Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Water, Milkfat, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Vitamin A Palmitate and Apo-Carotenal [Colors]), LESS THAN 2% OF: Cayenne Pepper Sauce (Aged Cayenne Red Peppers, Vinegar, Salt, Garlic), Modified Corn Starch, Cream, Margarine (Liquid Soybean Oil, Palm Oil, Palm Kernel Oil, Water, Salt, Vegetable Monoglycerides and Soy Lecithin [Emulsifiers], Nonfat Dry Milk, Cultured Nonfat Dry Milk, Vitamin A Palmitate, Natural and Artificial Flavors, Colored with Beta Carotene), Nonfat Milk, Salt, Sodium Phosphates, Sodium Caseinate, Turmeric, Paprika, Sugar, Flavoring. CONTAINS: MILK, SOY, WHEAT
Categories
Read the longer label in layers
Read the longer label in layers
CHEF BOYARDEE Chicken Buffalo Cheddar Pasta, 7.25 OZ has a longer ingredient list than 100% of its Plant-based foods and beverages category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.
- Open Isolated soy protein first, then work through the remaining 61 parsed entries. Inspect ingredients
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This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0064144020836: 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.