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Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef, Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef

by Chef Boyardee

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0064144047710 · Chef Boyardee · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0064144047710 · Serving size 1 cup (251 g)

The verdict

Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef, Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef by Chef Boyardee scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 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 45-component record, beginning with Tomatoes, Organic Tomato Puree, Water. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 45 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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

44047710 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef, Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-MID Len top 21% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Chunky Chili con · ±0 BOOK-OFF …047710 · July 2026

15 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 44047710 · 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: Chunky Chili con Carne with Beans · Nearest score peer is Chunky Chili con Carne with Beans 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. Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef, Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea L…95/1002. Chunky Chili con Carne with Beans: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chunky Chili con Carne wi…95/1003. Hot Chili Con Carne with Beans: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Hot Chili Con Carne with …95/1004. Original Chili Con Carne with Beans: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Original Chili Con Carne …95/1005. Fluffy Marsh Mallow Chocolate Powder: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Fluffy Marsh Mallow Choco…95/100
High-band neighbours for Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef, Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef (95/100) outside Chef Boyardee.
Chart values as text

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

Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef, Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef
95/100
Chunky Chili con Carne with Beans
95/100
Hot Chili Con Carne with Beans
95/100
Original Chili Con Carne with Beans
95/100
Fluffy Marsh Mallow Chocolate Powder
95/100

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. Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef, Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef scores 1.4 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef, Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 79th percentile a longer ingredient list than 79% 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

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Distribution as text

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 45 (79th 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.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 45 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Tomatoes
2
Organic Tomato Puree
3
Water
4
Enriched Pasta
5
Durum Wheat
6
Semolina
7
Whole Wheat Flour
8
Wheat Protein Isolate
9
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
10
Phosphate
11
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
12
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
13
Meatballs
14
Pork
15
Dark Chicken Mechanically Separated Chicken
16
Beef
17
Crackermeal
18
Enriched Wheat Flour
19
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Reduced Iron
21
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
24
Soy Protein Concentrate
25
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
26
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
27
Flavorings
28
Soybean Oil
29
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
30
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
31
Corn Starch
32
Cheese
33
Enzyme Modified Cheddar And Pasteurized Process Cheddar
34
Pasteurized Milk Cultures
35
Enzymes
36
Cream
37
Sodium Phosphate
38
Milkfat
39
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
40
Apo-carotenal
41
Color
42
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
43
Onion Powder
44
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
45
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid

Full Ingredient List

Tomatoes (Tomato Puree, Water), Water, Enriched Pasta (Durum Wheat, Semolina, Whole Wheat Flour, Wheat Protein Isolate [ Wheat Gluten, Phosphate, Lactic Acid], Calcium Carbonate), Meatballs (Pork, Dark Chicken Mechanically Separated Chicken, Beef, Water, Crackermeal [ Enriched Wheat Flour {Bleached Wheat Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid}, May Contain Guar Gum], Soy Protein Concentrate, Salt, Caramel Color, Flavorings, Soybean Oil, Citric Acid), High Fructose Corn Syrup, Less Than 2% Of: Modified Corn Starch, Cheese (Enzyme Modified Cheddar And Pasteurized Process Cheddar [ Pasteurized Milk Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Water, Cream, Sodium Phosphate, Salt, Milkfat, Xanthan Gum, Apo-Carotenal [ Color]), Sea Salt, Salt, Flavorings, Onion Powder, Maltodextrin, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Citric Acid.

Other products containing Enzyme Modified Cheddar And Pasteurized Process Cheddar

Enzyme Modified Cheddar And Pasteurized Process Cheddar is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 12 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef, Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef

Neighbours outside Chef Boyardee with screening scores in the same high band as Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef, Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Chef Boyardee; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef, Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 45-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef, Chef Boyardee, Mini Sea Life Shapes, Pasta In Sauce With Pork, Chicken And Beef'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 0064144047710: 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.