Caution

Chicken Piccata With Gemelli Pasta & Broccolini Meal Kit

by Smithfield

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070800406005 · Smithfield · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070800406005 · Serving size 0.5 KIT (388 g)

The verdict

Chicken Piccata With Gemelli Pasta & Broccolini Meal Kit by Smithfield scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 51 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 51-component record, beginning with Chicken Breast Strips, Gemelli Pasta, 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 51 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

00406005 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken Piccata With Gemelli Pasta & Broccolini Meal Kit label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 51 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 15% LEAD-FLAG Invert Sugar PHOTO-FINISH Smithfield, Smokehouse Reserve · ±0 BOOK-OFF …406005 · July 2026

14 of 51 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Invert Sugar). Source sheet 00406005 · 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: Smithfield, Smokehouse Reserve Premium Bacon, Cherrywood Smoked · Nearest score peer is Smithfield, Smokehouse Reserve Premium Bacon, Cherrywood Smoked 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.

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. Chicken Piccata With Gemelli Pasta & Broccolini Meal Kit: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken Piccata With Geme…85/1002. Smithfield, Smokehouse Reserve Premium Bacon, Cherrywood Smoked: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Smithfield, Smokehouse Re…85/1003. HONEY CURED BONELESS HAM: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. HONEY CURED BONELESS HAM85/1004. Hickory Smoked Boneless Ham Water Added: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Hickory Smoked Boneless H…85/1005. Boneless Ham Steak Honey Cured: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Boneless Ham Steak Honey …85/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken Piccata With Gemelli Pasta & Broccolini Meal Kit (85/100) outside Smithfield.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken Piccata With Gemelli Pasta & Broccolini Meal Kit
85/100
Smithfield, Smokehouse Reserve Premium Bacon, Cherrywood Smoked
85/100
HONEY CURED BONELESS HAM
85/100
Hickory Smoked Boneless Ham Water Added
85/100
Boneless Ham Steak Honey Cured
85/100

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. Chicken Piccata With Gemelli Pasta & Broccolini Meal Kit scores 8.6 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meals products

Chicken Piccata With Gemelli Pasta & Broccolini Meal Kit lists 51 ingredients on its label

51 85th percentile a longer ingredient list than 85% 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: 51 (85th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 51 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Chicken Breast Strips
2
Gemelli Pasta
3
Semolina
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
6
Iron
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin And Folic Acid
9
Broccolini Spears
10
Piccata Sauce
11
Cream
12
Water
13
White Wine
14
Sulfites
Preservative
Certain People Should Avoid
15
Salted Butter
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
White Wine Vinegar
18
Organic Onions
19
Capers
20
Dried Vinegar
21
Corn Starch
22
Hydrogenated Palm Kernel Oil With Soy Lecithin
23
Soybean Oil
24
Sodium Citrate
25
Lemon Juice Concentrate
26
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
27
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
28
Mono And Diglycerides
29
Spices
30
Natural Flavor
31
Propylene Glycol Alginate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Approved
32
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
33
Shallot Dressing
34
Shallot
35
Invert Sugar
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Cut Back GRAS
36
Turmeric
37
Canola Oil
38
Onion Powder
39
Xanthan And Guar Gum
40
Sodium Alginate
41
Disodium Edta
42
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
43
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
44
Parmesan Cheese
45
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
46
Cheese Cultures
47
Enzymes
48
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
49
Anti-caking Agent
50
Preservative
51
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned

Full Ingredient List

Chicken Breast Strips, Gemelli Pasta (Semolina, Niacin, Ferrous Sulfate (Iron), Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin And Folic Acid) Broccolini Spears, Piccata Sauce (Cream, Water, White Wine [Contains Sulfites], Salted Butter [Cream, Salt], White Wine Vinegar, Onions, Capers [Capers, Water, Vinegar, Salt], Modified Corn Starch, Palm Kernel Oil With Soy Lecithin, Vinegar, Soybean Oil, Sodium Citrate, Lemon Juice Concentrate, Garlic [Garlic, Water, Citric Acid], Salt, Mono And Diglycerides, Spices, Natural Flavor, Propylene Glycol Alginate, Xanthan Gum), Shallot Dressing (Soybean Oil, Shallot, White Wine Vinegar, Water, Invert Sugar, Less Than 1%: Garlic, Salt, Spices, Turmeric, Canola Oil, Onion Powder, Xanthan And Guar Gum, Sodium Alginate, Citric Acid, To Maintain Freshness: Disodium Edta, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate), Parmesan Cheese (Parmesan Cheese [Pasteurized Part-Skim Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Powdered Cellulose [Anti-Caking Agent], Potassium Sorbate (Preservative), Titanium Dioxide).

Categories

Meals

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken Piccata With Gemelli Pasta & Broccolini Meal Kit

Neighbours outside Smithfield with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken Piccata With Gemelli Pasta & Broccolini Meal Kit (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Smithfield; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Invert Sugar is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chicken Piccata With Gemelli Pasta & Broccolini Meal Kit's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 51-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Invert Sugar. Open Invert Sugar
  • Compare Chicken Piccata With Gemelli Pasta & Broccolini Meal Kit'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 0070800406005: 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.