Blackened Chicken Alfredo
by Zatarain's
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071429002463 · Zatarain's · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Blackened Chicken Alfredo by Zatarain's scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 94 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 94-component record, beginning with Cooked Enriched Macaroni Product, Water, 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.
- 75/100
- Caution safety score
- 3
- Few flagged · of 94 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
55/100
Grade C
Ingredient Safety
75/100
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.
29002463 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Blackened Chicken Alfredo label screening desk
20 of 94 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 29002463 · 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: Dsd merchandisers, papaya spears · Nearest score peer is Dsd merchandisers, papaya spears 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
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Blackened Chicken Alfredo scores 17.9 points below that category average (75/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products
Blackened Chicken Alfredo lists 94 ingredients on its label
94 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 7,008 products we track
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Distribution as text
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- 11 products (0%)
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- 54 products (1%)
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- 112 products (2%)
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- 184 products (3%)
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- 284 products (4%)
- 20–22
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- 314 products (4%)
- 38–40
- 283 products (4%)
- 40 and above
- 2,792 products (40%)
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 7,008 Frozen foods 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 75/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 94 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Cooked enriched macaroni product (water, durum wheat semolina [enriched with niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid]), water, blackened seasoned grilled chicken (chicken tenders, water, blackened seasoning [salt, spices {including red pepper and paprika}, soy protein isolate, modified potato starch, sodium phosphate, corn starch, onion, carrageenan, garlic, extractives of oregano, soy lecithin]), cream, cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), half and half (milk, cream), margarine (liquid and hydrogenated soybean oil, water, salt, vegetable mono and diglycerides, soy lecithin, natural and artificial flavor, bha & bht added to protect flavor, vitamin a palmitate and vitamin d3 added), sweet dairy whey, heavy cream sauce (shortening powder [partially hydrogenated soybean oil, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate and mono and diglycerides], corn maltodextrin, modified corn starch, dehydrated sweet cream [pasteurized sweet cream, skim milk solids, sodium caseinate, soy lecithin, bht], salt, sugar, garlic powder, lemon juice powder [corn syrup solids, lemon juice, lemon oil, bht], natural butter flavor, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate), cheese flavor (a dehydrated blend of romano cheese [part skim cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], whey, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, buttermilk solids, sodium phosphate, salt), milk (vitamin d3 added), nonfat milk solids (nonfat milk, whey solids [lactose], vitamin a and d3), dry buttermilk, cheese flavor (a dehydrated blend of parmesan cheese [part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], whey, buttermilk solids, sodium phosphate, salt), green onions, modified corn starch, sharp cheddar cheese flavor (dehydrated granular and blue cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], whey, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, whey protein concentrate, lactose, corn maltodextrin, salt, sodium phosphate, citric acid, lactic acid), corn maltodextrin, canola oil, sea salt, yeast extract, mono and diglycerides, potassium chloride, spices, parsley flakes, granulated garlic, disodium phosphate, xanthan gum, dextrose, chili powder (chili pepper, cumin, salt, caramel color, garlic powder, oregano), sugar, granulated onion, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate (flavor enhancers).
Categories
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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Blackened Chicken Alfredo
Neighbours outside Zatarain's near Blackened Chicken Alfredo's mid-band score (75/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Zatarain's; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (3 flagged of 94 on 0071429002463).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (94 on 0071429002463).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from Blackened Chicken Alfredo's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 94-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHT. Open BHT
- Compare Blackened Chicken Alfredo's 3 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 0071429002463: 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.