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New orleans style bourbon chicken flavored rice, bourbon chicken

by Zatarain's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071429012691 · Zatarain's · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071429012691 · Serving size 1/4 cup (45 g)

The verdict

New orleans style bourbon chicken flavored rice, bourbon chicken by Zatarain's scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 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 37-component record, beginning with Enriched Long Grain Parboiled Rice, Rice, Iron. 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 37 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

29012691 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

New orleans style bourbon chicken flavored rice, bourbon chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 33% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH New orleans, beef · ±0 BOOK-OFF …012691 · July 2026

13 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 29012691 · 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: New orleans, beef rice, beef · Nearest score peer is New orleans, beef rice, beef 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. New orleans style bourbon chicken flavored rice, bourbon chicken: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. New orleans style bourbon…95/1002. New orleans, beef rice, beef: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. New orleans, beef rice, b…95/1003. Chocolate chip cookie dough: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chocolate chip cookie dou…95/1004. Sesame Asian Chopped Kit: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sesame Asian Chopped Kit95/1005. Chopped! salad kit: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chopped! salad kit95/100
High-band neighbours for New orleans style bourbon chicken flavored rice, bourbon chicken (95/100) outside Zatarain's.
Chart values as text

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

New orleans style bourbon chicken flavored rice, bourbon chicken
95/100
New orleans, beef rice, beef
95/100
Chocolate chip cookie dough
95/100
Sesame Asian Chopped Kit
95/100
Chopped! salad kit
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. New orleans style bourbon chicken flavored rice, bourbon chicken 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

New orleans style bourbon chicken flavored rice, bourbon chicken lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 67th percentile a longer ingredient list than 67% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Above this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). Above this entry. 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: 37 (67th 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 37 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Long Grain Parboiled Rice
2
Rice
3
Iron
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Onion
9
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
10
Brown Sugar
11
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
12
Tomato
13
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Yeast Extract
15
Molasses
16
Refinery Syrup
17
Refiners Molasses
18
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
19
Spices
20
Including Red Pepper Chili Pepper
21
Turmeric
22
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
23
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
24
Distilled Vinegar
25
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein And Corn Protein
26
Natural Flavor
27
Including Hickory Smoke
28
Barley
29
Calcium Stearate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
30
Extractives Of Paprika
31
Chicken
32
Chicken Fat
33
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
34
Tamarind =
35
And Whiskey Solids
36
Barley & Rye Gluten
37
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Enriched long grain parboiled rice (rice, iron, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, folic acid), sugar, onion, garlic, brown sugar, potassium chloride, tomato, sea salt, yeast extract, molasses (refinery syrup, refiners molasses,caramel color), spices (including red pepper chili pepper, turmeric), salt, torula yeast, distilled vinegar, caramel color, hydrolyzed soy protein and corn protein, natural flavor (including hickory smoke, barley), calcium stearate (to make free flowing), extractives of paprika, molasses, chicken, chicken fat, silicon dioxide (to make free flowing), tamarind =, whiskey solids (contains barley & rye gluten), and ascorbic acid.

Categories

Meals Rice dishes

High-score cross-brand comparables for New orleans style bourbon chicken flavored rice, bourbon chicken

Neighbours outside Zatarain's with screening scores in the same high band as New orleans style bourbon chicken flavored rice, bourbon chicken (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Zatarain's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from New orleans style bourbon chicken flavored rice, bourbon chicken's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 37-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare New orleans style bourbon chicken flavored rice, bourbon chicken'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 0071429012691: 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.