Caution

Chicken & dumplings soup

by Harris Teeter

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072036708892 · Harris Teeter · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072036708892 · Serving size 1 cup (245 g)

The verdict

Chicken & dumplings soup by Harris Teeter scores 85/100 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 Filtered Water, Spaetzle Dumplings, 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.

85/100
Caution 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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

36708892 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken & dumplings soup label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-SPARSE 27% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-MID Len top 21% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Flavored sparkling water · ±0 BOOK-OFF …708892 · July 2026

12 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 36708892 · 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: Flavored sparkling water beverage, tangerine lime · Nearest score peer is Flavored sparkling water beverage, tangerine lime 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.

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. Chicken & dumplings soup: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken & dumplings soup85/1002. Flavored sparkling water beverage, tangerine lime: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Flavored sparkling water …85/1003. Simply clear sparkling water beverage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Simply clear sparkling wa…85/1004. Sparkling water beverage: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sparkling water beverage85/1005. Honey Turkey Breast: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Honey Turkey Breast85/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken & dumplings soup (85/100) outside Harris Teeter.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken & dumplings soup
85/100
Flavored sparkling water beverage, tangerine lime
85/100
Simply clear sparkling water beverage
85/100
Sparkling water beverage
85/100
Honey Turkey Breast
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 & dumplings soup 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 & dumplings soup 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

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: 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 85/100 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
Filtered Water
2
Spaetzle Dumplings
3
Water
4
Enriched Wheat Flour
5
Wheat Flour
6
Malted Barley Flour
7
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
9
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
12
Eggs
13
Enriched Durum Flour
14
Durum Wheat Flour
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Spices
17
Natural Flavor
18
Oleoresin Turmeric
19
Cooked White Chicken Meat
20
Mite Chicken Meat
21
Modified Cornsta0 Salt
22
Sodium Phosphate
23
Carrots
24
Celery
25
Niacin. Ferrous Sulfate
26
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
27
Cream Green Beans
28
Green Peas
29
Chicken Broth Concentrate
30
Chicken Broth
31
Salt Chicken Flavor
32
Yeast Extract
33
Carrot
34
Onion Powder
35
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
36
Onion
37
Natural Flavor
38
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
39
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
40
Color
41
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
42
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
43
Garlic Powder
44
Spice
45
Beta Carotene

Full Ingredient List

Filtered water, spaetzle dumplings (water, enriched wheat flour [ wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, eggs, enriched durum flour [ durum wheat flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], salt, spices, natural flavor, oleoresin turmeric), cooked white chicken meat (mite chicken meat, water, modified cornsta0 salt, sodium phosphate), carrots, celery, enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin. ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), modified cornstarch, cream green beans, green peas, chicken broth concentrate (chicken broth, salt chicken flavor, yeast extract, carrot, onion powder, cornstarch, celery, onion, flavor), potato starch, titanium dioxide (color), sea salt, sugar, onion powder, natural flavor, garlic powder, yeast extract, spice, beta carotene (color).

Other products containing Niacin. Ferrous Sulfate

Niacin. Ferrous Sulfate is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 6 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals Soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken & dumplings soup

Neighbours outside Harris Teeter with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken & dumplings soup (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Harris Teeter; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chicken & dumplings soup'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 Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Chicken & dumplings soup'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 0072036708892: 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.