Safe

Cocina Mexicana Pollo Asado Bowl

by Herdez

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0072878261500 · Herdez · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0072878261500 · Serving size 1 BOWL (283 g)

The verdict

Cocina Mexicana Pollo Asado Bowl by Herdez scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 43 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 43-component record, beginning with Water, Rice, Bell Peppers. 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 43 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.

78261500 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Cocina Mexicana Pollo Asado Bowl label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 43 ing. REG-SPARSE 16% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-MID Len top 34% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Mole · ±0 BOOK-OFF …261500 · July 2026

7 of 43 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 78261500 · 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: Mole · Nearest score peer is Mole 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. Cocina Mexicana Pollo Asado Bowl: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Cocina Mexicana Pollo Asa…95/1002. Mole: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Mole95/1003. Mole Mexican Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mole Mexican Sauce95/1004. Dona maria, mole mexican condiment: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Dona maria, mole mexican …95/1005. Mole ready to serve mexican sauce, mole: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mole ready to serve mexic…95/100
High-band neighbours for Cocina Mexicana Pollo Asado Bowl (95/100) outside Herdez.
Chart values as text

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

Cocina Mexicana Pollo Asado Bowl
95/100
Mole
95/100
Mole Mexican Sauce
95/100
Dona maria, mole mexican condiment
95/100
Mole ready to serve mexican sauce, mole
95/100

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. Cocina Mexicana Pollo Asado Bowl scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Cocina Mexicana Pollo Asado Bowl lists 43 ingredients on its label

43 66th percentile a longer ingredient list than 66% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 43 (66th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 43 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Rice
3
Bell Peppers
4
Modified Food Starch
5
Natural Cilantro Flavor
6
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
7
Corn Starch
8
Extractives Of Cilantro
9
Dried Vinegar
10
Cilantro
11
Chicken Base
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Chicken Stock
14
Onion Powder
15
Garlic Powder
16
Chicken Fat
17
Spices Including Turmeric
18
Soybean Oil
19
Flavorings
20
Lime Juice Concentrate
21
Celery Salt
22
Celery Seed
23
Chicken Breast Strips With Rib Meat
24
Boneless
25
Skinless Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
26
Seasoning
27
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
28
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
29
Sodium Citrate
30
Dried Onion And Garlic Powder
31
Spices
32
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
33
Sodium Phosphate
34
Soy Lecithin
35
Tomatoes
36
Tomato Juice
37
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
38
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
39
Green Chiles
40
Organic Onions
41
Jalapenos
42
Jalapeno Peppers
43
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Cilantro rice: water, rice, contains less than 2% of: bell peppers, modified food starch, cilantro flavor (dextrose, modified corn starch, extractives of cilantro), vinegar, cilantro, chicken base (salt, chicken stock, onion powder, garlic powder, chicken fat, spices including turmeric), soybean oil, salt, flavorings, lime juice concentrate, celery salt (salt, celery seed), disodium inosinate & disodium guanylate. chicken: chicken breast strips with rib meat (boneless, skinless chicken breast with rib meat, water, seasoning [modified food starch, whey protein concentrate, carrageenan, sodium citrate], seasoning [onion and garlic powder, spices, hydrolyzed corn protein], salt, sodium phosphate, soy lecithin). salsa: tomatoes (tomatoes, tomato juice, citric acid, calcium chloride), water, green chiles, onions, jalapenos, contains less than 2% of: jalapenos (jalapeno peppers, salt, acetic acid, water, calcium chloride), cilantro, flavorings, cilantro flavor (dextrose, modified corn starch, extractives of cilantro), modified food starch, vinegar, salt.

Other products containing Chicken Breast Strips With Rib Meat

Chicken Breast Strips With Rib Meat is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Cocina Mexicana Pollo Asado Bowl

Neighbours outside Herdez with screening scores in the same high band as Cocina Mexicana Pollo Asado Bowl (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Herdez; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Cocina Mexicana Pollo Asado Bowl's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 43-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Cocina Mexicana Pollo Asado Bowl'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 0072878261500: 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.