White meat chicken alfredo, creamy alfredo sauce with chicken & rotini

by Barilla, Barilla America Inc.

100
Safe
Safety Score (out of 100)

White meat chicken alfredo, creamy alfredo sauce with chicken & rotini by Barilla, Barilla America Inc. receives a safety score of 100/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. None of the ingredients in this product are flagged for safety concerns by FDA or CSPI databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.

Barcode
0076808004571
Nutri-Score
c
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed
Serving Size
1 TRAY (241 g)

What the Data Says About

White meat chicken alfredo, creamy alfredo sauce with chicken & rotini by Barilla, Barilla America Inc. carries a composite safety score of 100/100, which we classify as "Safe" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Our scan did not identify any ingredients in this product that FDA SAFFA or CSPI Chemical Cuisine data flags as requiring caution or avoidance at the time of analysis. That is a meaningful clean-label signal, though it does not account for personal allergens, regional recalls, or inspection findings not reflected in federal additive databases. The per-ingredient breakdown below shows the source-level classification for each component.

On the NOVA processing scale, White meat chicken alfredo, creamy alfredo sauce with chicken & rotini is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of C reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Composite safety metrics for White meat chicken alfredo, creamy alfredo sauce with chicken & rotini
Metric Value Source
PlainFoodSafe Score 100/100 FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite
Flagged ingredients 0 CSPI/FDA review
NOVA processing group Group 4 OpenFoodFacts
Nutri-Score C OpenFoodFacts

Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Water
2
Cooked White Meat Chicken
3
White Meat Chicken
4
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Sodium Phosphates
8
Rotini Pasta
9
Semolina
10
Wheat
11
Egg White
12
Cream
13
Milk
14
Natural Flavor
15
Parmesan Cheese
16
Culture
17
Enzymes
18
Cheddar Cheese
19
Cultures
20
Anhydrous Milkfat
21
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
22
From Corn
23
Whey Powder
24
Cream Powder
25
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
26
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
27
Nonfat Dry Milk
28
Romano Cheese
29
Cow's Milk
30
Disodium Phosphate
31
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
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
Pasteurized Milk
34
Cheese Cultures
35
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
36
Dried Cream Cheese
37
Pasteurized Milk And Cream
38
Stabilizer
39
Carob Bean Gum
40
Sunflower Oil
41
Butter
42
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
43
Corn Starch
44
Rice Starch
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Listed
45
Yeast Extract
46
Garlic Powder
47
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
48
Black Pepper
49
Nutmeg

Full Ingredient List

Water, cooked white meat chicken (white meat chicken, water, potato starch, salt, sugar, sodium phosphates), rotini pasta (semolina [wheat], egg white), cream (milk), flavor (parmesan cheese [milk, culture, salt, enzymes], cream, water, salt, cheddar cheese [milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], anhydrous milkfat, maltodextrin [from corn], whey powder [milk], cream powder, autolyzed yeast extract, lactic acid, flavor, nonfat dry milk, romano cheese [cow's milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], sugar, disodium phosphate, citric acid, culture [milk], xanthan gum, cultures), parmesan cheese (parmesan cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes] powdered cellulose), cream cheese (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese cultures, salt, stabilizer [carob bean gum]), sunflower oil, contains less than 2% of butter (cream, salt), whey protein concentrate, corn starch, rice starch, sodium phosphates, yeast extract, xanthan gum, garlic powder, sea salt, black pepper, nutmeg.

Categories

Meals

Data Sources

Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.

This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.

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Data sourced from official FDA, USDA, and CDC food-safety databases. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe Editorial