Safe

Chicken Salad

by Chef Solutions

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077509632254 · Chef Solutions · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077509632254 · Serving size 0.5 cup (100 g)

The verdict

Chicken Salad by Chef Solutions scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 39-component record, beginning with Cooked Chicken With Pineapple Juice And Seasoning, Cooked White Meat Chicken, Pineapple Juice. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 39 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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

09632254 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken Salad label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 30% LEAD-RARE Vitamin A PHOTO-FINISH Korean Gochujang Original · ±0 BOOK-OFF …632254 · July 2026

8 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Vitamin A). Source sheet 09632254 · 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: Korean Gochujang Original Sesame · Nearest score peer is Korean Gochujang Original Sesame 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.

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

1. Chicken Salad: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken Salad100/1002. Korean Gochujang Original Sesame: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Korean Gochujang Original…100/1003. Korean Gochujang: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Korean Gochujang100/1004. Korean Bulgogi Marinade & Dipping Sauce, Korean Bulgogi: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Korean Bulgogi Marinade &…100/1005. Off The Cob, Sweet Corn Tortilla Chips: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Off The Cob, Sweet Corn T…100/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken Salad (100/100) outside Chef Solutions.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken Salad
100/100
Korean Gochujang Original Sesame
100/100
Korean Gochujang
100/100
Korean Bulgogi Marinade & Dipping Sauce, Korean Bulgogi
100/100
Off The Cob, Sweet Corn Tortilla Chips
100/100

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 Salad scores 6.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.6/100), so it is a comparatively strong 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 Salad lists 39 ingredients on its label

39 70th percentile a longer ingredient list than 70% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 39 (70th 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

1
Cooked Chicken With Pineapple Juice And Seasoning
2
Cooked White Meat Chicken
3
Pineapple Juice
4
Pineapple Juice From Concentrate
5
Pineapple Juice Concentrate
6
Clarified Pineapple Juice From Concentrate
7
Clarified Pineapple Juice Concentrate
8
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
9
Vitamin E
10
Vitamin A
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Water
12
Potassium Lactate
FLAVOR ENHANCER
GRAS
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Garlic Powder
15
Spice
16
Sodium Phosphate
17
Mayonnaise
18
Soybean Oil
19
Egg Yolks
20
Distilled Vinegar
21
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
22
Mustard Bran
23
Lemon Juice Concentrate
24
Calcium Disodium Edta
25
Protect Quality
26
Celery
27
Dried Cranberries
28
Dried Cranberries
29
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
30
Sunflower Oil
31
Honey
32
Pecans
33
Apple Cider Vinegar
34
Poppy Seed
35
Sodium Acid Sulfate
36
Acidifier
37
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
38
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
39
Preservative

Full Ingredient List

Cooked chicken with pineapple juice and seasoning (cooked white meat chicken, pineapple juice [pineapple juice from concentrate {water, pineapple juice concentrate}, clarified pineapple juice from concentrate {water, clarified pineapple juice concentrate}, ascorbic acid {vitamin c}, vitamin e, and vitamin a], water, potassium lactate, salt, garlic powder, spice, sodium phosphate), honey poppy seed dressing: mayonnaise (soybean oil, water, egg yolks, distilled vinegar, high fructose corn syrup, contains less than 2% of: salt, mustard bran, spice, lemon juice concentrate, calcium disodium edta [protect quality]), celery, dried cranberries (cranberries, sugar, sunflower oil), honey, pecans, apple cider vinegar, sugar, poppy seed, salt, water, sodium acid sulfate (acidifier), xanthan gum, sodium benzoate (preservative).

Other products containing Protect Quality

Protect Quality is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meals Prepared salads Salads

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken Salad

Neighbours outside Chef Solutions with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken Salad (100/100 here). The 4 same-brand links above stay within Chef Solutions; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Chicken Salad has a longer ingredient list than 70% of its Meals category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0077509632254: 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.