Caution

Chicken & Dumplings Soup

by Great Value

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742248790 · Great Value · Canned foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742248790 · Serving size 1 cup (245 g)

The verdict

Chicken & Dumplings Soup by Great Value scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 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 42-component record, beginning with Chicken Stock, 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 42 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

42248790 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken & Dumplings Soup label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Macaroni & cheese · ±0 BOOK-OFF …248790 · July 2026

12 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 42248790 · 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: Macaroni & cheese · Nearest score peer is Macaroni & cheese 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.

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 & Dumplings Soup: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken & Dumplings Soup85/1002. Macaroni & cheese: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Macaroni & cheese85/1003. Bacon mac & cheese bites: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Bacon mac & cheese bites85/1004. Cinnamon cake: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cinnamon cake85/1005. Hickory smoked classic cut bacon: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Hickory smoked classic cu…85/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken & Dumplings Soup (85/100) outside Great Value.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken & Dumplings Soup
85/100
Macaroni & cheese
85/100
Bacon mac & cheese bites
85/100
Cinnamon cake
85/100
Hickory smoked classic cut bacon
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 Canned foods products

Chicken & Dumplings Soup lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 2,784 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 58 products (2%). Below this entry. 4–6: 123 products (4%). Below this entry. 6–8: 148 products (5%). Below this entry. 8–10: 226 products (8%). Below this entry. 10–12: 301 products (11%). Below this entry. 12–14: 233 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 246 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 182 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 165 products (6%). Below this entry. 20–22: 133 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 133 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 123 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 116 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 124 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 78 products (3%). Below this entry. 32–34: 95 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 65 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 49 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 61 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 123 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Canned foods 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

2,784 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 42 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
58 products (2%)
4–6
123 products (4%)
6–8
148 products (5%)
8–10
226 products (8%)
10–12
301 products (11%)
12–14
233 products (8%)
14–16
246 products (9%)
16–18
182 products (7%)
18–20
165 products (6%)
20–22
133 products (5%)
22–24
133 products (5%)
24–26
123 products (4%)
26–28
116 products (4%)
28–30
124 products (4%)
30–32
78 products (3%)
32–34
95 products (3%)
34–36
65 products (2%)
36–38
49 products (2%)
38–40
61 products (2%)
40 and above
123 products (4%)

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 2,784 Canned 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 42 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Chicken stock, spaetzle dumplings (water, enriched flour [wheat flour, durum wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], eggs, salt, spices, natural flavor, oleoresin turmeric), cooked chicken meat, carrots, celery, food starch-modified, contains less than 2% of: soybean oil, green beans, peas, salt, wheat flour, soy protein concentrate, sugar, sodium phosphate, beta-carotene (for color), chicken flavor (chicken fat, sesame oil, natural flavor and bha [antioxidant]), flavoring, spice, yeast extract, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, titanium dioxide (color), lactic acid.

Categories

Canned foods Meals Soups Canned meals Canned soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken & Dumplings Soup

Neighbours outside Great Value with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken & Dumplings Soup (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Great Value; 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 42-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 0078742248790: 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.