Safe

Pot pie bites

by Target Stores

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239607039 · Target Stores · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239607039 · Serving size 6 PIECES (114 g)

The verdict

Pot pie bites by Target Stores scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 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 55-component record, beginning with Puff Pastry, Enriched Unbleached Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour. 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 55 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

39607039 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pot pie bites label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-SPARSE 18% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Torula yeast PHOTO-FINISH Cream Cheese Stuffed · ±0 BOOK-OFF …607039 · July 2026

10 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Torula yeast). Source sheet 39607039 · 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: Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapenos · Nearest score peer is Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapenos 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Pot pie bites: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pot pie bites100/1002. Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapenos: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cream Cheese Stuffed Jala…100/1003. Battered & fried classic macaroni & cheese bites: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Battered & fried classic …100/1004. Purified Drinking Water: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Purified Drinking Water100/1005. Simply balanced, organic tortilla chips, blue corn with flax seed, blue corn with flax seed: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Simply balanced, organic …100/100
High-band neighbours for Pot pie bites (100/100) outside Target Stores.
Chart values as text

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

Pot pie bites
100/100
Cream Cheese Stuffed Jalapenos
100/100
Battered & fried classic macaroni & cheese bites
100/100
Purified Drinking Water
100/100
Simply balanced, organic tortilla chips, blue corn with flax seed, blue corn with flax seed
100/100

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. Pot pie bites scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Desserts products

Pot pie bites lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 11,156 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Below this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Below this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Desserts 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

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 55 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 products (7%)

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 11,156 Desserts 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
Puff Pastry
2
Enriched Unbleached Wheat Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Butter
10
Pasteurized Sweet Cream
11
Water
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Grilled Chicken
14
Boneless
15
Skinless Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
16
Canola Oil
17
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
18
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
Lemon Juice Concentrate
20
Granulated Garlic
21
Black Pepper
22
Milk
23
Mushrooms
24
Butternut Squash
25
Carrots
26
Organic Onions
27
Cream
28
Flavoring
29
Green Peas
30
Panko
31
Bleached Wheat Flour
32
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
33
Yeast
34
Enriched Flour
35
Wheat Flour Enriched With Niacin
36
Celery
37
Fennel
38
Chicken Base
39
Oven Roasted Chicken With Natural Juices
40
Rendered Chicken Fat
41
Onion Powder
42
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
43
Cooked Chicken Meat
44
Turmeric
45
Natural Flavors
46
Tomato Paste
47
Tomatoes
48
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
49
Dehydrated Parsley
50
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
51
Wheat
52
Soybeans
53
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
54
Preservative
55
Lemon Juice

Full Ingredient List

Puff pastry (enriched unbleached wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], butter [pasteurized sweet cream], water, salt), grilled chicken (boneless, skinless chicken breast with rib meat, water, canola oil, modified potato starch, salt, sugar, lemon juice concentrate, granulated garlic, black pepper), water, milk, mushrooms, butternut squash, carrots, onions, butter (cream, natural flavoring), green peas, panko (bleached wheat flour, dextrose, salt, yeast), enriched flour (wheat flour enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), celery, fennel, chicken base (oven roasted chicken with natural juices, salt, sugar, rendered chicken fat, onion powder, torula yeast, cooked dehydrated chicken meat, turmeric, natural flavors), canola oil, tomato paste (tomatoes), sea salt, parsley, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, sodium benzoate [preservative]), lemon juice, black pepper.

Other products containing Oven Roasted Chicken With Natural Juices

Oven Roasted Chicken With Natural Juices is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pot pie bites

Neighbours outside Target Stores with screening scores in the same high band as Pot pie bites (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Target Stores; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Pot pie bites has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its Desserts 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 0085239607039: 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.