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Homestyle Chicken Pot Pie, Freeze Dry, Alpine Aire,

by Alpine Aire

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0096152603459 · Alpine Aire · Freeze-dried foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0096152603459 · Serving size 157g

The verdict

Homestyle Chicken Pot Pie, Freeze Dry, Alpine Aire, by Alpine Aire 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 Instant White Rice, Freeze Dried Grilled Chicken, Chicken Breast With Rib Meat. 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
E
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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

52603459 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Homestyle Chicken Pot Pie, Freeze Dry, Alpine Aire, label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-SPARSE 15% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-RARE Torula yeast PHOTO-FINISH Spicy Sausage Bolognese · ±0 BOOK-OFF …603459 · July 2026

8 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Torula yeast). Source sheet 52603459 · 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: Spicy Sausage Bolognese · Nearest score peer is Spicy Sausage Bolognese 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 assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Homestyle Chicken Pot Pie, Freeze Dry, Alpine Aire,: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Homestyle Chicken Pot Pie…100/1002. Spicy Sausage Bolognese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Spicy Sausage Bolognese100/1003. Marie go round: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Marie go round100/1004. Almond Butter Crunchy: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Almond Butter Crunchy100/1005. Creamy almond butter: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Creamy almond butter100/100
High-band neighbours for Homestyle Chicken Pot Pie, Freeze Dry, Alpine Aire, (100/100) outside Alpine Aire.
Chart values as text

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

Homestyle Chicken Pot Pie, Freeze Dry, Alpine Aire,
100/100
Spicy Sausage Bolognese
100/100
Marie go round
100/100
Almond Butter Crunchy
100/100
Creamy almond butter
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 41 products we've scored in the Freeze-dried foods category, the average safety score is 99.6/100. Homestyle Chicken Pot Pie, Freeze Dry, Alpine Aire, scores 0.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 99.6/100), 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 every product we publish

Homestyle Chicken Pot Pie, Freeze Dry, Alpine Aire, lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 55 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Instant White Rice
2
Freeze Dried Grilled Chicken
3
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
6
Dried Onion And Garlic Powder
7
Spices
8
Peas
9
Carrot
10
Potatoes
11
Potato Starch. Sweet Whey
12
Celery Stalks
13
Parmesan Cheese
14
Partially Skim Milk
15
Culture
16
Enzymes
17
Disodium Phosphate
18
White Onion
19
Sweet Cream Powder
20
Natural Butter Flavor
21
Whey Solids
22
Enzymes Modified Butter
23
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
24
Butter
25
Guar Gum
26
With Annatto And Turmeric
27
For Color
28
Garlic Granulated
29
Roasted Onion Extract Powder
30
Onion Extract
31
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
32
Roasted Onion Oil
33
Mixed Tocopherols
34
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
35
Seasoning
36
Organic Baker's Yeast Extract
37
Canola Oil
38
Anti-dusting
39
Chicken Flavor Broth Low Sodium
40
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
41
Dehydrated Vegetables
42
Onion
43
Celery
44
Dehydrated Parsley
45
Spinach
46
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
47
Carot
48
Potato Flour
49
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
50
Extractives Of Spice
51
Turmeric And Paprika
52
Soy Lecithin. Not More Than 2% Soybean Oil Added As A Processing Aid
53
Black Pepper
54
Thyme
55
Bay Leaves

Full Ingredient List

Instant White Rice, Freeze Dried Grilled Chicken (Chicken breast with Rib Meat, Salt, Potato Starch, Onion and Garlic Powder, Spices), Peas, Carrot, Potatoes, Potato Starch. Sweet Whey, Celery Stalks, Parmesan Cheese (Partially Skim Milk, Culture, Salt, Enzymes, Disodium Phosphate), White Onion, Sweet Cream Powder, Butter Flavor [Whey Solids, Enzymes Modified Butter, Maltodextrin, Salt, Dehydrated Butter, Guar Gum, Annatto and Turmeric (for color)]., White Onion, Garlic Granulated, Roasted Onion Extract Powder (Onion Extract, Maltodextrin, Sugar, Roasted Onion Oil, Mixed Tocopherols), Sea Salt, Seasoning [Contains Baker's Yeast Extract, Salt, Canola Oil (anti-dusting)], Chicken Flavor Broth Low Sodium [Maltodextrin, Salt, Torula Yeast, Dehydrated Vegetables (Onion, Celery, Parsley, Spinach, Garlic, Carot), Potato Flour, Xanthan Gum, Spices, Extractives of Spice (including Turmeric and Paprika), Soy Lecithin. Not more than 2% Soybean Oil added as a processing aid], Black Pepper, Thyme, Bay Leaves.

Categories

Freeze-dried foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Homestyle Chicken Pot Pie, Freeze Dry, Alpine Aire,

Neighbours outside Alpine Aire with screening scores in the same high band as Homestyle Chicken Pot Pie, Freeze Dry, Alpine Aire, (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Alpine Aire; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Homestyle Chicken Pot Pie, Freeze Dry, Alpine Aire, has a longer ingredient list than 98% of its published 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 0096152603459: 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.