Safe

Plant-based chicken noodle soup

by Whole Foods

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0099482512903 · Whole Foods · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0099482512903 · Serving size 245g

The verdict

Plant-based chicken noodle soup by Whole Foods scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 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 54-component record, beginning with Water, Organic Onions, Plant-based Chicken. 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 54 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.

82512903 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Plant-based chicken noodle soup label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 54 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-RARE Magnesium Chloride PHOTO-FINISH Organic Stir-Fry Sauce · ±0 BOOK-OFF …512903 · July 2026

17 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Magnesium Chloride). Source sheet 82512903 · 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: Organic Stir-Fry Sauce · Nearest score peer is Organic Stir-Fry Sauce 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. Plant-based chicken noodle soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Plant-based chicken noodl…100/1002. Organic Stir-Fry Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Organic Stir-Fry Sauce100/1003. Oven-Roasted Chicken Breast: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Oven-Roasted Chicken Brea…100/1004. Original Almond Non-Dairy Beverage: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Original Almond Non-Dairy…100/1005. Cheddar chicks: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cheddar chicks100/100
High-band neighbours for Plant-based chicken noodle soup (100/100) outside Whole Foods.
Chart values as text

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

Plant-based chicken noodle soup
100/100
Organic Stir-Fry Sauce
100/100
Oven-Roasted Chicken Breast
100/100
Original Almond Non-Dairy Beverage
100/100
Cheddar chicks
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. Plant-based chicken noodle soup 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

Plant-based chicken noodle soup lists 54 ingredients on its label

54 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% 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%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 54 (88th 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
Water
2
Organic Onions
3
Plant-based Chicken
4
Vital Wheat Gluten
5
Expeller Pressed Canola Oil
6
Organic Tofu
7
Soybeans
8
Magnesium Chloride
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
10
Natural Flavors
11
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
12
Oat fiber
Other
Safe
13
Cane Sugar
14
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
15
Wheat
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Spices
19
Garlic Purée
20
Granulated Garlic
21
Onion Powder
22
Natural Smoke Flavor
23
Expeller Pressed Sunflower Seed Oil
24
Expeller Pressed Sesame Seed Oil
25
Expeller Pressed Celery Seed Oil
26
Calcium Lactate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
27
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
28
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
29
Gum Arabic
30
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
31
Carrots
32
Enriched Noodles
33
Semolina
34
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
36
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
39
Celery
40
Buttery Spread
41
Expeller Pressed Palm Oil
42
Natural Flavor
43
Sunflower Lecithin
44
Annatto Extract
45
Olive Oil
46
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
47
Unbleached Wheat Flour
48
Thyme
49
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
50
Dehydrated Parsley
51
Black Pepper
52
Bay Leaves
53
Soy
54
And Sesame Ingredients

Full Ingredient List

Water, onions, plant-based chicken (water, vital wheat gluten, expeller pressed canola oil, tofu [water, soybeans, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride], natural flavors, cornstarch, oat fiber, cane sugar, soy sauce [water, soybeans, wheat, salt], sea salt, spices, garlic purée, granulated garlic, onion powder, natural smoke flavor, expeller pressed sunflower seed oil, expeller pressed sesame seed oil, expeller pressed celery seed oil, calcium lactate, citric acid, potassium chloride, gum arabic, xanthan gum), carrots, enriched noodles (semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), celery, buttery spread (expeller pressed canola oil, expeller pressed palm oil, water, salt, natural flavor, sunflower lecithin, annatto extract), olive oil, lactic acid, natural flavor, unbleached wheat flour, thyme, garlic, parsley, black pepper, bay leaves. Contains wheat, soy, and sesame ingredients.

Categories

Meals Soups

High-score cross-brand comparables for Plant-based chicken noodle soup

Neighbours outside Whole Foods with screening scores in the same high band as Plant-based chicken noodle soup (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Whole Foods; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Plant-based chicken noodle soup has a longer ingredient list than 88% 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 0099482512903: 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.