Garlic Chicken Skillet Meal With Pasta And Vegetables

by Ahold

95
Safe
Safety Score (out of 100)

Contains 1 flagged ingredient

Garlic Chicken Skillet Meal With Pasta And Vegetables by Ahold receives a safety score of 95/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.

Barcode
0688267148194
Nutri-Score
b
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed
Serving Size
1.5 cup (178 g)

What the Data Says About

Garlic Chicken Skillet Meal With Pasta And Vegetables by Ahold carries a composite safety score of 95/100, which we classify as "Safe" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Our scan identified 1 flagged ingredient in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.

On the NOVA processing scale, Garlic Chicken Skillet Meal With Pasta And Vegetables is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of B reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Composite safety metrics for Garlic Chicken Skillet Meal With Pasta And Vegetables
Metric Value Source
PlainFoodSafe Score 95/100 FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite
Flagged ingredients 1 CSPI/FDA review
NOVA processing group Group 4 OpenFoodFacts
Nutri-Score B OpenFoodFacts

Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Vegetables: Broccoli
2
Corn
3
Carrots. Rotini: Durum Semolina Enriched With Niacin
4
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
5
Thiamin Mononitrate
6
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Folic Acid. Creamy Garlic Sauce: Water
8
Soybean Oil
9
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
10
Butter
11
Pasteurized Cream
12
Flavoring
13
Milk Powder
14
Cream Powder
15
Cream
16
Nonfat Dry Milk
17
Tocopherol And Ascorbyl Palmitate
18
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
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
Or Less Of: Dried Garlic
21
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
22
Spices
23
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
24
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
25
Organic Butter Concentrate
26
Natural Flavor
27
Turmeric And Annatto
28
Color
29
Tocopherol
30
Garlic Oil. Chicken: Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
31
Water
32
Modified Food Starch
33
Seasoning
34
Romano Cheese
35
Part-skim Cow's Milk
36
Cheese Culture
37
Enzymes
38
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
39
Onion
40
Sodium Phosphates. Coating: Salt
41
Corn Flour
42
Wheat Flour
43
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
44
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
45
Paprika
46
Defatted Soy Flour
47
Baking Powder
48
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
49
Sodium Aluminum Sulfate
50
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
51
Monocalcium Phosphate
52
Caramel Coloring
Caution Approved (color additive, GRAS)
53
Extractive Of Paprika

Full Ingredient List

Vegetables: broccoli, corn, carrots. rotini: durum semolina enriched with niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid. creamy garlic sauce: water, soybean oil, garlic, butter (pasteurized cream, natural flavoring), milk powder, cream powder (cream, nonfat dry milk, tocopherol and ascorbyl palmitate), modified cornstarch, salt, contains 2% or less of: dehydrated garlic, sugar, spices, autolyzed yeast extract, xanthan gum, butter concentrate (soybean oil, natural flavor, turmeric and annatto [color], tocopherol), garlic oil. chicken: chicken breast meat with rib meat, water, modified food starch, seasoning (romano cheese [part-skim cow's milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], sugar, dehydrated garlic, dehydrated onion, natural flavor), salt, sodium phosphates. coating: salt, corn flour, wheat flour, maltodextrin, cornstarch, paprika, defatted soy flour, spices, baking powder (sodium bicarbonate, cornstarch, sodium aluminum sulfate, calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate), caramel color, extractive of paprika.

Categories

Frozen foods

Data Sources

Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.

This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.

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