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Chili's, chicken tamales with rice

by Chili's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0717854470193 · Chili's · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0717854470193 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (284 g)

The verdict

Chili's, chicken tamales with rice by Chili's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 67 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 67-component record, beginning with Cooked Long Grain Rice, Water, Dough Mix. 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 67 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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

54470193 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chili's, chicken tamales with rice label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 67 ing. REG-SPARSE 15% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-RARE Sodium Tripolyphosphate PHOTO-FINISH Dr. Smoothie, Organic · ±0 BOOK-OFF …470193 · July 2026

10 of 67 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Tripolyphosphate). Source sheet 54470193 · 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: Dr. Smoothie, Organic Smoothie Mix, Strawberry Banana · Nearest score peer is Dr. Smoothie, Organic Smoothie Mix, Strawberry Banana 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 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. Chili's, chicken tamales with rice: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chili's, chicken tamales …100/1002. Dr. Smoothie, Organic Smoothie Mix, Strawberry Banana: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Dr. Smoothie, Organic Smo…100/1003. Shrimp Fried Rice: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Shrimp Fried Rice100/1004. Chicken Fried Rice: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chicken Fried Rice100/1005. Asian Style Cuisine: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Asian Style Cuisine100/100
High-band neighbours for Chili's, chicken tamales with rice (100/100) outside Chili's.
Chart values as text

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

Chili's, chicken tamales with rice
100/100
Dr. Smoothie, Organic Smoothie Mix, Strawberry Banana
100/100
Shrimp Fried Rice
100/100
Chicken Fried Rice
100/100
Asian Style Cuisine
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. Chili's, chicken tamales with rice 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 Frozen foods products

Chili's, chicken tamales with rice lists 67 ingredients on its label

67 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 67 (93rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen 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

1
Cooked Long Grain Rice
2
Water
3
Dough Mix
4
White Corn Flour
5
Bleached Wheat Flour
6
Palm Oil
7
Yellow Corn Meal
8
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
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Leavening
11
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
12
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
13
Monocalcium Phosphate
14
Corn Starch
15
Spice
16
Turmeric Extract
17
Color
18
Nonfat Dry Milk
19
Whole Egg
20
Half And Half
21
Milk
22
Cream
23
Pasteurized Process Monterey Jack Cheese
24
Cultured Milk
25
Milkfat
26
Skim Milk
27
Sodium Phosphates
28
Enzymes
29
Cooked Shredded Chicken
30
Chicken
31
Chicken Broth
32
Modified Food Starch
33
Sodium Phosphate
34
Canola Oil
35
Bell Peppers
36
Fire Roasted Poblano Pepper Puree
37
Poblano Peppers
38
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
39
Corn
40
Black Beans
41
Water
42
Less Than 2% Of Mozzarella Cheese
43
Pasteurized Milk
44
Cheese Culture
45
Seasoning
46
Onion
47
Spices
48
Yeast Extract
49
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
50
Natural Flavor
51
Jalapeno Peppers
52
Vinegar And Salt
53
Great Northern Beans
54
Cilantro
55
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
56
Unsalted Butter
57
Thickener
58
Wheat Flour
59
Methylcellulose
60
Sodium Alginate
61
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
62
Garlic Puree
63
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
64
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
65
Vital Wheat Gluten
66
Granulated Onion
67
Parsley Flakes

Full Ingredient List

Cooked long grain rice, water, dough mix (white corn flour, bleached wheat flour, palm oil, yellow corn meal, dextrose, salt, leavening [sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate], modified corn starch, spice, turmeric extract [color], nonfat dry milk, dried whole egg), half and half (milk, cream), pasteurized process monterey jack cheese (cultured milk, water, milkfat, skim milk, sodium phosphates, salt, enzymes), cooked shredded chicken (chicken, chicken broth, modified food starch, salt, sodium phosphate), canola oil, bell peppers, fire roasted poblano pepper puree (poblano peppers, water, citric acid), corn, black beans (with water), less than 2% of mozzarella cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), chicken broth, seasoning (dried onion, spices, yeast extract, salt, dried garlic, citric acid, natural flavor), jalapeno peppers (with water, vinegar and salt), great northern beans (with water), modified food starch, jalapeno peppers, cilantro, salt, cellulose, unsalted butter (cream, natural flavor), spices, thickener (wheat flour, methylcellulose, sodium alginate, sodium tripolyphosphate), garlic puree (garlic, water, citric acid), xanthan gum, vital wheat gluten, granulated onion, parsley flakes.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chili's, chicken tamales with rice

Neighbours outside Chili's with screening scores in the same high band as Chili's, chicken tamales with rice (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Chili's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Chili's, chicken tamales with rice has a longer ingredient list than 93% of its Frozen foods 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 0717854470193: 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.