Safe

Santa Fe Style Chicken & Dumplings

by Chili's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0717854470414 · Chili's · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0717854470414 · Serving size 0.5 PACKAGE (312 g)

The verdict

Santa Fe Style Chicken & Dumplings by Chili's scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 62 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 62-component record, beginning with Half And Half, Milk, Cream. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 62 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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

54470414 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Santa Fe Style Chicken & Dumplings label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 62 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 10% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Orange Chicken · ±0 BOOK-OFF …470414 · July 2026

15 of 62 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 54470414 · 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: Orange Chicken · Nearest score peer is Orange Chicken 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. Santa Fe Style Chicken & Dumplings: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Santa Fe Style Chicken & …95/1002. Orange Chicken: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Orange Chicken95/1003. Teriyaki meatballs with mashed potatoes, meatballs & teriyaki sauce with mashed potatoes: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Teriyaki meatballs with m…95/1004. POP'N CHICKEN & POTATO WHEELS: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. POP'N CHICKEN & POTATO WH…95/1005. Chicken Littles: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chicken Littles95/100
High-band neighbours for Santa Fe Style Chicken & Dumplings (95/100) outside Chili's.
Chart values as text

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

Santa Fe Style Chicken & Dumplings
95/100
Orange Chicken
95/100
Teriyaki meatballs with mashed potatoes, meatballs & teriyaki sauce with mashed potatoes
95/100
POP'N CHICKEN & POTATO WHEELS
95/100
Chicken Littles
95/100

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. Santa Fe Style Chicken & Dumplings scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 other Frozen foods products

Santa Fe Style Chicken & Dumplings lists 62 ingredients on its label

62 90th percentile a longer ingredient list than 90% 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: 62 (90th 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

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 62 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Half And Half
2
Milk
3
Cream
4
Water
5
Dumplings
6
Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour
7
Wheat Flour
8
Malted Barley Flour
9
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
11
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
12
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
14
Egg
15
Soybean Oil
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Cooked Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
18
Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
19
Chicken Broth
20
Or Less Of Salt
21
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
22
Modified Food Starch
23
Sodium Phosphates
24
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
25
Onion
26
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
27
Natural Flavor
28
Black Beans
29
Water
30
Dried Red Bell Peppers
31
Corn
32
Green Bell Peppers
33
Chicken Base
34
Chicken Meat And Concentrated Chicken Stock
35
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
36
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
37
Rendered Chicken Fat
38
Corn Syrup Solids
39
Yeast Extract
40
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
41
Extractives Of Turmeric
42
Less Than 2% Of Cheddar Club Cheese
43
Cheddar Cheese
44
Cultured Milk
45
Enzymes
46
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
47
Stabilizer
48
Corn Starch
49
Gum Arabic
50
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
51
Guar Gum
52
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
53
Water And Citric Acid
54
Organic Onions
55
Spices
56
Chili Powder
57
Chili Peppers And Other Natural Spices
58
Garlic Powder
59
Smoked Paprika
60
Paprika
61
Natural Smoke Flavor
62
Cilantro

Full Ingredient List

Half and half (milk, cream), water, dumplings (water, bleached enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], egg, soybean oil, salt), cooked chicken breast with rib meat (chicken breast meat with rib meat, chicken broth, contains 2% or less of salt, isolated soy protein, modified food starch, sodium phosphates, dried garlic, dried onion, carrageenan, natural flavor), black beans (with water), red bell peppers, corn, green bell peppers, chicken base (chicken meat and concentrated chicken stock, salt, sugar, dried whey, rendered chicken fat, corn syrup solids, yeast extract, natural flavor, citric acid, extractives of turmeric), less than 2% of cheddar club cheese [cheddar cheese (cultured milk, salt, enzymes], water, salt, lactic acid), stabilizer (corn starch, gum arabic, xanthan gum, guar gum), corn starch, garlic (with water and citric acid), onions, spices, chili powder (chili peppers and other spices, salt, garlic powder), smoked paprika (paprika, natural smoke flavor), cilantro.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Santa Fe Style Chicken & Dumplings

Neighbours outside Chili's with screening scores in the same high band as Santa Fe Style Chicken & Dumplings (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Chili's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Santa Fe Style Chicken & Dumplings's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 62-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Santa Fe Style Chicken & Dumplings's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0717854470414: 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.