Safe

Chicken Fritters & Mashed Potatoes

by Boston Market

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0738912022529 · Boston Market · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0738912022529 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (383 g)

The verdict

Chicken Fritters & Mashed Potatoes by Boston Market scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 61 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 61-component record, beginning with Water, Chicken Breast Fritters With Rib Meat, Modified Food Starch. 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 61 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.

12022529 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken Fritters & Mashed Potatoes label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 61 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-RARE Autolyzed yeast extract PHOTO-FINISH Hot Red Chili · ±0 BOOK-OFF …022529 · July 2026

12 of 61 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Autolyzed yeast extract). Source sheet 12022529 · 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: Hot Red Chili Hummus · Nearest score peer is Hot Red Chili Hummus 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. Chicken Fritters & Mashed Potatoes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken Fritters & Mashed…100/1002. Hot Red Chili Hummus: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Hot Red Chili Hummus100/1003. Kalamata Olive Hummus: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Kalamata Olive Hummus100/1004. Vegan Mac 'N Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Vegan Mac 'N Cheese100/1005. Tallarico's, pizza sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Tallarico's, pizza sauce100/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken Fritters & Mashed Potatoes (100/100) outside Boston Market.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken Fritters & Mashed Potatoes
100/100
Hot Red Chili Hummus
100/100
Kalamata Olive Hummus
100/100
Vegan Mac 'N Cheese
100/100
Tallarico's, pizza sauce
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. Chicken Fritters & Mashed Potatoes 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

Chicken Fritters & Mashed Potatoes lists 61 ingredients on its label

61 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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: 61 (89th 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
Water
2
Chicken Breast Fritters With Rib Meat
3
Modified Food Starch
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Sodium Phosphates. Breaded With Wheat Flour
6
Corn Starch
7
Soy Flour
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
Spices
10
Garlic Powder
11
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
12
Onion Powder
13
Paprika
14
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
15
Whole Eggs
16
Spice Extractives
17
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
18
Extractives Of Paprika
19
Potato Flakes And Granules
20
Potatoes
21
Mono And Diglycerides
22
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
23
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
24
Freshness Preserved With Sodium Bisulfite
25
Bha And Bht
26
Chicken Stock
27
Less Than 2% Of Milk Solids
28
Cream
29
Milkfat
30
Nonfat Milk
31
Rendered Chicken Fat
32
Nonfat Milk Solids
33
Whey Solids
34
Lactose
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
35
Vitamin A And D3
36
Roasted Turkey Concentrate
37
Roasted Turkey Including Natural Turkey Juices
38
Yeast Extract
39
Potato Flour And Flavorings
40
Chicken Base
41
Chicken Meat And Concentrated Chicken Stock
42
Chicken Fat
43
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
44
Flavor Blend
45
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
46
Corn Syrup Solids
47
Natural Flavor
48
Flavoring
49
Extractive Of Turmeric
50
Roast Chicken Flavor
51
Wheat
52
Soybeans And Milk
53
Chicken Powder
54
Chicken Broth Powder
55
Gum Arabic
56
Tricalcium Phosphate
57
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
58
Canola Oil
59
Granulated Garlic
60
Spice
61
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

Full Ingredient List

Water, chicken breast fritters with rib meat (chicken breast fritters with rib meat, water, modified food starch, salt, sodium phosphates. breaded with wheat flour, water, salt, modified corn starch, soy flour, dextrose, spices, garlic powder, wheat gluten, onion powder, paprika, dried whey, dried whole eggs, spice extractives, silicon dioxide, extractives of paprika), potato flakes and granules (potatoes, mono and diglycerides, sodium acid pyrophosphate, citric acid, freshness preserved with sodium bisulfite, bha and bht), chicken stock, less than 2% of milk solids (cream, milkfat, nonfat milk), rendered chicken fat, modified food starch, nonfat milk solids (nonfat milk, whey solids [lactose], vitamin a and d3), roasted turkey concentrate (roasted turkey including natural turkey juices, yeast extract, salt, potato flour and flavorings), salt, chicken base (chicken meat and concentrated chicken stock, salt, chicken fat, sugar, dried whey, flavor blend [autolyzed yeast extract, corn syrup solids, citric acid, natural flavor], flavoring, extractive of turmeric), roast chicken flavor (natural flavor [contains wheat, soybeans and milk], salt, autolyzed yeast extract, chicken powder, yeast extract, chicken broth powder, chicken fat, gum arabic, onion powder, tricalcium phosphate), maltodextrin, canola oil, granulated garlic, spice, yeast extract, xanthan gum.

Other products containing Chicken Breast Fritters With Rib Meat

Chicken Breast Fritters With Rib Meat is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken Fritters & Mashed Potatoes

Neighbours outside Boston Market with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken Fritters & Mashed Potatoes (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Boston Market; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Chicken Fritters & Mashed Potatoes has a longer ingredient list than 89% 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 0738912022529: 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.