Caution

Herb-seasoned grilled white meat chicken with a garlic-herb cream sauce and a side of cavatappi pasta in a creamy 3-cheese sauce & crisp steamed vegetables

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0738912332000 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0738912332000 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (312 g)

The verdict

Herb-seasoned grilled white meat chicken with a garlic-herb cream sauce and a side of cavatappi pasta in a creamy 3-cheese sauce & crisp steamed vegetables scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 70 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 70-component record, beginning with Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat, Chicken Broth. 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 70 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

12332000 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Herb-seasoned grilled white meat chicken with a garlic-herb cream sauce and a side of cavatappi pasta in a creamy 3-cheese sauce & crisp steamed vegetables label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 70 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …332000 · July 2026

18 of 70 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 12332000 · 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

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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.

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. Herb-seasoned grilled white meat chicken with a garlic-herb cream sauce and a side of cavatappi pasta in a creamy 3-cheese sauce & crisp steamed vegetables scores 12.9 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively weaker 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

Herb-seasoned grilled white meat chicken with a garlic-herb cream sauce and a side of cavatappi pasta in a creamy 3-cheese sauce & crisp steamed vegetables lists 70 ingredients on its label

70 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 70 (95th 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 70 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
2
Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
3
Chicken Broth
4
Or Less Of Salt
5
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
6
Corn Starch
7
Sodium Phosphates
8
Granulated Garlic
9
Granulated Onion
10
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
11
Natural Flavor
12
Water
13
Cooked Enriched Macaroni Product
14
Durum Wheat Semolina
15
Iron
16
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
17
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
21
Broccoli
22
Carrots
23
Cheddar Cheese
24
Pasteurized Milk
25
Cultures
26
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
27
Enzymes
28
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
29
Color
30
Yellow Squash
31
Half And Half
32
Milk
33
Cream
34
Modified Food Starch
35
Parmesan Cheese
36
Cultured Part-skim Milk
37
Olive Oil
38
Cheddar Club Cheese
39
Cultured Milk
40
Nonfat Milk Solids
41
Nonfat Milk
42
Whey Solids
43
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
44
Vitamin A And D3
45
Leeks
46
Romano Cheese
47
Cultured Part-skim Cow's Milk
48
Grated Cheese Blend
49
Parmesan And Asiago Cheeses
50
Cheese Cultures
51
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
52
Cheese Flavor
53
Yeast Extract
54
Natural Flavors
55
Disodium Phosphate
56
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
57
Spices
58
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
59
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
60
Rendered Bacon Fat
61
Cured With Water
62
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
63
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
64
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
65
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
66
Unsalted Butter
67
Natural Cream Flavor
68
Canola Oil
69
Mushroom Extract
70
Corn Starch

Full Ingredient List

Chicken breast with rib meat (chicken breast meat with rib meat, chicken broth, contains 2% of less of salt, isolated soy protein, modified corn starch, sodium phosphates, granulated garlic, granulated onion, carrageenan, natural flavor), water, cooked enriched macaroni product (water, durum wheat semolina, iron [ferrous sulfate], niacin, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), broccoli, carrots, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), yellow squash, half and half (milk, cream), contains less than 2% of modified food starch, parmesan cheese ([cultured part-skim milk, salt, enzymes], salt), olive oil, cheddar club cheese (cheddar cheese [cultured milk, salt, enzymes], water, salt, annatto [color]), nonfat milk solids (nonfat milk, whey solids [lactose], vitamin a and d3), leeks, romano cheese [cultured part-skim cow's milk, salt, enzymes], salt), grated cheese blend (parmesan and asiago cheeses [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], natural flavor, powdered cellulose [to prevent caking]), cheese flavor (cheddar cheese [pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes], water, yeast extract, natural flavors, disodium phosphate, xanthan gum), spices, salt, garlic (garlic, water, citric acid), rendered bacon fat (cured with water, salt, sugar, dextrose, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), unsalted butter (cream natural flavor), canola oil, xanthan gum, yeast extract, mushroom extract (corn starch, mushroom extract, salt) annatto (color), granulated onion.

Categories

Frozen foods

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Herb-seasoned grilled white meat chicken with a garlic-herb cream sauce and a side of cavatappi pasta in a creamy 3-cheese sauce & crisp steamed vegetables's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 70-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Herb-seasoned grilled white meat chicken with a garlic-herb cream sauce and a side of cavatappi pasta in a creamy 3-cheese sauce & crisp steamed vegetables's 2 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 0738912332000: 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.