Chicken pot pie
Contains 2 flagged ingredients
Chicken pot pie receives a safety score of 90/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 2 ingredients 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.
What the Data Says About
Chicken pot pie carries a composite safety score of 90/100, 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 2 flagged ingredients 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, Chicken pot pie 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.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 90/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 2 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Pie crust (wheat flour [unenriched, unbleached], vegetable shortening [liquid and partially hydrogenated soybean oil, hydrogenated cottonseed oil], water, salt, dextrose, baking soda), water, boneless skinless chicken breast fillet with rib meat, potatoes, carrots, roux mix (wheat flour, modified cornstarch, maltodextrin, natural butter flavor [whey, enzyme modified butter oil, dehydrated butter, corn syrup solids, salt, guar gum, annatto, turmeric], 2% or less of skim milk, yeast extract, salt, color added, datem, mono and diglycerides, sodium caseinate), whole milk (milk, vitamin d3), heavy whipping cream (heavy cream, milk, contains less than 0.5% of: mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 80, carrageenan), green peas (peas, salt), yellow onion, celery, chicken base (roasted chicken, salt, hydrolyzed corn protein, sugar, chicken fat, maltodextrin, autolyzed yeast extract, onion powder, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, turmeric, natural flavoring, extractive of annatto), whole egg (whole egg, citric acid, 0.15% water added as carrier for citric acid), soy protein (isolated soy protein with less than 2% lecithin), salt, black pepper, parsley flakes, thyme, spices.
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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