Safe

Plant-Based Chick'n Florentino Skillet Meal

by Gardein

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0842234002296 · Gardein · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0842234002296 · Serving size 0.5 PACKAGE (284 g)

The verdict

Plant-Based Chick'n Florentino Skillet Meal by Gardein scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 32 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 32-component record, beginning with Water, Strozzapreti Pasta, Wheat Semolina. 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 32 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

34002296 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Plant-Based Chick'n Florentino Skillet Meal label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 32 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 58% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Beefless Ground · ±0 BOOK-OFF …002296 · July 2026

11 of 32 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 34002296 · 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: Beefless Ground · Nearest score peer is Beefless Ground 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Plant-Based Chick'n Florentino Skillet Meal: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Plant-Based Chick'n Flore…95/1002. Beefless Ground: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Beefless Ground95/1003. Crispy Chick'N Pocket Meal: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Crispy Chick'N Pocket Meal95/1004. The Jug, Barbecue Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. The Jug, Barbecue Sauce95/1005. spiral sliced ham: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. spiral sliced ham95/100
High-band neighbours for Plant-Based Chick'n Florentino Skillet Meal (95/100) outside Gardein.
Chart values as text

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

Plant-Based Chick'n Florentino Skillet Meal
95/100
Beefless Ground
95/100
Crispy Chick'N Pocket Meal
95/100
The Jug, Barbecue Sauce
95/100
spiral sliced ham
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. Plant-Based Chick'n Florentino Skillet Meal 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

Plant-Based Chick'n Florentino Skillet Meal lists 32 ingredients on its label

32 42nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 42% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Above this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). Above this entry. 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: 32 (42nd 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 32 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

Full Ingredient List

Water, strozzapreti pasta (water, wheat semolina, niacin, ferrous sulfate, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), broccoli, spinach, soy protein isolate, olive oil, onions, garlic puree (garlic, water), canola oil, spices, yeast extract, methylcellulose, organic distilled vinegar, tapioca starch, sea salt, corn starch, salt, organic cane sugar, lemon juice concentrate, natural flavors, potato starch, carrageenan, quinoa powder, color added, mushroom extract concentrate.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Plant-Based Chick'n Florentino Skillet Meal

Neighbours outside Gardein with screening scores in the same high band as Plant-Based Chick'n Florentino Skillet Meal (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Gardein; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Plant-Based Chick'n Florentino Skillet Meal's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 32-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Plant-Based Chick'n Florentino Skillet Meal'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 0842234002296: 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.