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Mamma b's, homestyle chicken & biscuit pie

by Mamma B's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0858046004069 · Mamma B's · Desserts. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0858046004069 · Serving size 1 MEAL (313 g)

The verdict

Mamma b's, homestyle chicken & biscuit pie by Mamma B's scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 60 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 60-component record, beginning with Chicken Broth, Water, Chicken Broth Powder. 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 60 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.

46004069 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Mamma b's, homestyle chicken & biscuit pie label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 60 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Rice Cracker · ±0 BOOK-OFF …004069 · July 2026

13 of 60 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 46004069 · 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: Rice Cracker · Nearest score peer is Rice Cracker 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. Mamma b's, homestyle chicken & biscuit pie: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Mamma b's, homestyle chic…95/1002. Rice Cracker: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Rice Cracker95/1003. Demi-Glaze Mix: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Demi-Glaze Mix95/1004. Balsamic Red Red Wine Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Balsamic Red Red Wine Sau…95/1005. Original Bbq Sauce: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Original Bbq Sauce95/100
High-band neighbours for Mamma b's, homestyle chicken & biscuit pie (95/100) outside Mamma B's.
Chart values as text

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

Mamma b's, homestyle chicken & biscuit pie
95/100
Rice Cracker
95/100
Demi-Glaze Mix
95/100
Balsamic Red Red Wine Sauce
95/100
Original Bbq Sauce
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. Mamma b's, homestyle chicken & biscuit pie 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 Desserts products

Mamma b's, homestyle chicken & biscuit pie lists 60 ingredients on its label

60 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 11,156 products we track

0–2: 2 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 14 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 181 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 461 products (4%). Below this entry. 8–10: 573 products (5%). Below this entry. 10–12: 828 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 954 products (9%). Below this entry. 14–16: 1,026 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 970 products (9%). Below this entry. 18–20: 842 products (8%). Below this entry. 20–22: 774 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 666 products (6%). Below this entry. 24–26: 590 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 439 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 422 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 346 products (3%). Below this entry. 34–36: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 36–38: 249 products (2%). Below this entry. 38–40: 211 products (2%). Below this entry. 40–42: 754 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Desserts 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

11,156 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 60 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
2 products (0%)
2–4
14 products (0%)
4–6
181 products (2%)
6–8
461 products (4%)
8–10
573 products (5%)
10–12
828 products (7%)
12–14
954 products (9%)
14–16
1,026 products (9%)
16–18
970 products (9%)
18–20
842 products (8%)
20–22
774 products (7%)
22–24
666 products (6%)
24–26
590 products (5%)
26–28
542 products (5%)
28–30
439 products (4%)
30–32
422 products (4%)
32–34
346 products (3%)
34–36
312 products (3%)
36–38
249 products (2%)
38–40
211 products (2%)
40 and above
754 products (7%)

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 11,156 Desserts 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 60 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Chicken Broth
2
Water
3
Chicken Broth Powder
4
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
5
Yeast Extract
6
Spice Extract
7
White Meat Chicken
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Native Potato Starch
10
Carrots
11
Peas
12
Cream
13
Milk
14
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
15
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
16
Organic Onions
17
Celery
18
Chicken Base
19
Chicken Meat And Juices
20
Maltodextrin Salt
21
Chicken Stock
22
Cane Sugar
23
Chicken Fat
24
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
25
Onion Powder
26
Garlic Powder
27
Turmeric
28
Natural Flavor
29
Leeks
30
Butter Unsalted
31
Pasteurized Cream
32
Flavorings
33
Natural Flavor
34
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
35
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
36
Spice Blend
37
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
38
Spices
39
Enriched Bleached Flour
40
Wheat Flour
41
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
42
Reduced Iron
43
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
44
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
45
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
46
Cultured Buttermilk
47
Skim Milk
48
Nonfat Milk Solids
49
Modified Food Starch
50
Mono & Diglycerides
51
Organic Carob Beam Gum
52
Standardized With Dextrose And Salt
53
Cultures Added
54
Palm Oil
55
Sodium Biscarbonate
56
Sodium Aluminium Phosphate
57
Monocalcium Phosphate
58
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
59
Soy Lecithin
60
Natural Cream Flavor

Full Ingredient List

Filling: chicken broth (water, chicken broth powder, potassium chloride, yeast extract, spice extract), white meat chicken (water, salt, native potato starch), carrots, peas, cream (milk, carrageenan), contains 2% or less of: cornstarch, onions, celery, organic chicken base (chicken meat and natural juices*, maltodextrin* salt, chicken stock*, cane sugar*, chicken fat*, potato starch*, yeast extract, onion powder*, garlic powder*, turmeric*, natural flavor), leeks, chicken fat, butter unsalted (pasteurized cream, natural flavorings), flavor (contains maltodextrin), garlic, spice blend (sugar, spices), biscuit crust: enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cultured buttermilk (skim milk, nonfat milk solids, food starch modified, mono & diglycerides, carrageenan, carob beam gum, standardized with dextrose and salt, cultures added), palm oil, contains 2% or less of: sodium biscarbonate, sodium aluminium phosphate, monocalcium phosphate, whey, soy lecithin, maltodextrin, natural cream flavor.

Other products containing Organic Carob Beam Gum

Organic Carob Beam Gum is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 4 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Desserts Frozen foods Frozen desserts

High-score cross-brand comparables for Mamma b's, homestyle chicken & biscuit pie

Neighbours outside Mamma B's with screening scores in the same high band as Mamma b's, homestyle chicken & biscuit pie (95/100 here). No other Mamma B's products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Mamma b's, homestyle chicken & biscuit pie's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 60-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Mamma b's, homestyle chicken & biscuit pie'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 0858046004069: 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.