Cheesy chicken
Cheesy chicken by Birds Eye has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4 out of 5, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Cheesy chicken, 4 of its 4 tracked ingredients carry a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.
Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.
Where Cheesy chicken sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
4 Top 80% higher than 20% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
- Sodium Phosphates - Safety score: 2/5
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
Vegetables (broccoli, carrots, corn), sauce (water, pasteurized process cheese sauce concentrate (milk, palm oil, whey, water, maltodextrin, sodium phosphate, corn syrup solids, contains less than 2% of: cheese culture, citric acid, enzymes, lactic acid, salt, sodium alginate, sugar, xanthan gum), three cheese seasoning (cheese powder [cheddar, monterey jack and parmesan cheeses (cultured milk, salt, enzymes), whey, salt, palm oil blend (palm oil, corn syrup solids, sodium caseinate, dipotassium phosphate, monoglycerides]), modified corn starch, maltodextrin, enzyme modified cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), wheat flour, buttermilk solids, autolyzed yeast extract, onion powder, contains less than 2% natural flavors, butter, sodium caseinate, disodium phosphate, garlic powder, lactic acid, spices, paprika extract, turmeric extract, annatto extract, citric acid), modified food starch, salt, enriched wheat flour (niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflav
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Cheesy chicken: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 4/5.
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 4.
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Product Details
- Brand
- Birds Eye
- Barcode
- 0014500014207
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Cheesy chicken rank on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 4/5, Cheesy chicken sits behind 80% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
How should Cheesy chicken's 4/5 score be read?
The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Cheesy chicken's mapped ingredients average out to 4/5, which is the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.