Marie Callender's Nutri-Score B NOVA 4

Grilled Chicken Pesto Pasta Bowl

Grilled Chicken Pesto Pasta Bowl: 4/5 ingredient safety

Grilled Chicken Pesto Pasta Bowl by Marie Callender's has 2 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 B.

  • Safety score in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Frozen foods / Meals / Pasta dishes / Combination Meals / Frozen ready-made meals

How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for Grilled Chicken Pesto Pasta Bowl have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where Grilled Chicken Pesto Pasta Bowl 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

4
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
B
Nutri-Score

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

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

COOKED ENRICHED PASTA (WATER, ENRICHED PASTA [DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE (IRON). THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), SOYBEAN OIL), SAUCE (WATER, BASIL, PARMESAN CHEESE [PASTEURIZED MILK, CHEESE CULTURES, SALT, ENZYMES]. ROMANO CHEESE FROM COW'S MILK [CULTURED PART-SKIM MILK, SALT, ENZYMES], CREAM, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, FLAVORING, BUTTER (CREAM, SALT], LOCUST BEAN GUM), COOKED CHICKEN (CHICKEN BREAST, WATER, OLIVE OIL, ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN PRODUCT (ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, MODIFIED POTATO STARCH, CORN STARCH, CARRAGEENAN, SOY LECITHIN], DEXTROSE, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, FLAVORING), CHERRY TOMATOES, MILK, SOY, WHEAT.

Product Details

Barcode
0021131301354
Nutri-Score
Grade B
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does Grilled Chicken Pesto Pasta Bowl's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Grilled Chicken Pesto Pasta Bowl's 4/5 average puts it in the lower 80%, in line with the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 4/5 rating on Grilled Chicken Pesto Pasta Bowl?

PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 4/5 average places Grilled Chicken Pesto Pasta Bowl in 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.