Mega Bowls, Sesame Chicken Lo Mein
Mega Bowls, Sesame Chicken Lo Mein by Banquet has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3 out of 5, 1.12 points below 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 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
Meals / Pasta dishes / Meals with meat / Frozen meals with meat
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 Mega Bowls, Sesame Chicken Lo Mein 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 Mega Bowls, Sesame Chicken Lo Mein sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3 Top 98% higher than 2% 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
SAUCE AND VEGETABLE BLEND: WATER, SUGAR, ONIONS, CARROTS, PEAS, SOY SAUCE (WATER, WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT, ALCOHOL, VINEGAR, LACTIC ACID), RED BELL PEPPERS, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SESAME SEED OIL, RICE VINEGAR, SALT, GARLIC, CANOLA OIL. NOODLES: WATER, ENRICHED PASTA (DURUM WHEAT SEMOLINA, NIACIN, IRON [FERROUS SULFATE], THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, EGG WHITE), SOYBEAN OIL. WHITE MEAT CHICKEN FRITTER: WHITE MEAT CHICKEN, BATTER (WATER, BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, YELLOW CORN FLOUR, LEAVENING [SODIUM BICARBONATE, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE], WHEY, SALT, EGGS, GUAR GUM), BREADER (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR [ENRICHED WITH NIACIN, FERROUS SULFATE, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR), WATER, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES. FRIED IN VEGETABLE OIL.
Product Details
- Brand
- Banquet
- Barcode
- 0031000003791
- Nutri-Score
- Grade C
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
- Stores
- Stop & Shop
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Frequently asked questions
Is Mega Bowls, Sesame Chicken Lo Mein above or below average on ingredient safety?
Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Mega Bowls, Sesame Chicken Lo Mein's 3/5 average puts it in the lower 98%, 1.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What's behind the 3/5 rating on Mega Bowls, Sesame Chicken Lo Mein?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Mega Bowls, Sesame Chicken Lo Mein's 3/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in the Mixed Evidence 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.