Kroger NOVA 4

White chicken chili

White chicken chili: 4.5/5 ingredient safety

White chicken chili by Kroger has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 4.5 out of 5, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

  • Safety score 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

White chicken chili draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 2 of its 2 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.

Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.

Where White chicken chili sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

4.5 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

4.5
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 4.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
2
Low Risk / Safe
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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

water, cooked white chicken meat (white chicken meat, water, modified food starch, salt, sodium phosphates), navy beans, sour cream (cultured milk, cream whey, modified cornstarch, sodium phosphate, guar gum, carrageenan, carob bean gum). modified cornstarch, contains 2% or less of green chile peppers. jalapeño peppers, bell peppers, sugar, dehydrated cheddar cheese (cheddar cheese [milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymesi, natural flavors, disodium phosphate, salt, lactic acid), dehydrated onions, spices, salt, flavoring, vinegar, hydrolyzed corn protein, yeast extract, citric acid. bg 10% 3.5g 18% uo 60mg 20% 120mg 57% 41g 15% contains: milk. 25%

Product Details

Brand
Kroger
Barcode
0011110836557
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is White chicken chili above or below average on ingredient safety?

White chicken chili scores 4.5 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, safer than 71% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.38 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

How should White chicken chili's 4.5/5 score be read?

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 4.5/5 average places White chicken chili 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.