Caution

Vegetarian Vietnamese Lemongrass With Beyond Chicken

by Beyond Meat

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0016000466722 · Beyond Meat · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0016000466722 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (283 g)

The verdict

Vegetarian Vietnamese Lemongrass With Beyond Chicken by Beyond Meat scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 44 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 44-component record, beginning with Cooked Rice Noodles, Water, Rice Flour. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 44 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

00466722 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Vegetarian Vietnamese Lemongrass With Beyond Chicken label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 44 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-MID Len top 32% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Loaded, Mashed Potatoes · ±0 BOOK-OFF …466722 · July 2026

9 of 44 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 00466722 · 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: Loaded, Mashed Potatoes · Nearest score peer is Loaded, Mashed Potatoes at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

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. Vegetarian Vietnamese Lemongrass With Beyond Chicken: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Vegetarian Vietnamese Lem…85/1002. Loaded, Mashed Potatoes: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Loaded, Mashed Potatoes85/1003. Betty Crocker, Spaghetti, Seasoning And Creamy Carbonara Suace: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Betty Crocker, Spaghetti,…85/1004. Muddy buddies peanut butter & chocolate coated chex snack: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Muddy buddies peanut butt…85/1005. Chex Mix Muddy Buddies Peanut Butter & Chocolate: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chex Mix Muddy Buddies Pe…85/100
High-band neighbours for Vegetarian Vietnamese Lemongrass With Beyond Chicken (85/100) outside Beyond Meat.
Chart values as text

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

Vegetarian Vietnamese Lemongrass With Beyond Chicken
85/100
Loaded, Mashed Potatoes
85/100
Betty Crocker, Spaghetti, Seasoning And Creamy Carbonara Suace
85/100
Muddy buddies peanut butter & chocolate coated chex snack
85/100
Chex Mix Muddy Buddies Peanut Butter & Chocolate
85/100

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. Vegetarian Vietnamese Lemongrass With Beyond Chicken scores 7.9 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products

Vegetarian Vietnamese Lemongrass With Beyond Chicken lists 44 ingredients on its label

44 68th percentile a longer ingredient list than 68% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods 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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 44 (68th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 44 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Cooked Rice Noodles
2
Water
3
Rice Flour
4
Canola Oil
5
Beyond Chicken Strips
6
Soy Protein Isolate
7
Pea Protein Isolate
8
Natural Flavor
9
Soy Fiber
10
Carrot Fiber
11
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Spices
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
16
Color
17
White Vinegar
18
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
19
Paprika
20
Lemongrass Sauce
21
Organic Coconut Milk
22
Organic Coconut
23
Guar Gum
24
Pureed Lemongrass
25
Lemongrass
26
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
27
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
28
Organic Onions
29
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
30
Lime Juice From Concentrate
31
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
32
Soybeans
33
Cilantro
34
Corn Starch
35
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
36
Turmeric
37
Pureed Ginger
38
Organic Ginger
39
Crushed Red Chili Pepper
40
Snap Peas
41
Mushrooms
42
Kale
43
Green Onions
44
Peanuts

Full Ingredient List

Cooked Rice Noodles (Water, Rice Flour, Canola Oil), Beyond Chicken Strips (Water, Soy Protein Isolate, Pea Protein Isolate, Natural Flavor, Rice Flour, Canola Oil, Soy Fiber, Carrot Fiber, Contains 0.5% Or Less Of: Dipotassium Phosphate, Salt, Spices, Sugar, Titanium Dioxide [Color], White Vinegar, Potassium Chloride, Paprika), Lemongrass Sauce (Coconut Milk [Coconut, Water, Guar Gum], Pureed Lemongrass [Lemongrass, Water, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid], Onions, Garlic, Lime Juice From Concentrate, Canola Oil, Soy Sauce [Water, Soybeans, Salt, Sugar], Cilantro, Modified Corn Starch, Sea Salt, Turmeric, Pureed Ginger [Ginger, Citric Acid], Crushed Red Chili Pepper), Snap Peas, Mushrooms, Kale, Green Onions, Peanuts.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Vegetarian Vietnamese Lemongrass With Beyond Chicken

Neighbours outside Beyond Meat with screening scores in the same high band as Vegetarian Vietnamese Lemongrass With Beyond Chicken (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Beyond Meat; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Vegetarian Vietnamese Lemongrass With Beyond Chicken's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 44-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Vegetarian Vietnamese Lemongrass With Beyond Chicken'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 0016000466722: 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.