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Sesame chicken with fried rice, sesame chicken

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0018894905684. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0018894905684 · Serving size 5 ONZ (140 g)

The verdict

Sesame chicken with fried rice, sesame chicken scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 68 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 68-component record, beginning with Vegetable Fried Rice Cooked Rice, Water, Rice. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 68 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0018894905684
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

94905684 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sesame chicken with fried rice, sesame chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 68 ing. REG-SPARSE 16% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …905684 · July 2026

11 of 68 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 94905684 · 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

Screening model notes

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

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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.

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Sesame chicken with fried rice, sesame chicken lists 68 ingredients on its label

68 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 68 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 68 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Vegetable Fried Rice Cooked Rice
2
Water
3
Rice
4
Green Pea
5
Carrot
6
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
7
Water Wheat Soybean
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Alcohol
10
Oyster Flavored Sauce
11
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Oyster Extractives
13
Oyster
14
Corn Starch
15
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
16
Onion
17
Soybean Oil
18
Salted Sake
19
Koji
20
Aspergillus Oryzae
21
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
22
Sesame Oil
23
Canola Oil
24
Seasoning
25
Hydrolyzed Wheat Protein Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
26
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
27
Yeast Extract
28
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
29
Natural Flavor
30
Disodium Inosinate And Guanylate
31
Spice
32
Paprika Color
33
Arabic Gum
34
Maltose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
GRAS
35
Paprika Oleoresin
36
Chicken Breast
37
Sesame Sauce Water Sugar
38
Light Soy Sauce
39
Non-gmo Soybean
40
Wheat Flour
41
Oyster Sauce
42
Rice Cooking Wine
43
Corn Starch
44
Distilled Vinegar
45
Canola Oil Roasted Sesame Seeds
46
Garlic Puree
47
Chicken Broth Powder
48
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
49
Chicken Broth
50
Onion Powder
51
Chicken Flavor
52
Chicken Fat
53
Natural Flavor And Not More Than 2% Silicon Dioxide Added To Prevent Caking
54
Ginger Puree
55
Flour
56
Unbleached Wheat Flour
57
Malted Barley Flour
58
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
59
Reduced Iron
60
Thiamin Mononitrate
61
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
62
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
63
White Sesame Seeds
64
Organic Black Sesame Seeds
65
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
66
Kosher Salt
67
Non Gmo Expeller Pressed Canola Oil
68
Black Pepper

Full Ingredient List

Vegetable fried rice cooked rice (water, rice), green pea, carrot, soy sauce (water wheat soybean, salt, alcohol [to retain freshness]), oyster flavored sauce (water, sugar, salt, oyster extractives [oyster, water, salt], modified corn starch, caramel color), contains less than 2% of each of the following: onion, soybean oil, sugar, salt, salted sake (rice, koji [aspergillus oryzae], dextrose, salt, water, alcohol), sesame oil, canola oil, seasoning (hydrolyzed wheat protein hydrolyzed soy protein, hydrolyzed corn protein, yeast extract, salt, citric acid, flavor), disodium inosinate and guanylate, spice, caramel color, paprika color (arabic gum, maltose, paprika oleoresin)., chicken breast, sesame sauce water sugar, light soy sauce (non-gmo soybean, water, salt, wheat flour), oyster sauce (water, sugar, salt, oyster extractives [oyster, water, salt], modified corn starch, caramel color), rice cooking wine, corn starch, distilled vinegar, canola oil roasted sesame seeds, garlic puree, chicken broth powder (salt, yeast extract, torula yeast, chicken broth, onion powder, sugar, natural chicken flavor, chicken fat, natural flavor and not more than 2% silicon dioxide added to prevent caking), ginger puree., water, flour (unbleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), white sesame seeds, black sesame seeds, isolated soy protein, kosher salt, non gmo expeller pressed canola oil, black pepper.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sesame chicken with fried rice, sesame chicken's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 68-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Sesame chicken with fried rice, sesame 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 0018894905684: 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.