Concern

Tyson, chuck e. cheese's cheesy chicken nuggets

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0023700036391 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0023700036391 · Serving size 4 PIECES (79 g)

The verdict

Tyson, chuck e. cheese's cheesy chicken nuggets scores 50/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 64 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 64-component record, beginning with Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Enriched Bleached Wheat 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.

50/100
Concern safety score
2
Few flagged · of 64 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

33/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

50/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

00036391 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tyson, chuck e. cheese's cheesy chicken nuggets label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 50/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 64 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 6 PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …036391 · July 2026

18 of 64 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 6). Source sheet 00036391 · 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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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.

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. Tyson, chuck e. cheese's cheesy chicken nuggets scores 42.9 points below that category average (50/100 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

Tyson, chuck e. cheese's cheesy chicken nuggets lists 64 ingredients on its label

64 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% 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

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 64 (92nd 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 50/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 64 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Boneless
2
Skinless Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
3
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
4
Wheat Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Reduced Iron
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Pasteurized Process Mozzarella And American Cheese Product
11
Low Moisture Part-skim Mozzarella Cheese
12
Part-skim Milk
13
Cheese Culture
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Enzymes
16
American Cheese
17
Milk
18
Water
19
Cream
20
Sodium Phosphate
21
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
22
Preservative
23
Potato Starch And Powdered Cellulose
24
Natamycin
FUMIGANT
Safe Approved
25
Natural Mold Inhibitor
26
Cheese Neufchatel
27
Pasteurized Milk And Cream
28
Carob Bean Gum
29
Annatto Extract
30
Color
31
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
32
Butter
33
Cheddar Cheese
34
Pasteurized Milk
35
Cheese Cultures
36
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
37
Corn Starch
38
Disodium Phosphate
39
Chicken Broth
40
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
41
Onion
42
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
43
Yeast
44
Natural Flavor
45
Canola Oil
46
Yeast Extract
47
Natural Flavor
48
Sunflower Lecithin
49
Gum Arabic
50
Less Than 2% Calcium Stearate To Prevent Caking
51
Lipolyzed Butter Oil
52
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
53
Natural Flavors
54
Nonfat Milk
55
Paprika Extract
56
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
57
Spices
58
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
59
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
60
Turmeric Extract
61
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
62
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
63
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
64
Yellow Corn Flour. Breading Set In Vegetable Oil

Full Ingredient List

Boneless, skinless chicken breast with rib meat, enriched bleached wheat flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), pasteurized process mozzarella and american cheese product {[low moisture part-skim mozzarella cheese (part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), american cheese (milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), water, cream, sodium phosphate, salt, sorbic acid (preservative)], potato starch and powdered cellulose (to prevent caking), natamycin (a natural mold inhibitor)}, water, cheese neufchatel (pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum), wheat flour. contains 2% or less of the following: annatto extract (color), autolyzed yeast extract, butter (cream, salt), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), citric acid, corn starch, disodium phosphate, dried chicken broth, dried garlic, dried onion, dried whey, dried yeast, flavor (canola oil, yeast extract, natural flavor, sunflower lecithin), gum arabic, less than 2% calcium stearate to prevent caking, lipolyzed butter oil, maltodextrin, natural flavors, nonfat milk, paprika extract (color), salt, sodium caseinate, spices, sugar, torula yeast, turmeric extract (color), xanthan gum, yeast extract, yellow 5, yellow 6, yellow corn flour. breading set in vegetable oil.

Categories

Frozen foods

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 6 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Tyson, chuck e. cheese's cheesy chicken nuggets's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 64-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 6. Open Yellow 6
  • Compare Tyson, chuck e. cheese's cheesy chicken nuggets's 2 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 0023700036391: 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.