Safe

Plant-based chick’n bites

by Plantspired

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0025484007826 · Plantspired · Meat alternatives. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0025484007826 · Serving size 2 serving (225 g)

The verdict

Plant-based chick’n bites by Plantspired scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 42-component record, beginning with Hydrated Textured Vegetable Protein, Water, Textured Vegetable Protein. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 42 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

78/100

Grade B+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

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.

84007826 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Plant-based chick’n bites label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-RARE Isolated soy protein PHOTO-FINISH plantspired Plant-based Steak · ±0 BOOK-OFF …007826 · July 2026

10 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Isolated soy protein). Source sheet 84007826 · 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: plantspired Plant-based Steak · Nearest score peer is plantspired Plant-based Steak at the same screening score.

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.

Nutri-Score placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

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. Plant-based chick’n bites: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Plant-based chick’n bites100/1002. plantspired Plant-based Steak: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. plantspired Plant-based S…100/1003. Garlic Sesame: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Garlic Sesame100/1004. Korean BBQ Plant Based Steak: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Korean BBQ Plant Based St…100/1005. Korean BBQ Vegetable Dumplings: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Korean BBQ Vegetable Dump…100/100
High-band neighbours for Plant-based chick’n bites (100/100) outside Plantspired.
Chart values as text

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

Plant-based chick’n bites
100/100
plantspired Plant-based Steak
100/100
Garlic Sesame
100/100
Korean BBQ Plant Based Steak
100/100
Korean BBQ Vegetable Dumplings
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 611 products we've scored in the Meat alternatives category, the average safety score is 98.7/100. Plant-based chick’n bites scores 1.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.7/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Meat alternatives products

Plant-based chick’n bites lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% of the 141 products we track

2–4: 2 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6 products (4%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 11 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 12 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 14 products (10%). Below this entry. 18–20: 12 products (9%). Below this entry. 20–22: 10 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 10 products (7%). Below this entry. 24–26: 4 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 12 products (9%). Below this entry. 28–30: 5 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 2 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 2 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 5 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 5 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 17 products (12%). This entry sits in this band. This product 2 42 every published Meat alternatives 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

141 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 42 (89th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

2–4
2 products (1%)
4–6
3 products (2%)
6–8
3 products (2%)
8–10
6 products (4%)
10–12
3 products (2%)
12–14
11 products (8%)
14–16
12 products (9%)
16–18
14 products (10%)
18–20
12 products (9%)
20–22
10 products (7%)
22–24
10 products (7%)
24–26
4 products (3%)
26–28
12 products (9%)
28–30
5 products (4%)
30–32
3 products (2%)
32–34
2 products (1%)
34–36
2 products (1%)
36–38
5 products (4%)
38–40
5 products (4%)
40 and above
17 products (12%)

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 141 Meat alternatives 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

1
Hydrated Textured Vegetable Protein
2
Water
3
Textured Vegetable Protein
4
Soy Protein
5
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
6
Wheat Protein
7
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
8
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
9
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
10
Yeast Extract
11
Natural Flavors
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Pea Protein
14
Onion Powder
15
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
16
Enzyme
17
Garlic Powder
18
Spices
19
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
20
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
21
Soybeans
22
Wheat
23
Apple Cider Vinegar
24
Sambal Oelek Sauce
25
Red Chili Peppers
26
Distilled Vinegar
27
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
28
Ginger Puree
29
Organic Ginger
30
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
31
Canola Oil
32
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
33
Chili Oil
34
Soybean Oil
35
Chili Peppers
36
Corn Starch
37
Spice
38
Sichuan Peppercorn Flavored Oil
39
Natural Sichuan Peppercorn Flavors
40
Organic Coconut
41
Soy
42
Tree Nuts

Full Ingredient List

Hydrated textured vegetable protein (water, textured vegetable protein [soy protein, wheat starch, wheat protein, calcium carbonate, calcium sulfate]), isolated soy protein, yeast extract, natural flavors, salt, pea protein, onion powder, sugar, enzyme, garlic powder, spices, potato starch, water, soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt), apple cider vinegar, sambal oelek sauce (red chili peppers, salt, distilled vinegar, xanthan gum), ginger puree (ginger, citric acid), canola oil, garlic, chili oil (soybean oil, dried chili peppers), corn starch, spice, Sichuan peppercorn flavored oil (soybean oil, natural Sichuan peppercorn flavors [contains coconut]). Contains: soy, tree nuts (coconut), wheat.

Categories

Meat alternatives Meat analogues Meat analogues from pea proteins

High-score cross-brand comparables for Plant-based chick’n bites

Neighbours outside Plantspired with screening scores in the same high band as Plant-based chick’n bites (100/100 here). The 4 same-brand links above stay within Plantspired; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Plant-based chick’n bites has a longer ingredient list than 89% of its Meat alternatives category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0025484007826: 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.