Caution

Slow Roasted Chick'n Sesame Garlic

by Tofurky

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0025583005235 · Tofurky · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0025583005235 · Serving size 75 g

The verdict

Slow Roasted Chick'n Sesame Garlic by Tofurky scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 31 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 31-component record, beginning with Water, Vital Wheat Gluten, Organic Tofu. 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 31 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.

83005235 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Slow Roasted Chick'n Sesame Garlic label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 31 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 60% LEAD-FLAG Titanium Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Virginia Diner, Virginia · ±0 BOOK-OFF …005235 · July 2026

9 of 31 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Titanium Dioxide). Source sheet 83005235 · 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: Virginia Diner, Virginia Peanuts, Celebration Mix · Nearest score peer is Virginia Diner, Virginia Peanuts, Celebration Mix 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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Slow Roasted Chick'n Sesame Garlic: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Slow Roasted Chick'n Sesa…85/1002. Virginia Diner, Virginia Peanuts, Celebration Mix: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Virginia Diner, Virginia …85/1003. Gourmet Beef Franks: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Gourmet Beef Franks85/1004. Tasty cake Chocolate Dipp’n Sticks: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Tasty cake Chocolate Dipp…85/1005. Lemon blueberry dipp n sticks: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Lemon blueberry dipp n st…85/100
High-band neighbours for Slow Roasted Chick'n Sesame Garlic (85/100) outside Tofurky.
Chart values as text

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

Slow Roasted Chick'n Sesame Garlic
85/100
Virginia Diner, Virginia Peanuts, Celebration Mix
85/100
Gourmet Beef Franks
85/100
Tasty cake Chocolate Dipp’n Sticks
85/100
Lemon blueberry dipp n sticks
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. Slow Roasted Chick'n Sesame Garlic 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

Slow Roasted Chick'n Sesame Garlic lists 31 ingredients on its label

31 40th percentile a longer ingredient list than 40% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Above this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Above this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). Above this entry. 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: 31 (40th 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 31 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Vital Wheat Gluten
3
Organic Tofu
4
Soybeans
5
Magnesium Chloride
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
7
Non-gm Expeller Pressed Canola Oil
8
Cane Sugar
9
Yeast Extract
10
Oat fiber
Other
Safe
11
Vegan Natural Flavors
12
Non-gm Corn Starch
13
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
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
15
Granulated Garlic
16
Calcium Lactate From Beets
17
Onion Powder
18
Spices
19
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
20
Titanium Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TRACER
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
21
Naturally Occurring Mineral
22
Sesame Oil
23
Shoyu Soy Sauce
24
Non-gm Soybeans
25
Wheat
26
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
27
Culture
28
Rice Vinegar
29
Agave Syrup
30
Garlic Puree
31
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

Full Ingredient List

Water, vital wheat gluten, organic tofu (water, organic soybeans, magnesium chloride, calcium chloride), non-gm expeller pressed canola oil, organic cane sugar, yeast extract, oat fiber, vegan natural flavors, non-gm corn starch, sea salt, potassium chloride, granulated garlic, calcium lactate from beets, onion powder, spices, citric acid, titanium dioxide (a naturally occurring mineral). marinade: sesame oil, shoyu soy sauce (water, non-gm soybeans, wheat, salt, culture), water, rice vinegar, agave syrup, garlic puree, spices, xanthan gum.

Other products containing Non-gm Corn Starch

Non-gm Corn Starch is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Slow Roasted Chick'n Sesame Garlic

Neighbours outside Tofurky with screening scores in the same high band as Slow Roasted Chick'n Sesame Garlic (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Tofurky; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Titanium Dioxide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Slow Roasted Chick'n Sesame Garlic's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 31-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Titanium Dioxide. Open Titanium Dioxide
  • Compare Slow Roasted Chick'n Sesame Garlic'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 0025583005235: 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.