Safe

Orange sesame chicken

by Smart Ones

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0025800026302 · Smart Ones · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0025800026302 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (255 g)

The verdict

Orange sesame chicken by Smart Ones scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 61 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 61-component record, beginning with Vegetable Blend, Broccoli, Dried Red Bell Peppers. 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 61 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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00026302 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Orange sesame chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 61 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-RARE Silicon Dioxide PHOTO-FINISH Hatch green chile · ±0 BOOK-OFF …026302 · July 2026

17 of 61 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Silicon Dioxide). Source sheet 00026302 · 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: Hatch green chile smoked sausages · Nearest score peer is Hatch green chile smoked sausages 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.

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. Orange sesame chicken: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Orange sesame chicken100/1002. Hatch green chile smoked sausages: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Hatch green chile smoked …100/1003. Original Recipe Smoked Shorty Sausages: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Original Recipe Smoked Sh…100/1004. Organic Blue Agave Nectar Syrup, Blue Agave: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Organic Blue Agave Nectar…100/1005. C & H, Organic Amber Blue Agave Nectar Liquid Sweetener: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. C & H, Organic Amber Blue…100/100
High-band neighbours for Orange sesame chicken (100/100) outside Smart Ones.
Chart values as text

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

Orange sesame chicken
100/100
Hatch green chile smoked sausages
100/100
Original Recipe Smoked Shorty Sausages
100/100
Organic Blue Agave Nectar Syrup, Blue Agave
100/100
C & H, Organic Amber Blue Agave Nectar Liquid Sweetener
100/100

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. Orange sesame chicken scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong 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

Orange sesame chicken lists 61 ingredients on its label

61 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% 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: 61 (89th 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

1
Vegetable Blend
2
Broccoli
3
Dried Red Bell Peppers
4
Carrots
5
Sauce
6
Water
7
Reduced Sodium Soy Sauce
8
Wheat
9
Soybeans
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Alcohol
12
Dried Vinegar
13
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Tomato Paste
16
Orange Juice Concentrate
17
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
18
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
19
Roasted Sesame Oil
20
Sesame Seeds
21
Organic Ginger
22
Rice Vinegar
23
Modified Food Starch
24
Spice
25
Natural Flavor
26
Cooked Brown Rice
27
Brown Rice
28
Cooked Sesame Flavored Breaded Chicken Tenderloins
29
Chicken Tenderloins
30
Sesame Seasoning
31
Yeast Extract
32
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
33
Chicken Stock
34
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
35
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
36
Sesame Oil
37
Onion Powder
38
Garlic Powder
39
Chicken Fat
40
Isolated Soy Protein With Less Than 2% Soy Lecithin
41
Sodium Phosphate
42
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
43
Wheat Flour
44
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
45
Reduced Iron
46
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
47
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
48
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
49
Yellow Corn Flour
50
Corn Starch
51
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
52
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
53
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
54
Leavening
55
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
56
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
57
Monocalcium Phosphate
58
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
59
Yeast
60
Onion
61
Soybean Oil

Full Ingredient List

Vegetable blend (broccoli, red bell peppers, carrots), sauce (water, reduced sodium soy sauce [water, wheat, soybeans, salt, alcohol, vinegar, lactic acid], sugar, tomato paste, orange juice concentrate, garlic, modified cornstarch, roasted sesame oil, sesame seeds, ginger, rice vinegar, modified food starch, spice, natural flavor), cooked brown rice (water, brown rice), cooked sesame flavored breaded chicken tenderloins (chicken tenderloins, water, sesame seasoning [salt, yeast extract, sugar, dried soy sauce (soybeans, wheat, salt), chicken stock, maltodextrin, potassium chloride, sesame oil, onion powder, garlic powder, ginger, chicken fat, natural flavor], isolated soy protein with less than 2% soy lecithin, sodium phosphate, salt, enriched bleached wheat flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, yellow corn flour, modified corn starch, dextrose, salt, natural flavor [maltodextrin, natural flavor, silicon dioxide, and lactic acid] leavening [sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate], dried garlic, yeast, dried onion, soybean oil).

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Orange sesame chicken

Neighbours outside Smart Ones with screening scores in the same high band as Orange sesame chicken (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Smart Ones; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Orange sesame chicken has a longer ingredient list than 89% of its Frozen foods 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 0025800026302: 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.