Buffalo Chik’n Nuggets
by Morning Star
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028989106117 · Morning Star · Meat alternatives. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Buffalo Chik’n Nuggets by Morning Star scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 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 37-component record, beginning with Water, Wheat Flour, Soy Protein Concentrate. 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 37 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.
89106117 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Buffalo Chik’n Nuggets label screening desk
11 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Wheat Starch). Source sheet 89106117 · 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: Sauced Sweet BBQ Riblets · Nearest score peer is Sauced Sweet BBQ Riblets 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
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. Buffalo Chik’n Nuggets 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
Buffalo Chik’n Nuggets lists 37 ingredients on its label
37 82nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 82% of the 141 products we track
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Distribution as text
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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
Full Ingredient List
Water, wheat flour, soy protein concentrate, vegetable oil (corn, canola and/or sunflower), soy protein isolate, salt, methylcellulose, wheat gluten, potato starch, maltodextrin, cornstarch, tapioca dextrin, paprika color, garlic powder, wheat starch, dextrose, natural flavors, potassium salt, hot sauce (aged cayenne peppers, vinegar, salt, garlic powder), yeast extract, yeast, sugar, spices, onion powder, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), vinegar, citric acid, yellow corn flour, paprika extract color, turmeric extract color, annatto extract color.
Other products containing Paprika Color
Paprika Color is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 209 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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High-score cross-brand comparables for Buffalo Chik’n Nuggets
Neighbours outside Morning Star with screening scores in the same high band as Buffalo Chik’n Nuggets (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Morning Star; these peers cross brands.
Same high-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (37 on 0028989106117).
Read the longer label in layers
Read the longer label in layers
Buffalo Chik’n Nuggets has a longer ingredient list than 82% of its Meat alternatives category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.
- Open Wheat Starch first, then work through the remaining 37 parsed entries. Inspect ingredients
- Compare this longer label with a cross-brand product of similar list depth. Compare label depth
- Use the methodology to separate a derived screening score from dietary or medical advice. Read the boundary
This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0028989106117: 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.