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Original Delicious Vegetarian Alternative To Chicken

by Worthington

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0028989235121 · Worthington. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0028989235121 · Serving size 90g

The verdict

Original Delicious Vegetarian Alternative To Chicken by Worthington scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 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 42-component record, beginning with Textured Vegetable Protein, Soy Protein Isolate, 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One 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

75/100

Grade B+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

89235121 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Original Delicious Vegetarian Alternative To Chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Phosphoric Acid PHOTO-FINISH Choplets Vegetable & · ±0 BOOK-OFF …235121 · July 2026

12 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 89235121 · 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: Choplets Vegetable & Grain Protein Patties · Nearest score peer is Choplets Vegetable & Grain Protein Patties 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. Original Delicious Vegetarian Alternative To Chicken: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Original Delicious Vegeta…95/1002. Choplets Vegetable & Grain Protein Patties: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Choplets Vegetable & Grai…95/1003. Pancake & Sausage on a Stick: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pancake & Sausage on a St…95/1004. Veggie Chik'N & Cheeze Taquito Bites, Chicken; Cheeze: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Veggie Chik'N & Cheeze Ta…95/1005. Chik'n pot pie veggie bowls: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chik'n pot pie veggie bow…95/100
High-band neighbours for Original Delicious Vegetarian Alternative To Chicken (95/100) outside Worthington.
Chart values as text

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

Original Delicious Vegetarian Alternative To Chicken
95/100
Choplets Vegetable & Grain Protein Patties
95/100
Pancake & Sausage on a Stick
95/100
Veggie Chik'N & Cheeze Taquito Bites, Chicken; Cheeze
95/100
Chik'n pot pie veggie bowls
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Original Delicious Vegetarian Alternative To Chicken lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 42 (94th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 42 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Textured Vegetable Protein
2
Soy Protein Isolate
3
Soy Protein Concentrate
4
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
5
Water For Hydration
6
Water
7
Soybean Oil
8
Egg Whites
9
Corn Oil
10
Or Less Of Salt
11
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
12
Corn Starch
13
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
14
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
15
Phosphoric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
Cut Back GRAS
16
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
17
Corn Starch
18
Guar Gum
19
Baking Powder
20
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
21
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
22
Monocalcium Phosphate
23
Onion Powder
24
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
25
Vitamins And Minerals
26
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
27
Iron
28
Ferrous Sulfate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
29
Vitamin B1
30
Thiamin Mononitrate
31
Vitamin B6
32
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Vitamin B2
34
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
35
Vitamin B12
36
Cyanocobalamin
37
Natural Flavors From Non-meat Sources
38
Wheat Fiber
39
Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten
40
Corn Gluten
41
Soy Protein
42
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back

Full Ingredient List

FRICHIK: TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, WHEAT GLUTEN, WATER FOR HYDRATION), WATER, SOYBEAN OIL, EGG WHITES, CORN OIL. CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF SALT, DEXTROSE, CORN STARCH, POTASSIUM CHLORIDE, DISODIUM INOSINATE, PHOSPHORIC ACID, HYDROLYZED SOY PROTEIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, GUAR GUM, BAKING POWDER (CORN STARCH, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), ONION POWDER, CARRAGEENAN, VITAMINS AND MINERALS (NIACINAMIDE, IRON [FERROUS SULFATE], VITAMIN B1 [THIAMIN MONONITRATE], VITAMIN B6 [PYRIDOXINE HYDROCHLORIDE], VITAMIN B2 [RIBOFLAVIN], VITAMIN B12 [CYANOCOBALAMIN]), NATURAL FLAVORS FROM NON-MEAT SOURCES, WHEAT FIBER, NONFAT DRY MILK. BROTH: WATER, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, HYDROLYZED WHEAT GLUTEN, CORN GLUTEN, AND SOY PROTEIN, SALT, PHOSPHORIC ACID.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Original Delicious Vegetarian Alternative To Chicken

Neighbours outside Worthington with screening scores in the same high band as Original Delicious Vegetarian Alternative To Chicken (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Worthington; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Original Delicious Vegetarian Alternative To Chicken's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 42-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
  • Compare Original Delicious Vegetarian Alternative To Chicken'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 0028989235121: 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.