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Buffalo chicken slider

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0030223108474 · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0030223108474 · Serving size 2 SLIDERS (167 g)

The verdict

Buffalo chicken slider scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 65 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 65-component record, beginning with Buffalo Style Chicken Breast Caramel Color Added, Chicken Breast, Water. 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 65 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

23108474 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Buffalo chicken slider label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 65 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 17% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …108474 · July 2026

21 of 65 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 23108474 · 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

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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 1,373 products we've scored in the Sandwiches category, the average safety score is 88.9/100. Buffalo chicken slider scores 6.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 88.9/100), 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 Sandwiches products

Buffalo chicken slider lists 65 ingredients on its label

65 83rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 83% of the 1,215 products we track

0–2: 1 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4 products (0%). Below this entry. 6–8: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6 products (0%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4 products (0%). Below this entry. 12–14: 11 products (1%). Below this entry. 14–16: 12 products (1%). Below this entry. 16–18: 22 products (2%). Below this entry. 18–20: 18 products (1%). Below this entry. 20–22: 17 products (1%). Below this entry. 22–24: 15 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 16 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 21 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 32 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 28 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 44 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 26 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 56 products (5%). Below this entry. 38–40: 44 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 832 products (68%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Sandwiches 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

1,215 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 65 (83rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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832 products (68%)

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 1,215 Sandwiches 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 65 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Buffalo Style Chicken Breast Caramel Color Added
2
Chicken Breast
3
Water
4
Less Than 2% Salt
5
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Dried Vinegar
7
Sodium Phosphate
8
Spices
9
Hot Sauce
10
Cayenne Red Pepper
11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
13
Paprika
14
Modified Food Starch
15
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
16
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
17
Sweet Rolls
18
Enriched Flour
19
Wheat Flour
20
Enzyme
21
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Reduced Iron
23
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
25
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
26
Liquid Sugar
27
Butter
28
Pasteurized Cream
29
Eggs
30
Yeast
31
Potato Flour
32
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
33
Nonfat Milk
34
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
35
Soy Flour
36
Yellow Corn Flour
37
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
38
Inactive Dried Yeast
39
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
40
Sorbic Acid Preservative
41
Monocalcium Phosphate
42
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
43
Sodium Silicoaluminate
44
Ammonium Sulfate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
45
Ascorbic Acid Added As A Dough Conditioner
46
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
47
Sorbitan Monostearate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe Approved
48
Mono - & Diglycerides
49
Enzymes
50
Calcium Silicate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
GRAS
51
Microcrystalline Cellulose
52
Colby Jack Cheese
53
Colby Cheese And Monterey Jack Cheese
54
Pasteurized Milk
55
Cheese Cultures
56
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
57
Buffalo Spread
58
Dried Cream Cheese
59
Pasteurized Milk And Cream
60
Cheese Culture
61
Carob Bean Gum
62
Celery
63
Blue Cheese
64
Penicillium Roqueforti
Listed
65
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe

Full Ingredient List

Buffalo style chicken breast caramel color added (chicken breast, water, less than 2% salt, sugar, vinegar, sodium phosphate, dextrose. browned in vegetable oil. coated with: spices, hot sauce [cayenne red pepper, vinegar, salt, garlic], salt, paprika, modified food starch, caramel color, maltodextrin), sweet rolls (enriched flour [wheat flour, enzyme, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, sugar, liquid sugar [sugar, water], butter [pasteurized cream, salt], eggs, contains less than 2% of each of the following: yeast, potato flour, whey, nonfat milk, salt, datem, soy flour, yellow corn flour, sodium stearoyl lactylate, inactive yeast, wheat gluten, sorbic acid preservative, monocalcium phosphate, wheat flour, calcium sulfate, sodium silicoaluminate, ammonium sulfate, ascorbic acid added as a dough conditioner, wheat starch, sorbitan monostearate, mono - & diglycerides, enzymes, calcium silicate, microcrystalline cellulose), colby jack cheese (colby cheese and monterey jack cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, annatto {color}]), buffalo spread (cream cheese [pasteurized milk and cream, cheese culture, salt, carob bean gum], celery, blue cheese [blue cheese [pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, penicillium roqueforti], powdered cellulose [to prevent caking]).

Categories

Sandwiches

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Buffalo chicken slider's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 65-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Buffalo chicken slider'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 0030223108474: 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.