Caution

Chicken Breast Nuggets

by Banquet

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0031000007027 · Banquet · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0031000007027 · Serving size 6 NUGGETS, PER CONTAINER ABOUT (85 g)

The verdict

Chicken Breast Nuggets by Banquet scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 38 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 38-component record, beginning with Chicken Breast Nugget Pattie With Rib Meat, Water, Chicken Breast With Rib Meat. 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 38 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

00007027 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken Breast Nuggets label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 38 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 44% LEAD-FLAG BHT PHOTO-FINISH Southern sweet sweetened · ±0 BOOK-OFF …007027 · July 2026

8 of 38 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 00007027 · 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: Southern sweet sweetened iced tea mix · Nearest score peer is Southern sweet sweetened iced tea 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Chicken Breast Nuggets: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken Breast Nuggets85/1002. Southern sweet sweetened iced tea mix: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Southern sweet sweetened …85/1003. HEARTY BEAN AND HAM WITH NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. HEARTY BEAN AND HAM WITH …85/1004. Split Pea & Ham with Natural Smoke Flavor: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Split Pea & Ham with Natu…85/1005. PEANUT BUTTER BAR: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. PEANUT BUTTER BAR85/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken Breast Nuggets (85/100) outside Banquet.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken Breast Nuggets
85/100
Southern sweet sweetened iced tea mix
85/100
HEARTY BEAN AND HAM WITH NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR
85/100
Split Pea & Ham with Natural Smoke Flavor
85/100
PEANUT BUTTER BAR
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. Chicken Breast Nuggets 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

Chicken Breast Nuggets lists 38 ingredients on its label

38 56th percentile a longer ingredient list than 56% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 38 (56th 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 38 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Chicken Breast Nugget Pattie With Rib Meat
2
Water
3
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
4
Textured Soy Flour
5
Chicken Skin
6
Soy Flour
7
Corn Starch
8
Spice Blend
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
11
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
12
Black Pepper
13
Oleoresin Of Black Pepper
14
Garlic Powder
15
Ground White Pepper
16
Flavoring
17
Mono And Diglycerides
18
Sunflower Lecithin
19
Breader
20
Bread Crumbs
21
Bleached Wheat Flour
22
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
23
Yeast
24
Soybean Oil
25
Spice
26
Extractives Of Paprika
27
Batter
28
Yellow Corn Flour
29
Corn Starch
30
Spices
31
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
32
Guar Gum
33
Leavening
34
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
35
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
36
Monocalcium Phosphate
37
Fried In Vegetable Oil
38
BHT
Caution GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Chicken Breast Nugget Pattie With Rib Meat (Water, Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Textured Soy Flour, Chicken Skin, Soy Flour, Modified Corn Starch, Spice Blend [Salt, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Black Pepper {Salt, Oleoresin Of Black Pepper}, Garlic Powder, Ground White Pepper, Flavoring {Spice Extractive With Soybean Oil, Mono And Diglycerides, Sunflower Lecithin}]), Breader (Bread Crumbs [Bleached Wheat Flour, Salt, Dextrose, Yeast, Soybean Oil, Spice, Extractives Of Paprika]), Batter (Water, Yellow Corn Flour, Corn Starch, Spices, Salt, Sugar, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Guar Gum, Leavening [Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate], Garlic Powder). Fried In Vegetable Oil (With Bht).

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken Breast Nuggets

Neighbours outside Banquet with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken Breast Nuggets (85/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Banquet; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chicken Breast Nuggets's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 38-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHT. Open BHT
  • Compare Chicken Breast Nuggets'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 0031000007027: 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.