Caution

PF CHANGS Pepper Beef, 44 OZ

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0031000670269. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0031000670269 · Serving size 1/4 Package (312 g) (312 g)

The verdict

PF CHANGS Pepper Beef, 44 OZ scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 49-component record, beginning with Dehydrated Vegetables, Broccoli, Carrots. 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 49 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0031000670269
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

57/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

80/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/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.

00670269 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

PF CHANGS Pepper Beef, 44 OZ label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG BHT PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …670269 · July 2026

10 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 00670269 · 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

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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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.

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

PF CHANGS Pepper Beef, 44 OZ lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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: 49 (97th 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 49 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Dehydrated Vegetables
 2
Broccoli
 3
Carrots
 4
Shiitake Mushrooms
 5
Organic Onions
 6
Sauce
 7
Water
 8
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
 9
Wheat
 10
Soybeans
 11
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
12
Alcohol
 13
Dried Vinegar
 14
Michiu Wine
 15
White Wine
 16
Natural Flavor
 17
Potassium Sorbate And Sodium Metabisulfite
 18
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
Canola Oil
 20
Corn Starch
 21
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
22
Molasses
 23
Organic Ginger
 24
Chili Paste
 25
Red Chili Peppers
 26
Distilled Vinegar
 27
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
28
Black Pepper
 29
Palm Oil
 30
Spices
 31
Sesame Oil
 32
Wheat Flour
 33
Soybean Oil
 34
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
35
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
36
Cooking Wine
 37
Rice
 38
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
39
Corn Starch
 40
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
41
Cooked Beef
 42
Water And Food Starch Product
 43
Beef
 44
Vegetable Oil
 45
Sake Wine
 46
Wine
 47
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
48
BHT
Caution GRAS
49
Soy

Full Ingredient List

Vegetables (Broccoli, Carrots, Shiitake Mushrooms, Onions), Sauce (Water, Soy Sauce [Water, Wheat, Soybeans, Salt, Alcohol, Vinegar], Michiu Wine [White Wine, Natural Flavor, Salt, Potassium Sorbate and Sodium Metabisulfite], Sugar, Canola Oil, Less Than 2% Of: Corn Starch, Garlic, Molasses, Ginger, Chili Paste [Red Chili Peppers, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Xanthan Gum], Black Pepper, Hydrogenated Palm Oil, Spices, Salt, Soybeans, Sesame Oil, Wheat Flour, Soybean Oil, Caramel Color, Citric Acid, Cooking Wine [Rice, Water, Salt], Lactic Acid, Modified Corn Starch, Sodium Benzoate), Cooked Beef, Water and Food Starch Product (Beef, Water, Vegetable Oil, Corn Starch, Less Than 2% Of: Sake Wine [Wine, Salt], Soy Sauce [Water, Wheat, Soybeans, Salt, Alcohol, Vinegar, Lactic Acid], Potato Starch, Salt, Sugar, Natural Flavor, BHT). CONTAINS: SOY, WHEAT

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from PF CHANGS Pepper Beef, 44 OZ's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 49-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHT. Open BHT
  • Compare PF CHANGS Pepper Beef, 44 OZ's 2 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 0031000670269: 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.