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Lightly Breaded Buffalo Style Tenders, Lightly Breaded

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0034695901211 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0034695901211 · Serving size 1 Piece (73 g)

The verdict

Lightly Breaded Buffalo Style Tenders, Lightly Breaded scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 27 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 27-component label is layered, beginning with Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Wheat Flour, Water. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 27 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.

95901211 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lightly Breaded Buffalo Style Tenders, Lightly Breaded label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 27 ing. REG-PART 37% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 68% LEAD-RARE Sodium Carbonate PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …901211 · July 2026

10 of 27 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Carbonate). Source sheet 95901211 · 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.

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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

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. Lightly Breaded Buffalo Style Tenders, Lightly Breaded scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Lightly Breaded Buffalo Style Tenders, Lightly Breaded lists 27 ingredients on its label

27 32nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 32% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Above this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Above this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Above this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Above this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 27 (32nd 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

1
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
2
Wheat Flour
3
Water
4
Rice Starch
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Listed
5
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
6
Turbinado Sugar
7
Sodium Carbonate
ANTIOXIDANT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
8
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
9
Tapioca Dextrin
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Spices
12
Spice Extractives Including Paprika And Extractives Of Paprika
13
Sweet Dairy Whey
14
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
15
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
16
Yeast Extract
17
Citrus Extract
18
Leavening
19
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
20
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
21
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
22
Flavoring
23
Extractives Of Annatto
24
Breading Is Set In Vegetable Oil
25
Aged Cayenne Red Peppers
26
Distilled Vinegar
27
Garlic Powder

Full Ingredient List

Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Wheat Flour, Water, Contains 2% Or Less Of The Following: Rice Starch, Potato Starch, Turbinado Sugar, Sodium Carbonate, Dextrose, Tapioca Dextrin, Salt, Spices, Spice Extractives Including Paprika And Extractives Of Paprika, Sweet Dairy Whey,Dehydrated Garlic, Wheat Gluten, Yeast Extract, Citrus Extract, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Xanthan Gum, Natural Flavoring, Extractives Of Annatto, Breading Is Set In Vegetable Oil, Glazed With: Aged Cayenne Red Peppers, Distilled Vinegar, Water, Salt, And Garlic Powder.

Other products containing Spice Extractives Including Paprika And Extractives Of Paprika

Spice Extractives Including Paprika And Extractives Of Paprika is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Frozen foods

Check the compact label closely

Check the compact label closely

Lightly Breaded Buffalo Style Tenders, Lightly Breaded has a shorter ingredient list than 68% of its Frozen foods category comparison set. A short list is descriptive, not a safety verdict, so inspect the named ingredients directly.

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Barcode 0034695901211: 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.