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General tso's chicken carrots, broccoli, red bell peppers, water chestnuts & white rice in a sweet & spicy general tso sauce with tempura white meat chicken skillet meal

by Topco Associates Inc.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0036800420694 · Topco Associates Inc. · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0036800420694 · Serving size 1 -1/4 CUPS FROZEN, 1 CUP COOKED (198 g)

The verdict

General tso's chicken carrots, broccoli, red bell peppers, water chestnuts & white rice in a sweet & spicy general tso sauce with tempura white meat chicken skillet meal by Topco Associates Inc. scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 53 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 53-component record, beginning with Carrots, Broccoli, Red Bell Pepper. 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 53 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.

00420694 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

General tso's chicken carrots, broccoli, red bell peppers, water chestnuts & white rice in a sweet & spicy general tso sauce with tempura white meat chicken skillet meal label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 53 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 18% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Food club, home · ±0 BOOK-OFF …420694 · July 2026

15 of 53 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00420694 · 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: Food club, home style cookies, dutch cocoa · Nearest score peer is Food club, home style cookies, dutch cocoa 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. General tso's chicken carrots, broccoli, red bell peppers, water chestnuts & white rice in a sweet & spicy general tso sauce with tempura white meat chicken skillet meal: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. General tso's chicken car…95/1002. Food club, home style cookies, dutch cocoa: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Food club, home style coo…95/1003. Organic Bone Broth Beef: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Organic Bone Broth Beef95/1004. Lemon iced tea mix, lemon: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Lemon iced tea mix, lemon95/1005. Frozen Yogurt: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Frozen Yogurt95/100
High-band neighbours for General tso's chicken carrots, broccoli, red bell peppers, water chestnuts & white rice in a sweet & spicy general tso sauce with tempura white meat chicken skillet meal (95/100) outside Topco Associates Inc..
Chart values as text

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

General tso's chicken carrots, broccoli, red bell peppers, water chestnuts & white rice in a sweet & spicy general tso sauce with tempura white meat chicken skillet meal
95/100
Food club, home style cookies, dutch cocoa
95/100
Organic Bone Broth Beef
95/100
Lemon iced tea mix, lemon
95/100
Frozen Yogurt
95/100

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. General tso's chicken carrots, broccoli, red bell peppers, water chestnuts & white rice in a sweet & spicy general tso sauce with tempura white meat chicken skillet meal scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Frozen foods products

General tso's chicken carrots, broccoli, red bell peppers, water chestnuts & white rice in a sweet & spicy general tso sauce with tempura white meat chicken skillet meal lists 53 ingredients on its label

53 82nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 82% 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%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 53 (82nd 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 53 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Carrots
2
Broccoli
3
Red Bell Pepper
4
Water
5
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
7
Soybeans
8
Wheat
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Sodium Benzoate As A Preservative
11
Dried Vinegar
12
Oyster Flavored Sauce
13
Oyster Extractives
14
Oyster
15
Corn Starch
16
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
17
Garlic Molasses
18
White Wine
19
Toasted Sesame Oil
20
Garlic Powder
21
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
22
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
23
Natural Flavors
24
Vegetable Stock
25
Carrot
26
Onion
27
Celery
28
Chicken Stock
29
Yeast Extract
30
Spice
31
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
32
Corn Syrup Solids
33
Chicken Breast Meat
34
Bleached Enriched Flour
35
Wheat Flour
36
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
Iron
38
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
40
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
41
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
42
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
43
Egg Whites
44
Egg Yolks
45
Leavening
46
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
47
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
48
Monocalcium Phosphate
49
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
50
Nonfat Dry Milk
51
Rice Flour
52
Sodium Phosphate
53
Xanthan Gum. Cooked In Vegetable Oil

Full Ingredient List

Vegetables: carrots, broccoli, red bell pepper, water chestnuts. rice: water, rice. general tso sauce: sugar, water, soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt, sodium benzoate as a preservative), vinegar, oyster flavored sauce [water, sugar, salt, oyster extractives (oyster, water, salt), modified corn starch, caramel color], modified corn starch, garlic molasses, white wine, toasted sesame oil, garlic powder, maltodextrin, salt, xanthan gum, flavors, vegetable stock (carrot, onion, celery), chicken stock, yeast extract, spice, dextrose, corn syrup solids, natural smoke flavor. tempura chicken: chicken breast meat, water, bleached enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cornstarch. contains less than 2% of dextrin, dextrose, egg whites, egg yolks, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate), modified potato starch, nonfat dry milk, rice flour, salt, sodium phosphate, xanthan gum. cooked in vegetable oil.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for General tso's chicken carrots, broccoli, red bell peppers, water chestnuts & white rice in a sweet & spicy general tso sauce with tempura white meat chicken skillet meal

Neighbours outside Topco Associates Inc. with screening scores in the same high band as General tso's chicken carrots, broccoli, red bell peppers, water chestnuts & white rice in a sweet & spicy general tso sauce with tempura white meat chicken skillet meal (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Topco Associates Inc.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from General tso's chicken carrots, broccoli, red bell peppers, water chestnuts & white rice in a sweet & spicy general tso sauce with tempura white meat chicken skillet meal's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 53-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare General tso's chicken carrots, broccoli, red bell peppers, water chestnuts & white rice in a sweet & spicy general tso sauce with tempura white meat chicken skillet meal'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 0036800420694: 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.