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Ranch Lovers Buffalo Style Chicken

by Hot Pockets

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0043695326772 · Hot Pockets. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0043695326772 · Serving size 1 sandwich (120 g)

The verdict

Ranch Lovers Buffalo Style Chicken by Hot Pockets scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 62 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 62-component record, beginning with Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 62 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0043695326772
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

95326772 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ranch Lovers Buffalo Style Chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 62 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-RARE Isolated soy protein PHOTO-FINISH The Carolina Nut · ±0 BOOK-OFF …326772 · July 2026

16 of 62 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Isolated soy protein). Source sheet 95326772 · 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: The Carolina Nut Co, Sea Salt & Pepper Peanuts · Nearest score peer is The Carolina Nut Co, Sea Salt & Pepper Peanuts 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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Ranch Lovers Buffalo Style Chicken: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ranch Lovers Buffalo Styl…100/1002. The Carolina Nut Co, Sea Salt & Pepper Peanuts: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. The Carolina Nut Co, Sea …100/1003. The Carolina Nut Co., Honey Roasted Chipotle Peanuts: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. The Carolina Nut Co., Hon…100/1004. The Carolina Nut Co., Dill Pickle Peanuts: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. The Carolina Nut Co., Dil…100/1005. The Carolina Nut Co., Gourmet Peanuts, Salted: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. The Carolina Nut Co., Gou…100/100
High-band neighbours for Ranch Lovers Buffalo Style Chicken (100/100) outside Hot Pockets.
Chart values as text

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

Ranch Lovers Buffalo Style Chicken
100/100
The Carolina Nut Co, Sea Salt & Pepper Peanuts
100/100
The Carolina Nut Co., Honey Roasted Chipotle Peanuts
100/100
The Carolina Nut Co., Dill Pickle Peanuts
100/100
The Carolina Nut Co., Gourmet Peanuts, Salted
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Ranch Lovers Buffalo Style Chicken lists 62 ingredients on its label

62 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 62 (99th 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

1
Enriched Flour
2
Wheat Flour
3
Malted Barley Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Iron
6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Water
10
Cooked Grilled White Meat Chicken Strips
11
White Meat Chicken
12
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
13
Rice Starch
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Listed
14
Chicken Flavor
15
Chicken Broth
16
Chicken Powder
17
Natural Flavor
18
Sodium Phosphate
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
Reduced Fat Mozzarella Cheese
21
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
22
Nonfat Milk
23
Modified Food Starch
24
Cultures
25
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Enzymes
27
Ingredients Not In Regular Mozzarella Cheese
28
Vegetable Oil
29
Soybean Oil
30
Palm Oil
31
Fractionated Palm Oil
32
Buffalo Style Sauce
33
Distilled Vinegar
34
Aged Cayenne Red Peppers
35
Corn Starch
36
Canola Oil
37
Paprika
38
Garlic Powder
39
Dried Cream Cheese
40
Cultured Milk And Cream
41
Carob Bean Gum
42
2% Or Less Of Modified Food Starch
43
Buttermilk
44
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
45
Bread Crumb
46
Bleached Wheat Flour
47
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
48
Yeast
49
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
50
Dough Conditioner Blend
51
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
52
L-cysteine Hydrochloride
53
Onion
54
Spices
55
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
56
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
57
Cream
58
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
59
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
60
Medium Chain Triglycerides
61
Soy Flour
62
Egg Whites

Full Ingredient List

ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, COOKED GRILLED WHITE MEAT CHICKEN STRIPS (WHITE MEAT CHICKEN, WATER, ISOLATED SOY PROTEIN, MODIFIED RICE STARCH, CHICKEN FLAVOR [DEHYDRATED CHICKEN BROTH, CHICKEN POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR], SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SALT), REDUCED FAT MOZZARELLA CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART SKIM MILK, NONFAT MILK, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH*, CULTURES, SALT, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, ENZYMES, *INGREDIENTS NOT IN REGULAR MOZZARELLA CHEESE), VEGETABLE OIL (SOYBEAN OIL AND/OR PALM OIL AND/OR FRACTIONATED PALM OIL), BUFFALO STYLE SAUCE (DISTILLED VINEGAR, AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, SALT, WATER, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CANOLA OIL, PAPRIKA, GARLIC POWDER, NATURAL FLAVOR), CREAM CHEESE (CULTURED MILK AND CREAM, SALT, CAROB BEAN GUM), 2% OR LESS OF MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, BUTTERMILK, SUGAR, BREAD CRUMB (BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, DEXTROSE, YEAST, SALT), SALT, PAPRIKA, DRIED GARLIC, DOUGH CONDITIONER BLEND (CALCIUM SULFATE, SALT, L-CYSTEINE HYDROCHLORIDE, GARLIC POWDER, ENZYMES), DRIED ONION, SPICES, WHEY, NATURAL FLAVOR, CITRIC ACID, CREAM, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, LACTIC ACID, MEDIUM CHAIN TRIGLYCERIDES, SOY FLOUR, DRIED EGG WHITES.

Other products containing Cooked Grilled White Meat Chicken Strips

Cooked Grilled White Meat Chicken Strips is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Ranch Lovers Buffalo Style Chicken

Neighbours outside Hot Pockets with screening scores in the same high band as Ranch Lovers Buffalo Style Chicken (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hot Pockets; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Ranch Lovers Buffalo Style Chicken has a longer ingredient list than 99% of its published comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0043695326772: 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.