Safe

Boneless Chicken Bites, Mango Habanero

by TGI Friday's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0046704089644 · TGI Friday's · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0046704089644 · Serving size 20 g (84 g)

The verdict

Boneless Chicken Bites, Mango Habanero by TGI Friday's scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 34 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 34-component record, beginning with Chicken, Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Water. 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 34 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

90/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

04089644 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Boneless Chicken Bites, Mango Habanero label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 34 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 53% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Frisco Sauce · ±0 BOOK-OFF …089644 · July 2026

10 of 34 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 04089644 · 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: Frisco Sauce · Nearest score peer is Frisco Sauce 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Boneless Chicken Bites, Mango Habanero: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Boneless Chicken Bites, M…90/1002. Frisco Sauce: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Frisco Sauce90/1003. Chicken Bites With Frisco Sauce: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chicken Bites With Frisco…90/1004. Really Creamy Ice Cream, Oregon Strawberry: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Really Creamy Ice Cream, …90/1005. Lowfat Yogurt: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Lowfat Yogurt90/100
High-band neighbours for Boneless Chicken Bites, Mango Habanero (90/100) outside TGI Friday's.
Chart values as text

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

Boneless Chicken Bites, Mango Habanero
90/100
Frisco Sauce
90/100
Chicken Bites With Frisco Sauce
90/100
Really Creamy Ice Cream, Oregon Strawberry
90/100
Lowfat Yogurt
90/100

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. Boneless Chicken Bites, Mango Habanero scores 2.9 points below that category average (90/100 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

Boneless Chicken Bites, Mango Habanero lists 34 ingredients on its label

34 47th percentile a longer ingredient list than 47% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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

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: 34 (47th 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 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 34 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Chicken
2
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
3
Water
4
Bleached Wheat Flour
5
Wheat Flour
6
Soybean Oil
7
Modified Food Starch
8
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Yeast Extract
11
Onion Powder
12
Garlic Powder
13
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
14
Yellow Corn Flour
15
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
16
Extractives Of Paprika
17
Spices
18
Chicken Broth
19
Sodium Phosphates
20
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
21
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
22
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
23
Yeast
24
Leavening
25
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
26
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
27
Spice Extractives
28
Chicken Fat
29
Mango Habanero Sauce
30
Mango
31
Distilled Vinegar
32
Habanero Pepper
33
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
34
Natural Mango Flavor

Full Ingredient List

Chicken (boneless skinless chicken breast with rib meat, water, bleached wheat flour, wheat flour, soybean oil, contains less than 2%: modified food starch, modified wheat starch, salt, yeast extract, onion powder, garlic powder, wheat gluten, yellow corn flour, sugar, extractives of paprika, spices, chicken broth, sodium phosphates, maltodextrin, carrageenan, caramel color, yeast, leavening [sodium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate], spice extractives, chicken fat), mango habanero sauce (water, sugar, mango, distilled vinegar, salt, modified food starch, habanero pepper, soybean oil, xanthan gum, natural mango flavor, caramel color, garlic powder, onion powder, extractives of paprika).

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Boneless Chicken Bites, Mango Habanero

Neighbours outside TGI Friday's with screening scores in the same high band as Boneless Chicken Bites, Mango Habanero (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within TGI Friday's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Boneless Chicken Bites, Mango Habanero's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 34-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Boneless Chicken Bites, Mango Habanero'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 0046704089644: 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.