Safe

Healthy Choice, Lunch Express, Sesame Teriyaki

by Healthy Choice

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0050100600105 · Healthy Choice · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0050100600105 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (225 g)

The verdict

Healthy Choice, Lunch Express, Sesame Teriyaki by Healthy Choice scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 43 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 43-component record, beginning with Sauce, Water, Pineapple. 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 43 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

00600105 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Healthy Choice, Lunch Express, Sesame Teriyaki label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 43 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 24% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Big & Hearty · ±0 BOOK-OFF …600105 · July 2026

15 of 43 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00600105 · 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: Big & Hearty Salisbury Steak · Nearest score peer is Big & Hearty Salisbury Steak 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 settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Healthy Choice, Lunch Express, Sesame Teriyaki: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Healthy Choice, Lunch Exp…95/1002. Big & Hearty Salisbury Steak: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Big & Hearty Salisbury St…95/1003. Ice cream cones: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ice cream cones95/1004. Coconut Dreams: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Coconut Dreams95/1005. Oven Roasted Turkey Breast: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Oven Roasted Turkey Breast95/100
High-band neighbours for Healthy Choice, Lunch Express, Sesame Teriyaki (95/100) outside Healthy Choice.
Chart values as text

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

Healthy Choice, Lunch Express, Sesame Teriyaki
95/100
Big & Hearty Salisbury Steak
95/100
Ice cream cones
95/100
Coconut Dreams
95/100
Oven Roasted Turkey Breast
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Healthy Choice, Lunch Express, Sesame Teriyaki scores 1.4 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Healthy Choice, Lunch Express, Sesame Teriyaki lists 43 ingredients on its label

43 76th percentile a longer ingredient list than 76% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 43 (76th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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 43 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Sauce
2
Water
3
Pineapple
4
Dark Chicken
5
Organic Onions
6
Water Chestnuts
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Sherry Wine
9
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
10
Wheat
11
Soybeans
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Alcohol
14
Dried Vinegar
15
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
16
Sesame Seed Oil
17
Corn Starch
18
Asian Blend
19
Organic Ginger
20
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
21
High Maltose Corn Syrup Solids
22
Green Onion
23
Lemon Grass
24
Toasted Sesame Seed
25
Flavoring
26
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
27
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
28
Mixed Triglycerides
29
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
30
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
31
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
32
Mono - And Diglycerides
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
Enriched White Rice
35
Precooked Long Grain Rice
36
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
37
Iron
38
Thiamine
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
39
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
40
Oleic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
41
Acetylated Monoglycerides
42
Tocopherols
ANTIOXIDANT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
43
For Freshness

Full Ingredient List

Sauce [ Water, Pineapple, Dark Chicken, Onions, Water Chestnuts, Sugar, Sherry Wine, Soy Sauce (Water, Wheat, Soybeans, Salt, Alcohol, Vinegar, Lactic Acid), Less Than 2% Of: Sesame Seed Oil, Modified Corn Starch, Asian Blend (Ginger, Garlic, High Maltose Corn Syrup Solids, Green Onion, Lemon Grass, Salt), Toasted Sesame Seed, Flavoring (Soy Sauce [ Water, Soybeans, Salt, Alcohol, Wheat]. Maltodextrin), Sea Salt, Salt, Mixed Triglycerides, Caramel Color, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Datem, Mono - And Diglycerides, Xanthan Gum, Flavoring], Enriched White Rice (Precooked Long Grain Rice, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine, Folic Acid), Oleic Acid, Acetylated Monoglycerides, Mono - And Diglycerides, Tocopherols (For Freshness).

Categories

Meals

High-score cross-brand comparables for Healthy Choice, Lunch Express, Sesame Teriyaki

Neighbours outside Healthy Choice with screening scores in the same high band as Healthy Choice, Lunch Express, Sesame Teriyaki (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Healthy Choice; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Healthy Choice, Lunch Express, Sesame Teriyaki's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 43-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Healthy Choice, Lunch Express, Sesame Teriyaki'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 0050100600105: 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.