Caution

Tai pei, general tso's chicken

by Tai Pei

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0070077001255 · Tai Pei · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0070077001255 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (397 g)

The verdict

Tai pei, general tso's chicken by Tai Pei scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 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 45-component record, beginning with Water, Rice, Broccoli. 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 45 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

77001255 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Tai pei, general tso's chicken label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 30% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Breaded Chicken And · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001255 · July 2026

11 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 77001255 · 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: Breaded Chicken And Vegetables With Pineapple Fried Rice. · Nearest score peer is Breaded Chicken And Vegetables With Pineapple Fried Rice. at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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. Tai pei, general tso's chicken: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Tai pei, general tso's ch…80/1002. Breaded Chicken And Vegetables With Pineapple Fried Rice.: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Breaded Chicken And Veget…80/1003. Ensure: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ensure80/1004. Ensure: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ensure80/1005. Rich Chocolate Shake, Rich Chocolate: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Rich Chocolate Shake, Ric…80/100
High-band neighbours for Tai pei, general tso's chicken (80/100) outside Tai Pei.
Chart values as text

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

Tai pei, general tso's chicken
80/100
Breaded Chicken And Vegetables With Pineapple Fried Rice.
80/100
Ensure
80/100
Ensure
80/100
Rich Chocolate Shake, Rich Chocolate
80/100

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. Tai pei, general tso's chicken scores 12.9 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively weaker 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

Tai pei, general tso's chicken lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 70th percentile a longer ingredient list than 70% 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: 45 (70th 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 45 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Rice
3
Broccoli
4
Sugar Snap Peas
5
Carrots
6
Red Bell Pepper
7
Organic Onions
8
Salted Sake
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
11
Sly Sauce
12
Soybeans
13
Wheat
14
Alcohol
15
Dried Vinegar
16
Corn Syrup Solids
17
Fructose
Sweetener
Cut Back
18
Modified Food Starch
19
Vegetable Oil
20
Soybean
21
Canola
22
Distilled Vinegar
23
Spices
24
Chicken Broth
25
Sesame Seeds
26
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
27
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
28
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
29
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast With Rib Meat. Water
30
Sodium Phosphate
31
Wheat Flour
32
Corn Starch
33
Yellow Corn Flour
34
Rendered Chicken Fat
35
Nonfat Dry Milk
36
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
37
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
38
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
39
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
40
Leavening
41
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
42
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
43
Yeast
44
Extractives Of Paprika
45
Breading Set In Vegetable Oil

Full Ingredient List

Cooked rice: water, rice., vegetables: broccoli, sugar snap peas, carrots, red bell pepper, onions., sauce: water, salted sake (water, rice, salt), sugar, sly sauce (water, soybeans , wheat, salt, alcohol, vinegar), corn syrup solids, fructose, modified food starch, vegetable oil (soybean and/or canola), contains 2% or less of the following: distilled vinegar, spices, chicken broth, sesame seeds, garlic, caramel color, xanthan gum, salt., breaded chicken breast chunks: boneless skinless chicken breast with rib meat. water, modified food starch, sodium phosphate, salt, battered with: water, wheat flour, modified corn starch, yellow corn flour, salt, rendered chicken fat, nonfat dry milk, dextrose, dipotassium phosphate, xanthan gum, tbhq, citric acid, spices, leavening (sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium bicarbonate), yeast, extractives of paprika, breading set in vegetable oil.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Tai pei, general tso's chicken

Neighbours outside Tai Pei with screening scores in the same high band as Tai pei, general tso's chicken (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Tai Pei; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Tai pei, general tso's chicken's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 45-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Tai pei, general tso's chicken'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 0070077001255: 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.