Caution

Simmering samurai, orange chicken fried rice

by Simmering Samurai

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071757056572 · Simmering Samurai · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071757056572 · Serving size 1.33 cup (206 g)

The verdict

Simmering samurai, orange chicken fried rice by Simmering Samurai scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 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 55-component record, beginning with Cooked Rice, Breaded Chicken White Meat Chunks, Cooked. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 55 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

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.

57056572 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Simmering samurai, orange chicken fried rice label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-SPARSE 16% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 16% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Langers, rice cinnamon · ±0 BOOK-OFF …056572 · July 2026

9 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 57056572 · 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: Langers, rice cinnamon drink, horchata · Nearest score peer is Langers, rice cinnamon drink, horchata 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. Simmering samurai, orange chicken fried rice: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Simmering samurai, orange…85/1002. Langers, rice cinnamon drink, horchata: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Langers, rice cinnamon dr…85/1003. Agua Fresca: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Agua Fresca85/1004. Kunzler, juniata, ring bologna: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Kunzler, juniata, ring bo…85/1005. Cheese Wieners: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Cheese Wieners85/100
High-band neighbours for Simmering samurai, orange chicken fried rice (85/100) outside Simmering Samurai.
Chart values as text

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

Simmering samurai, orange chicken fried rice
85/100
Langers, rice cinnamon drink, horchata
85/100
Agua Fresca
85/100
Kunzler, juniata, ring bologna
85/100
Cheese Wieners
85/100

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. Simmering samurai, orange chicken fried rice scores 7.9 points below that category average (85/100 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

Simmering samurai, orange chicken fried rice lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 84th percentile a longer ingredient list than 84% 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: 55 (84th 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 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 55 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Cooked Rice
2
Breaded Chicken White Meat Chunks
3
Cooked
4
Chicken White Meat
5
Water
6
Modified Food Starch
7
Sodium Phosphate
8
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
9
Wheat Flour
10
Corn Starch
11
Yellow Corn Flour
12
Rendered Chicken Fat
13
Nonfat Dry Milk
14
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
15
Dipotassium Phosphate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
16
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
17
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
18
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
19
Bleached Wheat Flour
20
Rice Flour
21
Spices
22
Leavening
23
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
24
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
25
Yeast
26
Extractives Of Paprika
27
Breading Set In Vegetable Oil
28
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
29
Wheat
30
Soybeans
31
Alcohol
32
Green Peas
33
Carrots
34
Corn
35
Dried Red Bell Peppers
36
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
37
Organic Onions
38
Soybean Oil
39
Msg
40
Salted Sake
41
Rice
42
Koji
43
Aspergillus Oryzae
44
Sesame Oil
45
Canola Oil
46
Water. Sugar
47
Distilled Vinegar
48
Sweet Cooking Rice Wine
49
Mirin
50
Enzymes
51
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
52
Garlic Powder
53
Orange Peel Paprika Oleoresin
54
Color
55
Disodium Inosinate And Guanylate

Full Ingredient List

Fried rice: cooked rice, breaded chicken white meat chunks, cooked (chicken white 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, spice extractives. breaded with: bleached wheat flour, salt, rice flour, dextrose, spices, leavening [sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium bicarbonate], yeast, extractives of paprika, breading set in vegetable oil.), soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, alcohol [to retain freshness]), contains less than 2% of each of the following: green peas, carrots, corn, red bell peppers, sugar, onions, soybean oil, monosodium glutamate, salt, salted sake (rice, koji [aspergillus oryzae], dextrose, salt, water, alcohol), sesame oil, spices, canola oil, disodium inosinate and guanylate. sauce: water. sugar, distilled vinegar, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, alcohol [to retain freshness]), modified food starch, contains less than 2% of each of the following: sweet cooking rice wine (water, mirin [rice, alcohol, salt, enzymes], sugar, lactic acid), monosodium glutamate, salt, sesame oil, canola oil, garlic powder, spices, orange peel paprika oleoresin (color), disodium inosinate and guanylate

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Simmering samurai, orange chicken fried rice

Neighbours outside Simmering Samurai with screening scores in the same high band as Simmering samurai, orange chicken fried rice (85/100 here). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Simmering Samurai; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Simmering samurai, orange chicken fried rice's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 55-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Simmering samurai, orange chicken fried rice'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 0071757056572: 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.