Safe

Korean Beefless Bulgogi

by Trader Joe's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 00729499 · Trader Joe's · Meat alternatives. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 00729499 · Serving size 0.333 package (94 g)

The verdict

Korean Beefless Bulgogi by Trader Joe's scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 29 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 29-component label is layered, beginning with Water, Sauce, Sugar. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 29 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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

00729499 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Korean Beefless Bulgogi label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 29 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 27% LEAD-RARE Dextrin PHOTO-FINISH Black Garlic Ramen · ±0 BOOK-OFF …729499 · July 2026

8 of 29 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Dextrin). Source sheet 00729499 · 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: Black Garlic Ramen Mix · Nearest score peer is Black Garlic Ramen Mix 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.

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. Korean Beefless Bulgogi: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Korean Beefless Bulgogi100/1002. Black Garlic Ramen Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Black Garlic Ramen Mix100/1003. Blueberry Granola + Yogurt Bar, Blueberry: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Blueberry Granola + Yogur…100/1004. Butter Chicken: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Butter Chicken100/1005. Starbucks Dark Roast Premium Instant Coffee: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Starbucks Dark Roast Prem…100/100
High-band neighbours for Korean Beefless Bulgogi (100/100) outside Trader Joe's.
Chart values as text

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

Korean Beefless Bulgogi
100/100
Black Garlic Ramen Mix
100/100
Blueberry Granola + Yogurt Bar, Blueberry
100/100
Butter Chicken
100/100
Starbucks Dark Roast Premium Instant Coffee
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 611 products we've scored in the Meat alternatives category, the average safety score is 98.7/100. Korean Beefless Bulgogi scores 1.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.7/100), 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 Meat alternatives products

Korean Beefless Bulgogi lists 29 ingredients on its label

29 73rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 73% of the 141 products we track

2–4: 2 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6 products (4%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 11 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 12 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 14 products (10%). Below this entry. 18–20: 12 products (9%). Below this entry. 20–22: 10 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 10 products (7%). Below this entry. 24–26: 4 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 12 products (9%). Below this entry. 28–30: 5 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 30–32: 3 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 2 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 2 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 5 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 5 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 17 products (12%). Above this entry. This product 2 42 every published Meat alternatives 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

141 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 29 (73rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

2–4
2 products (1%)
4–6
3 products (2%)
6–8
3 products (2%)
8–10
6 products (4%)
10–12
3 products (2%)
12–14
11 products (8%)
14–16
12 products (9%)
16–18
14 products (10%)
18–20
12 products (9%)
20–22
10 products (7%)
22–24
10 products (7%)
24–26
4 products (3%)
26–28
12 products (9%)
28–30
5 products (4%)
30–32
3 products (2%)
32–34
2 products (1%)
34–36
2 products (1%)
36–38
5 products (4%)
38–40
5 products (4%)
40 and above
17 products (12%)

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 141 Meat alternatives 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

1
Water
2
Sauce
3
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
4
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
5
Defatted Soybean Flakes
6
Wheat
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Pear Puree
9
Onion
10
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
11
Concentrated Apple Puree
12
Caramelized Sugar Syrup
13
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
14
Organic Ginger
15
Green Onion Extract
16
Green Onions
17
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
18
Pectinase
19
Dextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Safe GRAS
20
Black Pepper
21
Guar Gum
22
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
23
Textured Soy Protein
24
Soy Protein Isolate
25
Rice Flour
26
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
27
Cocoa Powder
28
Soybean Oil
29
Soy

Full Ingredient List

WATER, SAUCE (SUGAR, WATER, SOY SAUCE [WATER, DEFATTED SOYBEAN FLAKES, WHEAT, SALT], PEAR PUREE, ONION, GARLIC, APPLE PUREE, CARAMELIZED SUGAR SYRUP [SUGAR, WATER], MODIFIED CORNSTARCH, GINGER, GREEN ONION EXTRACT [WATER, GREEN ONIONS, MALTODEXTRIN, SALT, PECTINASE], DEXTRIN, BLACK PEPPER, GUAR GUM, XANTHAN GUM), TEXTURED SOY PROTEIN (SOY PROTEIN ISOLATE, RICE FLOUR, WHEAT GLUTEN, COCOA POWDER), SOYBEAN OIL. CONTAINS SOY, WHEAT.

Other products containing Defatted Soybean Flakes

Defatted Soybean Flakes is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meat alternatives

High-score cross-brand comparables for Korean Beefless Bulgogi

Neighbours outside Trader Joe's with screening scores in the same high band as Korean Beefless Bulgogi (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Trader Joe's; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Korean Beefless Bulgogi has a longer ingredient list than 73% of its Meat alternatives category 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 00729499: 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.