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General Tso'S Chicken Fully Cooked Tempura Chicken Dark Meat With General Tso'S Sauce Packet, General Tso'S Chicken

by Hychi

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450245899 · Hychi · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0075450245899 · Serving size 5 ONZ (140 g)

The verdict

General Tso'S Chicken Fully Cooked Tempura Chicken Dark Meat With General Tso'S Sauce Packet, General Tso'S Chicken by Hychi scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 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 47-component record, beginning with Chicken Dark Meat, Water, Bleached Enriched Flour. 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 47 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.

50245899 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

General Tso'S Chicken Fully Cooked Tempura Chicken Dark Meat With General Tso'S Sauce Packet, General Tso'S Chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-MID Len top 26% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Southwest Salad Red · ±0 BOOK-OFF …245899 · July 2026

13 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 50245899 · 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: Southwest Salad Red & Green Cabbage, Green Leaf Lettuce, Carrots, Green Onions, Greek Yogurt Jalapeno Ranch Dressing, Mexican Cheese Blend, Yellow & Blue Tortilla Strips Chopped Kit, Southwest Salad · Nearest score peer is Southwest Salad Red & Green Cabbage, Green Leaf Lettuce, Carrots, Green Onions, Greek Yogurt Jalapeno Ranch Dressing, Mexican Cheese Blend, Yellow & Blue Tortilla Strips Chopped Kit, Southwest Salad 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. General Tso'S Chicken Fully Cooked Tempura Chicken Dark Meat With General Tso'S Sauce Packet, General Tso'S Chicken: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. General Tso'S Chicken Ful…95/1002. Southwest Salad Red & Green Cabbage, Green Leaf Lettuce, Carrots, Green Onions, Greek Yogurt Jalapeno Ranch Dressing, Mexican Cheese Blend, Yellow & Blue Tortilla Strips Chopped Kit, Southwest Salad: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Southwest Salad Red & Gre…95/1003. Teriyaki Chicken And Zucchini Noodles, Teriyaki Chicken: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Teriyaki Chicken And Zucc…95/1004. Imitation Vanilla Extract: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Imitation Vanilla Extract95/1005. Vegetable Beef Condensed Soup, Vegetable Beef: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Vegetable Beef Condensed …95/100
High-band neighbours for General Tso'S Chicken Fully Cooked Tempura Chicken Dark Meat With General Tso'S Sauce Packet, General Tso'S Chicken (95/100) outside Hychi.
Chart values as text

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

General Tso'S Chicken Fully Cooked Tempura Chicken Dark Meat With General Tso'S Sauce Packet, General Tso'S Chicken
95/100
Southwest Salad Red & Green Cabbage, Green Leaf Lettuce, Carrots, Green Onions, Greek Yogurt Jalapeno Ranch Dressing, Mexican Cheese Blend, Yellow & Blue Tortilla Strips Chopped Kit, Southwest Salad
95/100
Teriyaki Chicken And Zucchini Noodles, Teriyaki Chicken
95/100
Imitation Vanilla Extract
95/100
Vegetable Beef Condensed Soup, Vegetable Beef
95/100

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. General Tso'S Chicken Fully Cooked Tempura Chicken Dark Meat With General Tso'S Sauce Packet, General Tso'S Chicken scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 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

General Tso'S Chicken Fully Cooked Tempura Chicken Dark Meat With General Tso'S Sauce Packet, General Tso'S Chicken lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 74th percentile a longer ingredient list than 74% 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

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 47 (74th 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Chicken Dark Meat
2
Water
3
Bleached Enriched Flour
4
Wheat Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Iron
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
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
11
Egg Whites
12
Garlic Powder
13
Leavening
14
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
15
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
16
Monocalcium Phosphate
17
Malted Barley Flour
18
Rice Flour
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
Sodium Phosphate
21
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
22
Distilled Vinegar
23
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
24
Soybeans
25
Wheat
26
Sodium Benzoate As A Preservatives
27
Organic Tomato Puree
28
Corn Starch
29
Hoisin Sauce
30
Organic Miso
31
Rice
32
Plum Puree
33
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
34
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
35
Dried Vinegar
36
Spices
37
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
38
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
39
Oyster Sauce
40
Oyster Juice Concentrate
41
Oyster
42
Yeast Extract
43
Oyster Extracts
44
Organic Ginger
45
Garlic Puree
46
Msg
47
Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate

Full Ingredient List

Tempura Chicken: Chicken Dark Meat, Water, Bleached Enriched Flour (Wheat Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Cornstarch, Contains Less Than 2% Of: Egg Whites, Garlic Powder, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Monocalcium Phosphate), Malted Barley Flour, Rice Flour, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Wheat Starch. Fully Cooked In Vegetable Oil. Sauce: Water, Sugar, Distilled Vinegar, Soy Sauce (Water, Soybeans, Wheat, Salt, Sodium Benzoate As A Preservatives), Tomato Puree, Modified Corn Starch, Hoisin Sauce (Sugar, Water, Miso [Water, Soybeans, Rice, Salt], Plum Puree, Soy Sauce [Water, Wheat, Soybeans, Salt, Garlic, Caramel Color, Modified Corn Starch, Salt, Vinegar, Spices, Xanthan Gum, Citric Acid), Oyster Sauce (Water, Sugar, Salt, Oyster Juice Concentrate [Oyster, Water, Salt], Modified Corn Starch, Vinegar, Caramel Color, Yeast Extract, Oyster Extracts), Spices, Ginger, Garlic Puree, Monosodium Glutamate, Disodium Inosinate And Disodium Guanylate.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for General Tso'S Chicken Fully Cooked Tempura Chicken Dark Meat With General Tso'S Sauce Packet, General Tso'S Chicken

Neighbours outside Hychi with screening scores in the same high band as General Tso'S Chicken Fully Cooked Tempura Chicken Dark Meat With General Tso'S Sauce Packet, General Tso'S Chicken (95/100 here). No other Hychi products are linked from this barcode; these peers compare across brands only.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from General Tso'S Chicken Fully Cooked Tempura Chicken Dark Meat With General Tso'S Sauce Packet, General Tso'S Chicken's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 47-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare General Tso'S Chicken Fully Cooked Tempura Chicken Dark Meat With General Tso'S Sauce Packet, General Tso'S Chicken'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 0075450245899: 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.