Safe

Chicken Honey Biscuit

by Jimmy Dean

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0077900002557 · Jimmy Dean · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0077900002557 · Serving size 1 sandwich (113 g)

The verdict

Chicken Honey Biscuit by Jimmy Dean scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 70 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 70-component record, beginning with Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breasts With Rib Meat, Water. 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 70 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

00002557 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken Honey Biscuit label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 70 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 13% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH SALTED CARAMEL BITES · ±0 BOOK-OFF …002557 · July 2026

17 of 70 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00002557 · 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: SALTED CARAMEL BITES · Nearest score peer is SALTED CARAMEL BITES 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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. Chicken Honey Biscuit: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken Honey Biscuit95/1002. SALTED CARAMEL BITES: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. SALTED CARAMEL BITES95/1003. salted caramel bites: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. salted caramel bites95/1004. Balsamic vinaigrette premium dressing: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Balsamic vinaigrette prem…95/1005. Chicken sausage links, applewood smoke: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Chicken sausage links, ap…95/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken Honey Biscuit (95/100) outside Jimmy Dean.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken Honey Biscuit
95/100
SALTED CARAMEL BITES
95/100
salted caramel bites
95/100
Balsamic vinaigrette premium dressing
95/100
Chicken sausage links, applewood smoke
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 1,373 products we've scored in the Sandwiches category, the average safety score is 88.9/100. Chicken Honey Biscuit scores 6.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 88.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Sandwiches products

Chicken Honey Biscuit lists 70 ingredients on its label

70 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% of the 1,215 products we track

0–2: 1 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4 products (0%). Below this entry. 6–8: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6 products (0%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4 products (0%). Below this entry. 12–14: 11 products (1%). Below this entry. 14–16: 12 products (1%). Below this entry. 16–18: 22 products (2%). Below this entry. 18–20: 18 products (1%). Below this entry. 20–22: 17 products (1%). Below this entry. 22–24: 15 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 16 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 21 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 32 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 28 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 44 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 26 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 56 products (5%). Below this entry. 38–40: 44 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 832 products (68%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Sandwiches product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

1,215 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 70 (87th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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832 products (68%)

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 1,215 Sandwiches 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 70 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Boneless
2
Skinless Chicken Breasts With Rib Meat
3
Water
4
Wheat Flour
5
Enriched Wheat Flour
6
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Reduced Iron
8
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
11
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
12
Chicken Broth
13
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
14
Extractives Of Black Pepper
15
Extractives Of
16
Paprika
17
Garlic Powder
18
Leavening
19
Sodium Acid
20
Pyrophosphate
21
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
22
Modified Food Starch
23
Natural Flavor
24
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
25
Sodium
26
And Phosphates
27
Spices
28
Celery Seed
29
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
30
Tricalcium Phosphate
31
Added To Prevent
32
Caking
33
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
34
Yeast
35
Yeast Extract
36
Breading Set In Vegetable Ol Honey Bisciat
37
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
38
Bleached Wheat Flour
39
Malted Barley Flour
40
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Thiamin Mononitrate
42
Riboflavin And Folic Acid
43
Bleached Enriched
44
Macin
45
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
46
Palm Oil
47
Sweetener
48
Palm
49
Oil
50
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
51
Organic Honey Salt
52
Soy
53
Lecithin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
54
Honey
55
Soy Fiber
56
Bicarbonate
57
Monocalcium Phosphate
58
Sodilim Aluminum Phosphate
59
Calcium
60
Carbonate
61
Spray Dried Natural Honey
62
Natural Flavor
63
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
64
Glm Arabic
65
Flavoring
66
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
67
Preservative
68
Datem Sweet Type Natural Flavor
69
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
70
Buttermilk

Full Ingredient List

BREADED CHICKEN PATTY: BONELESS,, SKINLESS CHICKEN BREASTS WITH RIB MEAT, WATER,, WHEAT FLOUR, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (ENRICHED, WITH NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE,, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CONTAINS 2% OR LESS:, CARAMEL COLOR, CHICKEN BROTH, DEXTROSE., EXTRACTIVES OF BLACK PEPPER, EXTRACTIVES OF, PAPRIKA, GARLIC POWDER, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID, PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), MODIFIED, FOOD STARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR, SALT, SODIUM, PHOSPHATES, SPICES (INCLUDING CELERY SEED), SUGAR, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE (ADDED TO PREVENT, CAKING), WHEAT GLUTEN, YEAST, YEAST EXTRACT, BREADING SET IN VEGETABLE OL HONEY BISCIAT, WATER, ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (CONTAINS, BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR,, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN AND FOLIC ACID), BLEACHED ENRICHED, WHEAT FLOUR (CONTAINS WHEAT FLOUR, MACIN,, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, AND FOLIC ACID), PALM OIL, SWEETENER (SUGAR, PALM, OIL, CORNSTARCH, NATURAL FLAVOR, HONEY SALT, SOY, LECITHIN, WHEAT FLOUR), SUGAR, HONEY CONTAINS, 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SOY FIBER, SODIUM, BICARBONATE, DEXTROSE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE,, LEAVENING (SODILIM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM, CARBONATE), SALT, SPRAY DRIED NATURAL HONEY, FLAVOR (MALTODEXTRIN, GLM ARABIC, NATURAL, FLAVORING), POTASSIUM SORBATE (PRESERVATIVE, DATEM SWEET TYPE NATURAL FLAVOR, (MALTODEXTRIN, NATURAL FLAVOR), XANTHAN GUM,, TRICALCIUM PHOSPHATE, DRIED BUTTERMILK

Categories

Sandwiches Breakfast sandwich

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken Honey Biscuit

Neighbours outside Jimmy Dean with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken Honey Biscuit (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Jimmy Dean; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chicken Honey Biscuit's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 70-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Chicken Honey Biscuit'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 0077900002557: 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.