Safe

Buffalo-Style Chicken Bites

by Market Pantry

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239503805 · Market Pantry · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239503805 · Serving size 3 PIECES (96 g)

The verdict

Buffalo-Style Chicken Bites by Market Pantry scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 36 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 36-component record, beginning with Boneless, Skinless Chicken Breast 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 36 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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

39503805 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Buffalo-Style Chicken Bites label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 36 ing. REG-SPARSE 25% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 48% LEAD-RARE Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate PHOTO-FINISH Fruit in a · ±0 BOOK-OFF …503805 · July 2026

9 of 36 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate). Source sheet 39503805 · 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: Fruit in a cup · Nearest score peer is Fruit in a cup 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. Buffalo-Style Chicken Bites: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Buffalo-Style Chicken Bit…100/1002. Fruit in a cup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Fruit in a cup100/1003. Mini Donuts With Cinnamon & Sugar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mini Donuts With Cinnamon…100/1004. Hlf-And-Half Ultra- Pasteurized: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Hlf-And-Half Ultra- Paste…100/1005. Simply balanced, organic hummus, lemon cilantro: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Simply balanced, organic …100/100
High-band neighbours for Buffalo-Style Chicken Bites (100/100) outside Market Pantry.
Chart values as text

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

Buffalo-Style Chicken Bites
100/100
Fruit in a cup
100/100
Mini Donuts With Cinnamon & Sugar
100/100
Hlf-And-Half Ultra- Pasteurized
100/100
Simply balanced, organic hummus, lemon cilantro
100/100

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. Buffalo-Style Chicken Bites scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Buffalo-Style Chicken Bites lists 36 ingredients on its label

36 52nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 52% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). Above this entry. 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: 36 (52nd 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

1
Boneless
2
Skinless Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
3
Water
4
Seasoning
5
Aged Cayenne Red Peppers
6
Dried Vinegar
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
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
9
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
10
Spice
11
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
12
Chili Pepper
13
Onion Powder
14
Garlic Powder
15
Natural Flavor
16
Butter
17
Cream
18
Guar Gum
19
Extractives Of Annatto
20
Extractives Of Turmeric
21
Wheat Flour
22
Bleached Wheat Flour
23
Corn Starch
24
Yellow Corn Flour
25
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
26
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
27
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
28
Leavening
29
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
30
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
31
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
32
Spices
33
Extractives Of Paprika
34
Yeast
35
Soy Flour
36
Sodium Alginate

Full Ingredient List

Boneless, skinless chicken breast with rib meat, water, seasoning (aged cayenne red peppers, vinegar, water, salt, xanthan gum, garlic), seasoning (salt, spice, maltodextrin, chili pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, natural flavor, butter [cream, salt], guar gum, extractives of annatto, and extractives of turmeric), sodium phosphates. breaded with: wheat flour, water, bleached wheat flour, modified corn starch, yellow corn flour, salt, dextrose, whey, sugar, leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), onion powder, spices, extractives of paprika, yeast, soy flour, sodium alginate, nonfat milk and egg solids. breading set in vegetable oil. coated with: aged cayenne red peppers, vinegar, water, salt, xanthan gum, garlic.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Buffalo-Style Chicken Bites

Neighbours outside Market Pantry with screening scores in the same high band as Buffalo-Style Chicken Bites (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Market Pantry; these peers cross brands.

Trace this label’s coverage

Trace this label’s coverage

9 of 36 parsed ingredients on Buffalo-Style Chicken Bites match at least one source registry. Use the ingredient records to see which entries carry source context and which remain unmatched.

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Barcode 0085239503805: 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.