Safe

Korean Style Crispy Bites

by Target Stores

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239607022 · Target Stores · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239607022 · Serving size 4 BITES (85 g)

The verdict

Korean Style Crispy Bites by Target Stores scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 51 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 51-component record, beginning with Beef Strips, Beef, Dried Beef Stock. 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 51 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.

39607022 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Korean Style Crispy Bites label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 51 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 20% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Chicken & Vegetable · ±0 BOOK-OFF …607022 · July 2026

10 of 51 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 39607022 · 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: Chicken & Vegetable Potstickers · Nearest score peer is Chicken & Vegetable Potstickers 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. Korean Style Crispy Bites: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Korean Style Crispy Bites95/1002. Chicken & Vegetable Potstickers: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chicken & Vegetable Potst…95/1003. Pork & Vegetable Potstickers: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pork & Vegetable Potstick…95/1004. Mozzarella Cheese Sticks: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mozzarella Cheese Sticks95/1005. Fresh-pack pickle chips: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Fresh-pack pickle chips95/100
High-band neighbours for Korean Style Crispy Bites (95/100) outside Target Stores.
Chart values as text

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

Korean Style Crispy Bites
95/100
Chicken & Vegetable Potstickers
95/100
Pork & Vegetable Potstickers
95/100
Mozzarella Cheese Sticks
95/100
Fresh-pack pickle chips
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. Korean Style Crispy Bites 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

Korean Style Crispy Bites lists 51 ingredients on its label

51 80th percentile a longer ingredient list than 80% 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: 51 (80th 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 51 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Beef Strips
2
Beef
3
Dried Beef Stock
4
Modified Food Starch
5
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
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
8
Sodium Phosphate
9
Flavoring
10
Carrots
11
Red Bell Pepper
12
Panko Bread Crumbs
13
Wheat Flour
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Yeast
16
Dark Brown Sugar
17
Red Cabbage
18
Eggs
19
Scallions
20
Soybean Oil
21
Unbleached Flour
22
Enriched With Niacin
23
Reduced Iron
24
Thiamin Mononitrate
25
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
27
Gochujang Pepper Paste
28
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
29
Rice
30
Water
31
Red Pepper Powder
32
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
33
Cooking Rice Wine
34
Fermented Soybean Powder
35
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
36
Rice Powder
37
Onion
38
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
39
Seed Malt
40
Jalapeno Peppers
41
Organic Ginger
42
Hot Sesame Oil
43
Sesame Oil
44
Chiles
45
Sesame Seeds
46
Wheat
47
Soybeans
48
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
49
Preservative
50
Sherry Vinegar
51
Guar Gum

Full Ingredient List

Beef strips (beef, beef stock, modified food starch, dextrose, salt, caramel color, sodium phosphate, natural flavoring), carrots, red bell pepper, panko bread crumbs (wheat flour, sugar, yeast, salt), dark brown sugar, red cabbage, eggs, scallions, soybean oil, unbleached flour (wheat flour, enriched with niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), gochujang pepper paste (corn syrup, rice, water, red pepper powder, salt, sea salt, cooking rice wine, fermented soybean powder, garlic, rice powder, onion, soy sauce, seed malt), jalapeno peppers, ginger, hot sesame oil (sesame oil, chiles), sesame seeds, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt, sodium benzoate [preservative]), modified food starch, sherry vinegar, guar gum.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Korean Style Crispy Bites

Neighbours outside Target Stores with screening scores in the same high band as Korean Style Crispy Bites (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Target Stores; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Korean Style Crispy Bites's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 51-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Korean Style Crispy Bites'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 0085239607022: 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.