Buffalo Style Chicken Salad & Crackers

by Bumble Bee

100
Safe
Safety Score (out of 100)

Buffalo Style Chicken Salad & Crackers by Bumble Bee receives a safety score of 100/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. None of the ingredients in this product are flagged for safety concerns by FDA or CSPI databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.

Barcode
0086600704029
Nutri-Score
d
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed

What the Data Says About

Buffalo Style Chicken Salad & Crackers by Bumble Bee carries a composite safety score of 100/100, which we classify as "Safe" on our four-tier shelf-label framework. The score is computed by mapping each labeled ingredient against FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) regulatory status and CSPI Chemical Cuisine classifications, then penalizing the overall product for each additive rated as caution-or-worse. Product data originates from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative catalog; safety annotations come from federal regulators and the Center for Science in the Public Interest.

Our scan did not identify any ingredients in this product that FDA SAFFA or CSPI Chemical Cuisine data flags as requiring caution or avoidance at the time of analysis. That is a meaningful clean-label signal, though it does not account for personal allergens, regional recalls, or inspection findings not reflected in federal additive databases. The per-ingredient breakdown below shows the source-level classification for each component.

On the NOVA processing scale, Buffalo Style Chicken Salad & Crackers is classified as Group 4 (Ultra-processed). NOVA measures industrial processing intensity rather than ingredient-level safety, so it complements the SAFFA and CSPI ratings: a product can be clean on additive flags but heavily processed, or lightly processed but carry individually flagged ingredients. Combining both lenses gives a fuller picture than either alone. The Nutri-Score grade of D reflects nutritional balance — calories, saturated fat, sugar, sodium versus fiber, protein, and produce content — which again is a distinct dimension from additive safety and worth weighing alongside the scores above.

Safety Profile at a Glance

Composite safety metrics for Buffalo Style Chicken Salad & Crackers
Metric Value Source
PlainFoodSafe Score 100/100 FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite
Flagged ingredients 0 CSPI/FDA review
NOVA processing group Group 4 OpenFoodFacts
Nutri-Score D OpenFoodFacts

Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Cooked Chicken
2
Celery
3
Sauce
4
Vinegar
5
Aged Red Cayenne Peppers
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Canola Oil
8
Or Less Natural Butter Flavor
9
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
10
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
11
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
12
Mayonnaise
13
Soybean Oil
14
Water
15
Eggs
16
Egg Yolks
17
Distilled Vinegar
18
Textured Soy Flour
19
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
20
Or Less Onion
21
Glucono Delta Lactone
22
Cayenne Pepper
23
Oleoresin Paprika
24
Color
25
Enriched Flour
26
Wheat Flour
27
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Reduced Iron
29
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
32
Canola
33
Sunflower Oil
34
Or Less Salt
35
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
36
Baking Soda
37
Butter
38
Cream
39
Natural Flavor
40
Soy Lecithin
41
Monocalcium Phosphate

Full Ingredient List

COOKED CHICKEN, CELERY, SAUCE (VINEGAR, AGED RED CAYENNE PEPPERS, SALT, CANOLA OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS NATURAL BUTTER FLAVOR, XANTHAN GUM, GARLIC, CITRIC ACID), MAYONNAISE (SOYBEAN OIL, WATER, EGGS, EGG YOLKS, DISTILLED VINEGAR, SALT), TEXTURED SOY FLOUR, SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS ONION, WATER, GLUCONO DELTA LACTONE, CAYENNE PEPPER, OLEORESIN PAPRIKA (COLOR), ENRICHED FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), CANOLA AND/OR SUNFLOWER OIL, SUGAR, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS SALT, CORN SYRUP, BAKING SODA, BUTTER (CREAM, NATURAL FLAVOR), SOY LECITHIN, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE

Categories

Salad-kit

Data Sources

Data as of 2025. Source: OpenFoodFacts, FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine.

Product data from OpenFoodFacts (ODbL). Ingredient safety ratings from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine. See our methodology for details.

This information is for reference only and does not constitute dietary or medical advice.

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Data sourced from official FDA, USDA, and CDC food-safety databases. See our methodology for details. Retrieved and formatted by PlainFoodSafe Editorial