Safe

Buffalo Style Wingteasers

by H-E-B

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0241726006116 · H-E-B · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0241726006116 · Serving size 3 wings (84 g)

The verdict

Buffalo Style Wingteasers by H-E-B scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 27 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 27-component label is layered, beginning with Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Water, Seasoning. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 27 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.

26006116 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Buffalo Style Wingteasers label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 27 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-RARE Potassium Bicarbonate PHOTO-FINISH Japanese Style Noodle · ±0 BOOK-OFF …006116 · July 2026

7 of 27 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Bicarbonate). Source sheet 26006116 · 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: Japanese Style Noodle W/O Soup · Nearest score peer is Japanese Style Noodle W/O Soup 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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Buffalo Style Wingteasers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Buffalo Style Wingteasers100/1002. Japanese Style Noodle W/O Soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Japanese Style Noodle W/O…100/1003. Japanese Style Noodle With Soup: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Japanese Style Noodle Wit…100/1004. Marmalada specialty foods, spicy tomato blasamic conserve: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Marmalada specialty foods…100/1005. Marmalada specialty foods, tomato balsamic conserve: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Marmalada specialty foods…100/100
High-band neighbours for Buffalo Style Wingteasers (100/100) outside H-E-B.
Chart values as text

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

Buffalo Style Wingteasers
100/100
Japanese Style Noodle W/O Soup
100/100
Japanese Style Noodle With Soup
100/100
Marmalada specialty foods, spicy tomato blasamic conserve
100/100
Marmalada specialty foods, tomato balsamic conserve
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 13,350 products we've scored in the Meats and their products category, the average safety score is 92.4/100. Buffalo Style Wingteasers scores 7.6 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.4/100), 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 Meats and their products products

Buffalo Style Wingteasers lists 27 ingredients on its label

27 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 11,159 products we track

0–2: 79 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 430 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 612 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 1,397 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,485 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,698 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,463 products (13%). Below this entry. 14–16: 996 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 734 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 489 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 377 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 234 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 140 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 28–30: 145 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 92 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 83 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 66 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 74 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 50 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 238 products (2%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Meats and their products 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

11,159 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 27 (93rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
79 products (1%)
2–4
430 products (4%)
4–6
612 products (5%)
6–8
1,397 products (13%)
8–10
1,485 products (13%)
10–12
1,698 products (15%)
12–14
1,463 products (13%)
14–16
996 products (9%)
16–18
734 products (7%)
18–20
489 products (4%)
20–22
377 products (3%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
234 products (2%)
26–28
140 products (1%)
28–30
145 products (1%)
30–32
92 products (1%)
32–34
83 products (1%)
34–36
66 products (1%)
36–38
74 products (1%)
38–40
50 products (0%)
40 and above
238 products (2%)

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 11,159 Meats and their products 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
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
2
Water
3
Seasoning
4
Corn Starch
5
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
6
Potassium Bicarbonate
FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
7
Natural Flavor
8
Yeast Extract
9
Citrus Extract
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Garlic Powder
12
Wheat Flour
13
Spices
14
Celery Seed
15
Onion Powder
16
Leavening
17
Sodium Acid
18
Pyrophosphate
19
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
20
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
21
Spice
22
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
23
Egg Whites
24
Aged Cayenne Red Peppers
25
Dried Vinegar
26
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
27
Garlic. Breadinf Set In Vegetable Oil

Full Ingredient List

CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, SEASONING (MODIFIED CORN STARCH, SODIUM BICARBONATE, POTASSIUM BICARBONATE, NATURAL FLAVOR), SEASONING (YEAST EXTRACT, CITRUS EXTRACT), SALT, GARLIC POWDER, ONION POWDER. BREADED WITH: WHEAT FLOUR, SPICES (INCLUDING CELERY SEED), ONION POWDER, PAPRIKA. BATTERED WITH: WATER, WHEAT FLOUR, SALT, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID, PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE), WHEY, DEXTROSE, SPICE, WHEAT GLUTEN. PREDUSTED WITH: WHEAT FLOUR, WHEAT GLUTEN, SALT, EGG WHITES, SPICE. SAUCE: AGED CAYENNE RED PEPPERS, VINEGAR, WATER, SALT, XANTHAN GUM, GARLIC. BREADINF SET IN VEGETABLE OIL.

Categories

Meats and their products Meats Chicken and its products Poultries Chickens Chicken wings Frozen chicken wings

High-score cross-brand comparables for Buffalo Style Wingteasers

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

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Buffalo Style Wingteasers has a longer ingredient list than 93% of its Meats and their products category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0241726006116: 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.