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Flaming Bird Whole Split FS Hot

by H-E-B

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0267775706999 · H-E-B · Roasted-chicken. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0267775706999 · Serving size 3 oz

The verdict

Flaming Bird Whole Split FS Hot by H-E-B scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 48 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 48-component record, beginning with Flaming Bird, Split Chicken, Chicken. 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.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 48 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

18/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

75706999 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Flaming Bird Whole Split FS Hot label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 48 ing. REG-PART 33% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Acesulfame Potassium PHOTO-FINISH Cake Bites M&M · ±0 BOOK-OFF …706999 · July 2026

16 of 48 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Acesulfame Potassium). Source sheet 75706999 · 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: Cake Bites M&M · Nearest score peer is Cake Bites M&M at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Flaming Bird Whole Split FS Hot: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Flaming Bird Whole Split …20/1002. Cake Bites M&M: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cake Bites M&M20/1003. Schwartz brothers bakery, green and yellow tailgate cookies: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Schwartz brothers bakery,…20/1004. Sugar Free Black Cherry Gelatin: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sugar Free Black Cherry G…20/1005. Sugar Free Lemon Lime Gelatin: 20/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sugar Free Lemon Lime Gel…20/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Flaming Bird Whole Split FS Hot (20/100 on 48 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Flaming Bird Whole Split FS Hot
20/100
Cake Bites M&M
20/100
Schwartz brothers bakery, green and yellow tailgate cookies
20/100
Sugar Free Black Cherry Gelatin
20/100
Sugar Free Lemon Lime Gelatin
20/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Flaming Bird Whole Split FS Hot lists 48 ingredients on its label

48 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 48 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 48 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Flaming Bird
2
Split Chicken
3
Chicken
4
Water
5
Sodium Phosphate
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Adobo Rub
8
Yeast Extract
9
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
10
Organic Onions
11
Spices
12
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
13
Paprika
14
Color
15
Turmeric Extractives
16
Paprika Extractives
17
Maltadext Rin
18
Natural Flavor
19
Natural Smoke Flavor
20
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
21
Anticaking
22
Tampico Citrus Punch
23
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
24
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
25
Corn Oil
26
Corn Starch
27
Potassium Citrates
28
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
29
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
30
Vitamin C
31
Lime Juice Concentrate
32
Sodium Citrate
33
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
34
Preservative
35
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
36
Natural & Artificial Flavors
37
Orange Juice Concentrate
38
Sucralose
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
39
Acesulfame Potassium
NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Avoid Approved
40
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
41
Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid
42
EDTA
Other
Safe
43
Tangerine Juice Concentrate E
44
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
45
Lemon Juice Concentrate
46
Neotame
FLAVOR ENHANCER, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER
Safe Approved
47
Artificial Sweetener
48
Jalapeno Peppers

Full Ingredient List

flaming bird(split chicken(chicken,water,sodium phosphate,salt), adobo rub(salt,yeast extract, sugar,onions,spices,garlic,paprika(color), turmeric extractives(color), paprika extractives(color) maltadext rin,natural flavor,natural smoke flavor, contains 2% or less of:, silicon dioxide(anticaking)), tampico citrus punch(water, high fructose corn syrup,citric acid,corn oil, modified corn starch,potassium citrates,xanthan gum,ascorbic acid (vitamin C),lime juice concentrate,sodium citrate,potassium sorbate(preservative).malic acid,natural & artificial flavors,orange juice concentrate, sucralose,acesulfame potassium,yellow 5, ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA) (preservative), tangerine juice concentrate e,yellow 6,lemon juice concentrate,neotame (artificial sweetener)),onions, jalapeno peppers

Other products containing Potassium Citrates

Potassium Citrates is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Roasted-chicken

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Flaming Bird Whole Split FS Hot

Neighbours outside H-E-B in the same lower screening band as Flaming Bird Whole Split FS Hot (20/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within H-E-B; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Acesulfame Potassium is the first flagged ingredient selected from Flaming Bird Whole Split FS Hot's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 48-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Acesulfame Potassium. Open Acesulfame Potassium
  • Compare Flaming Bird Whole Split FS Hot's 4 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 0267775706999: 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.