Caution

Boneless fried chicken & waffles

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0658276202903 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0658276202903 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (453 g)

The verdict

Boneless fried chicken & waffles scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 91 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 91-component record, beginning with Boneless Fried Chicken Patties, Cooked White Meat Chicken, 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 91 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

76202903 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Boneless fried chicken & waffles label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 91 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG BHT PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …202903 · July 2026

28 of 91 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHT). Source sheet 76202903 · 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

Screening model notes

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

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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.

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. Boneless fried chicken & waffles scores 12.9 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively weaker 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

Boneless fried chicken & waffles lists 91 ingredients on its label

91 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% 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

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 91 (99th 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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 91 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Boneless Fried Chicken Patties
 2
Cooked White Meat Chicken
 3
Water
 4
Enriched Flour
 5
Wheat Flour
 6
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Reduced Iron
 8
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
11
Vegetable Oil
 12
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
13
Tbhq And Citric Acid To Preserve Freshness
14
Cottonseed Oil
 15
Soy Protein Concentrate
 16
Isolated Oat Product
 17
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
18
Sodium Phosphate
 19
Msg
 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 Extract
 22
Mashed Potatoes
 23
Reconstituted Potatoes
 24
Mono And Diglycerides
 25
Sodium Acid Pyrophospate
 26
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
27
Margarine
 28
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil With Tbhq And Citric Acid As Preservatives
 29
BHT
Caution GRAS
30
Beta Carotene For Color
 31
Corn Oil
 32
Tocopherol
 33
Vitamin A Palmitate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
34
Dairy Blend
 35
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
36
Calcium Caseinate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Approved
37
Cranberry Apple Dessert
 38
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
39
Dried Cranberries
 40
Apples
 41
Modified Food Starch
 42
Calcium Stearate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
43
Orange Peel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
44
Vanilla Extract
 45
Vanilla Bean Extractives
 46
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
47
Ethyl Alcohol
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
48
Compote Seasoning
 49
Spice
 50
Spice Extractive
 51
Table Syrup
 52
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
53
Methylcellulose
 54
Molasses
 55
Maple Type Syrup Flavor
 56
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
57
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
58
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
59
Natural Flavors
 60
Artificial Flavors
 61
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
62
Ammoniated Glycyrrhizin And Sulfites
 63
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
64
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
65
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
66
Waffles
 67
Waffle Batter
 68
Enriched Wheat Flour
 69
Flour
 70
Soybean Oil
 71
Leavening
 72
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
73
Baking Soda
 74
Whole Eggs
 75
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
76
Corn Syrup Solids
 77
Corn Starch
78
Colored With Yellow 5 And Yellow 6
79
Fortified With
 80
Niacinamide
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
81
Pyridoxine Hydrochloride
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
82
Vitamin B6
 83
Vitamin B2
 84
Vitamin B1
 85
Cyanocobalamin
 86
Vitamin B12
 87
Natural And Artificial Flavor
 88
Natural And Artificial Flavors
 89
Alcohol
 90
Soy Flour
 91
Soy Lecithin

Full Ingredient List

Boneless fried chicken patties (cooked white meat chicken, water, enriched flour [wheat flour (niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid)], vegetable oil [partially hydrogenated soybean oil (tbhq and citric acid to preserve freshness), and/or cottonseed oil], soy protein concentrate, isolated oat product, salt, sodium phosphate, monosodium glutamate, dextrose, spice extract), mashed potatoes (reconstituted potatoes [mono and diglycerides, sodium acid pyrophospate, citric acid], margarine [partially hydrogenated soybean oil with tbhq and citric acid as preservatives, water, mono and diglycerides (bht, citric acid), beta carotene for color (corn oil, tocopherol), vitamin a palmitate], dried dairy blend [whey, calcium caseinate], salt, water), cranberry apple dessert (water, sugar, cranberries, dehydrated apples, modified food starch, dehydrated apples [calcium stearate], orange peel [water, citric acid], vanilla extract [vanilla bean extractives, corn syrup, ethyl alcohol, water], compote seasoning [spice, dextrose, spice extractive]), table syrup (high fructose corn syrup, water, sugar, salt, methylcellulose, molasses, maple type syrup flavor [water, caramel color, glycerin, propylene glycol, corn syrup, flavors, artificial flavors, molasses, lactic acid, ammoniated glycyrrhizin and sulfites], sodium hexametaphosphate, caramel color, sodium benzoate, potassium sorbate, citric acid), waffles (waffle batter [water, enriched wheat flour (flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid)], soybean oil, whey, sugar, leavening [sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda], whole eggs, calcium chloride, salt, corn syrup solids, corn starch, colored with yellow 5 and yellow 6, fortified with [reduced iron, niacinamide, pyridoxine hydrochloride (vitamin b6), riboflavin (vitamin b2), thiamine mononitrate (vitamin b1), cyanocobalamin (vitamin b12)], natural and artificial flavor [dextrose, corn starch, natural and artificial flavors, water, alcohol], soy flour [soy flour, soybean oil, soy lecithin]), contains 2% of less of: margarine (partially hydrogenated soybean oil with tbhq and citric acid as preservatives, water, mono and diglycerides [bht, citric acid], beta carotene for color [corn oil, tocopherol], vitamin a palmitate).

Categories

Frozen foods

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BHT is the first flagged ingredient selected from Boneless fried chicken & waffles's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 91-ingredient record.

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Barcode 0658276202903: 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.