Golden battered chicken patty strips & french fries with cheese sauce, golden battered chicken with cheese fries
Contains 2 flagged ingredients
Golden battered chicken patty strips & french fries with cheese sauce, golden battered chicken with cheese fries receives a safety score of 90/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 2 ingredients that have been flagged for potential safety concerns by regulatory or consumer advocacy databases. Product label data is sourced from the OpenFoodFacts collaborative database. See the full ingredient breakdown and safety assessment below.
What the Data Says About
Golden battered chicken patty strips & french fries with cheese sauce, golden battered chicken with cheese fries carries a composite safety score of 90/100, 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 identified 2 flagged ingredients in this product — components that at least one official source has classified as requiring caution, targeted avoidance, or further evaluation. Flagged ingredients are the items most likely to surface in FDA inspection findings, state-level ingredient bans, or outbreak-related recall notices, so the per-ingredient breakdown below is the most useful lens for anyone screening this product for a specific dietary concern.
On the NOVA processing scale, Golden battered chicken patty strips & french fries with cheese sauce, golden battered chicken with cheese fries 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 C 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
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 90/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 2 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | C | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
Battered chicken patty strips (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], modified food starch, beer, salt, cooked masa harina [trace of lime], soy protein concentrate, isolated oat product, sodium phosphate, natural flavor [maltodextrin, yeast extract, natural flavor, potato maltodextrin, spices], sodium bicarbonate [hydrogenated vegetable oil], monocalcium phosphate [hydrogenated vegetable oil], natural flavors, spice extract, onion powder, xanthan gum, guar gum, dextrose), roasted potatoes (roasted potatoes, maltodextrin, salt, onion powder, garlic powder, spice, parsley, yeast extract, vegetable oil [soybean and sunflower], dextrose, natural flavor, caramel color, annatto, sodium acid pyrophosphate), cheese sauce mix (water, pasteurized cheddar cheese product [cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cultures, salt, enzymes)], water, soybean oil, whey protein concentrate, modified food starch, natural flavors, salt, sodium citrate, dipotassium phosphate, potassium chloride, sodium stearoyl lactylate, sorbic acid, yeast extract, and color [beta carotene and/or paprika and/or annatto], soybean oil, modified corn starch, reconstituted skim milk, salt, sugar, carrageenan, lactic acid, citric acid, soy protein concentrate, dried egg yolks, beta carotene for color [corn oil, tocopherol]).
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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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