Safe

Chicken poppers

by Giant

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0688267158599 · Giant · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0688267158599 · Serving size 3 PIECES (85 g)

The verdict

Chicken poppers by Giant scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 68 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 68-component record, beginning with Chicken Breast, Bread Crumbs, Wheat Flour. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 68 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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

67158599 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken poppers label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 68 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-RARE Sulfites PHOTO-FINISH Ground Beef Patties · ±0 BOOK-OFF …158599 · July 2026

14 of 68 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sulfites). Source sheet 67158599 · 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: Ground Beef Patties · Nearest score peer is Ground Beef Patties 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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Chicken poppers: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken poppers100/1002. Ground Beef Patties: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Ground Beef Patties100/1003. Giant, pumpkin cranberry cracker crisps: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Giant, pumpkin cranberry …100/1004. Giant, pound cake, pumpkin spice: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Giant, pound cake, pumpki…100/1005. Ahold hazelnut spread: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ahold hazelnut spread100/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken poppers (100/100) outside Giant.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken poppers
100/100
Ground Beef Patties
100/100
Giant, pumpkin cranberry cracker crisps
100/100
Giant, pound cake, pumpkin spice
100/100
Ahold hazelnut spread
100/100

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. Chicken poppers scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Chicken poppers lists 68 ingredients on its label

68 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% 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

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

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 68 (94th 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

1
Chicken Breast
2
Bread Crumbs
3
Wheat Flour
4
Cane Sugar
5
Yeast
6
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Broccoli
8
Milk
9
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
10
Vitamin C
11
Vitamin D2
12
Mozzarella Cheese
13
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
14
Cheese Cultures
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
Enzymes And Cellulose
17
Onion
18
Tempura Flour
19
Bleached Wheat Flour
20
Rice Flour
21
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
22
Leavening
23
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
24
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
25
Monocalcium Phosphate
26
Water
27
Cream
28
Parmesan Cheese
29
Pasteurized Cow's Milk
30
Enzymes
31
White Wine
32
Wine
33
Potassium Sorbate And Metabisulfite
34
Preservatives
35
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
36
Asiago Cheese
37
Pasteurized Milk
38
Cheese Culture
39
Corn Flour And Cellulose
40
Anti-caking Agent
41
Romano Cheese
42
Butter
43
Pasteurized Cream
44
Enriched Spring Wheat Flour
45
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
46
Reduced Iron
47
Thiamin Mononitrate
48
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
49
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
50
Malted Barley Flour
51
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
52
Wheat
53
Soy Bean
54
Egg
55
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
56
Scallion
57
Spices
58
Whey Protein
59
Modified Food Starch
60
Rice Starch
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Listed
61
Balsamic Vinegar
62
Wine Vinegar
63
Concentrated Grape Must
64
Caramel
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
65
Color
66
Sulfites
Preservative
Certain People Should Avoid
67
Brown Sugar
68
Carrageenan. Breading Set In Canola Oil

Full Ingredient List

Chicken breast, bread crumbs (wheat flour, natural cane sugar, yeast, sea salt), broccoli, milk (milk, ascorbic acid [vitamin c] and vitamin d2), mozzarella cheese (pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes and cellulose [to prevent caking]), onion, tempura flour (bleached wheat flour, rice flour, cornstarch, leavening [sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate]), water, cream, parmesan cheese (pasteurized cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), white wine (wine, salt, potassium sorbate and metabisulfite [preservatives]), garlic, 2% or less of: asiago cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, corn flour and cellulose [anti-caking agent]), romano cheese (pasteurized cow's milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), salt, butter (pasteurized cream, salt), enriched spring wheat flour (niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, malted barley flour), soy sauce (water, wheat, soy bean, salt), egg (egg, citric acid, water), scallion, spices, whey protein, modified food starch, rice starch, balsamic vinegar (wine vinegar, grape must, caramel [color]. contains sulfites), brown sugar, carrageenan. breading set in canola oil.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken poppers

Neighbours outside Giant with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken poppers (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Giant; these peers cross brands.

Same high-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).

Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (68 on 0688267158599).

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Chicken poppers has a longer ingredient list than 94% of its Frozen foods 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 0688267158599: 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.