Safe

Fried chicken & biscuit

by Boston Market

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0738912022512 · Boston Market · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0738912022512 · Serving size 1 PACKAGE (293 g)

The verdict

Fried chicken & biscuit by Boston Market scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 71 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 71-component record, beginning with Cooked Breaded Chicken Breast Patty With Rib Meat, Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 71 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.

12022512 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Fried chicken & biscuit label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 71 ing. REG-SPARSE 23% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-RARE Thiamine Hydrochloride PHOTO-FINISH Hot Red Chili · ±0 BOOK-OFF …022512 · July 2026

16 of 71 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Thiamine Hydrochloride). Source sheet 12022512 · 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: Hot Red Chili Hummus · Nearest score peer is Hot Red Chili Hummus 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.

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. Fried chicken & biscuit: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Fried chicken & biscuit100/1002. Hot Red Chili Hummus: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Hot Red Chili Hummus100/1003. Kalamata Olive Hummus: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Kalamata Olive Hummus100/1004. Vegan Mac 'N Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Vegan Mac 'N Cheese100/1005. Tallarico's, pizza sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Tallarico's, pizza sauce100/100
High-band neighbours for Fried chicken & biscuit (100/100) outside Boston Market.
Chart values as text

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

Fried chicken & biscuit
100/100
Hot Red Chili Hummus
100/100
Kalamata Olive Hummus
100/100
Vegan Mac 'N Cheese
100/100
Tallarico's, pizza sauce
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. Fried chicken & biscuit 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

Fried chicken & biscuit lists 71 ingredients on its label

71 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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: 71 (95th 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
Cooked Breaded Chicken Breast Patty With Rib Meat
2
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
3
Water
4
Enriched Wheat Flour
5
Wheat Flour
6
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
7
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Reduced Iron
9
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
12
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
13
Or Less Of Isolated Soy Protein
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Corn Starch
16
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
17
Modified Food Starch
18
Tapioca Dextrin
19
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
20
Sodium Phosphates
21
Seasoning
22
Yeast Extract
23
Soy Sauce Solids
24
Wheat
25
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
26
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
27
Chicken Powder
28
Natural Flavor
29
Vegetable Oil
30
Chicken Broth
31
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
32
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
34
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
35
Chicken Fat
36
Soybean Oil
37
Garlic Powder
38
Spice
39
Corn Starch
40
Leavening
41
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
42
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
43
Extractives Of Paprika
44
Yeast
45
Malt Syrup
46
Biscuit
47
Enriched Bleached Flour
48
Thiamin Mononitrate
49
Palm Oil
50
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
51
Buttermilk
52
Nonfat Milk
53
Monocalcium Phosphate
54
Soy Lecithin
55
Half And Half
56
Milk
57
Cream
58
Cooked Spicy Pork Sausage
59
Pork
60
Spices
61
Corn Syrup Solids
62
Flavoring
63
Lemon Juice Powder
64
Lemon Juice Solids
65
Natural Flavor
66
Less Than 2% Of Modified Food Starch
67
Organic Onions
68
Unsalted Butter
69
Granulated Garlic
70
Granulated Onions
71
Parsley Flakes

Full Ingredient List

Cooked breaded chicken breast patty with rib meat (chicken breast with rib meat, water, enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, wheat starch, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], enriched bleached wheat flour [wheat flour, wheat starch, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], contains 2% or less of isolated soy protein, salt, corn starch, dextrose, modified food starch, tapioca dextrin, wheat gluten, sodium phosphates, seasoning [yeast extract, salt, soy sauce solids {soybeans, wheat, salt}, sugar, maltodextrin, chicken powder, flavor, vegetable oil, chicken broth, tapioca starch, thiamine hydrochloride, lactic acid, citric acid, chicken fat], soybean oil, garlic powder, spice, modified corn starch, leavening [sodium aluminum phosphate, sodium bicarbonate], sodium bicarbonate, extractives of paprika, yeast, malt syrup), water, biscuit (enriched bleached flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, palm oil, contains less than 2% of sodium bicarbonate, sodium aluminum phosphate, salt, whey, buttermilk, nonfat milk, monocalcium phosphate, soy lecithin), half and half (milk, cream), cooked spicy pork sausage (pork, salt, spices, water, sugar, corn syrup solids, flavoring, dextrose, lemon juice powder [corn syrup solids, lemon juice solids, natural flavor]), less than 2% of modified food starch, onions, unsalted butter (cream, natural flavor), salt, yeast extract, maltodextrin, spices, granulated garlic, granulated onions, parsley flakes.

Categories

Frozen foods

High-score cross-brand comparables for Fried chicken & biscuit

Neighbours outside Boston Market with screening scores in the same high band as Fried chicken & biscuit (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Boston Market; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Fried chicken & biscuit has a longer ingredient list than 95% 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 0738912022512: 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.