General tso's chicken with white rice
Contains 1 flagged ingredient
General tso's chicken with white rice receives a safety score of 95/100 based on ingredient analysis using FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) data and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. The product contains 1 ingredient 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
General tso's chicken with white rice carries a composite safety score of 95/100, 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 1 flagged ingredient 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, General tso's chicken with white rice 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.
Safety Profile at a Glance
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PlainFoodSafe Score | 95/100 | FDA SAFFA + CSPI composite |
| Flagged ingredients | 1 | CSPI/FDA review |
| NOVA processing group | Group 4 | OpenFoodFacts |
| Nutri-Score | Not available | OpenFoodFacts |
Composite metric derived from FDA SAFFA, CSPI Chemical Cuisine, OpenFoodFacts. See methodology.
Ingredient Safety Analysis
Full Ingredient List
White rice (cooked white rice), tempura breaded chicken breast chunks (chicken breast meat, water, cornstarch, bleached enriched flour [wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], contains less than 2% of dextrin, egg whites, leavening [sodium and pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate], modified potato starch, nonfat dry milk, rice flour, salt, sodium phosphate, xanthan gum. cooked in vegetable oil), general tso's sauce (sucrose, water, soy sauce [water, wheat, soybeans, salt, lactic acid, sodium benzoate (preservative)], modified food starch, rice, salt, dextrose, spices, sesame seeds, corn syrup, soybean oil, red chili peppers, corn syrup solids, garlic, dehydrated garlic, garlic juice, lactic acid, caramel color, xanthan gum, chicken flavor [salt, hydrolyzed corn gluten, wheat gluten, soy protein, sugar, chicken fat, corn starch, partially hydrogenated cottonseed oil, tapioca, maltodextrin, dehydrated onion, autolyzed yeast extract, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, turmeric, thiamine hydrochloride and lactic acid], natural flavor, vinegar, sodium benzoate [preservative], disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, phosphoric acid, citric acid), green onion, red chile pepper pod, white sesame seeds.
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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