Safe

Chicken & sharp cheese cutlets

by Quorn

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0833735000409 · Quorn · Plant-based foods and beverages. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0833735000409 · Serving size 1 CUTLET (110 g)

The verdict

Chicken & sharp cheese cutlets by Quorn scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 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 33-component record, beginning with Mycoprotein, Vegetarian Gruyere Cheese, Skim Milk. 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 33 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.

35000409 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken & sharp cheese cutlets label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-RARE Mycoprotein PHOTO-FINISH Crystal flakes natural · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000409 · July 2026

10 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Mycoprotein). Source sheet 35000409 · 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: Crystal flakes natural sea salt · Nearest score peer is Crystal flakes natural sea salt 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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Chicken & sharp cheese cutlets: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken & sharp cheese cu…100/1002. Crystal flakes natural sea salt: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Crystal flakes natural se…100/1003. Crystal flakes natural sea salt wild mushrooms: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Crystal flakes natural se…100/1004. Crystal flakes natural sea salt: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Crystal flakes natural se…100/1005. Citron sea salt flakes options: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Citron sea salt flakes op…100/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken & sharp cheese cutlets (100/100) outside Quorn.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken & sharp cheese cutlets
100/100
Crystal flakes natural sea salt
100/100
Crystal flakes natural sea salt wild mushrooms
100/100
Crystal flakes natural sea salt
100/100
Citron sea salt flakes options
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 78,450 products we've scored in the Plant-based foods and beverages category, the average safety score is 97.7/100. Chicken & sharp cheese cutlets scores 2.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 97.7/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Plant-based foods and beverages products

Chicken & sharp cheese cutlets lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 63,434 products we track

0–2: 3,907 products (6%). Below this entry. 2–4: 7,921 products (12%). Below this entry. 4–6: 8,845 products (14%). Below this entry. 6–8: 7,032 products (11%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6,320 products (10%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4,190 products (7%). Below this entry. 12–14: 3,449 products (5%). Below this entry. 14–16: 3,051 products (5%). Below this entry. 16–18: 2,493 products (4%). Below this entry. 18–20: 2,053 products (3%). Below this entry. 20–22: 1,808 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 1,758 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 1,623 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 1,606 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 1,360 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 1,198 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 1,081 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 901 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 649 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 534 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 1,655 products (3%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published Plant-based foods and beverages 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

63,434 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 33 (93rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3,907 products (6%)
2–4
7,921 products (12%)
4–6
8,845 products (14%)
6–8
7,032 products (11%)
8–10
6,320 products (10%)
10–12
4,190 products (7%)
12–14
3,449 products (5%)
14–16
3,051 products (5%)
16–18
2,493 products (4%)
18–20
2,053 products (3%)
20–22
1,808 products (3%)
22–24
1,758 products (3%)
24–26
1,623 products (3%)
26–28
1,606 products (3%)
28–30
1,360 products (2%)
30–32
1,198 products (2%)
32–34
1,081 products (2%)
34–36
901 products (1%)
36–38
649 products (1%)
38–40
534 products (1%)
40 and above
1,655 products (3%)

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 63,434 Plant-based foods and beverages 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
Mycoprotein
Other
Certain People Should Avoid
2
Vegetarian Gruyere Cheese
3
Skim Milk
4
Whey Powder
5
Corn Starch
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Cheese Culture
8
Enzyme
9
Sodium Dihydrogen Orthophosphate
10
Polyphosphates
11
Breadcrumb
12
Wheat Flour
13
Yeast
14
Vegetable Mono - And Di-glycerides
15
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
16
Water
17
Sunflower Oil
18
Or Less Of Egg White
19
Potato Maltodextrin
20
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
21
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
22
Yeast Extract
23
Natural Flavors From Non-meat Sources
24
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
25
Calcium Lactate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
26
Pectin
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
27
Gum Arabic
28
Onion Powder
29
Garlic Powder
30
Canola Oil
31
Corn Oil
32
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
33
Calcium Acetate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Mycoprotein (30%), vegetarian gruyere cheese (skim milk, whey powder, corn starch, salt, cheese culture, enzyme, sodium dihydrogen orthophosphate, polyphosphates), breadcrumb (wheat flour, yeast, salt, vegetable mono - and di-glycerides, ascorbic acid), water, sunflower oil. contains 2% or less of egg white, potato maltodextrin, tapioca starch, dextrose, yeast extract, natural flavors from non-meat sources, citric acid, calcium lactate, pectin, gum arabic, onion powder, garlic powder, canola oil, corn oil, firming agents: calcium chloride, calcium acetate.

Categories

Plant-based foods and beverages Plant-based foods Frozen foods Meat alternatives Meat analogues

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken & sharp cheese cutlets

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

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Chicken & sharp cheese cutlets has a longer ingredient list than 93% of its Plant-based foods and beverages 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 0833735000409: 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.