Safe

Plant-Based F'sh Filets

by Gardein

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0842234001664 · Gardein · Meat alternatives. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0842234001664 · Serving size 96g

The verdict

Plant-Based F'sh Filets by Gardein scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 39 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 39-component record, beginning with Water, Canola Oil, Textured Vegetable Protein Product. 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 39 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0842234001664
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

34001664 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Plant-Based F'sh Filets label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 39 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 14% LEAD-RARE Autolyzed yeast extract PHOTO-FINISH Chipotle Black Bean · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001664 · July 2026

14 of 39 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Autolyzed yeast extract). Source sheet 34001664 · 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: Chipotle Black Bean Patty (Canada) · Nearest score peer is Chipotle Black Bean Patty (Canada) 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. Plant-Based F'sh Filets: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Plant-Based F'sh Filets100/1002. Chipotle Black Bean Patty (Canada): 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chipotle Black Bean Patty…100/1003. Original Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Original Mix100/1004. Cracker Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cracker Mix100/1005. Nut Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Nut Mix100/100
High-band neighbours for Plant-Based F'sh Filets (100/100) outside Gardein.
Chart values as text

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

Plant-Based F'sh Filets
100/100
Chipotle Black Bean Patty (Canada)
100/100
Original Mix
100/100
Cracker Mix
100/100
Nut Mix
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 611 products we've scored in the Meat alternatives category, the average safety score is 98.7/100. Plant-Based F'sh Filets scores 1.3 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 98.7/100), 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 Meat alternatives products

Plant-Based F'sh Filets lists 39 ingredients on its label

39 86th percentile a longer ingredient list than 86% of the 141 products we track

2–4: 2 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 6–8: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6 products (4%). Below this entry. 10–12: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 11 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 12 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 14 products (10%). Below this entry. 18–20: 12 products (9%). Below this entry. 20–22: 10 products (7%). Below this entry. 22–24: 10 products (7%). Below this entry. 24–26: 4 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 12 products (9%). Below this entry. 28–30: 5 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 3 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 2 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 2 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 5 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 5 products (4%). This entry sits in this band. 40–42: 17 products (12%). Above this entry. This product 2 42 every published Meat alternatives 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

141 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 39 (86th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

2–4
2 products (1%)
4–6
3 products (2%)
6–8
3 products (2%)
8–10
6 products (4%)
10–12
3 products (2%)
12–14
11 products (8%)
14–16
12 products (9%)
16–18
14 products (10%)
18–20
12 products (9%)
20–22
10 products (7%)
22–24
10 products (7%)
24–26
4 products (3%)
26–28
12 products (9%)
28–30
5 products (4%)
30–32
3 products (2%)
32–34
2 products (1%)
34–36
2 products (1%)
36–38
5 products (4%)
38–40
5 products (4%)
40 and above
17 products (12%)

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 141 Meat alternatives 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
Water
2
Canola Oil
3
Textured Vegetable Protein Product
4
Soy Protein Concentrate. Titanium Dioxide
5
Color
6
Enriched Wheat Flour
7
Wheat Flour
8
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Reduced Iron
10
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
11
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
12
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
13
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
14
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
15
Methylcellulose
16
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
17
Yeast Extract
18
Degerminated Yellow Corn Flour
19
Natural Flavors
20
Onion Powder
21
Garlic Powder
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
Sunflower Oil
27
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
28
Paprika
29
Dha Algal Oil
30
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
31
Spice
32
Soy Flour
33
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
34
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
35
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
36
Soybean Oil
37
Turmeric
38
Soy
39
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

WATER, CANOLA OIL, TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN PRODUCT (SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE. TITANIUM DIOXIDE [COLOR]), ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), 2% OR LESS OF: POTATO STARCH, TAPIOCA STARCH, METHYLCELLULOSE, SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, DEGERMINATED YELLOW CORN FLOUR, NATURAL FLAVORS, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, LEAVENING (SODIUM ACID PYROPHOSPHATE, SODIUM BICARBONATE, MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE), SUNFLOWER OIL, WHEAT GLUTEN, PAPRIKA, DHA ALGAL OIL, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT, SPICE, SOY FLOUR, XANTHAN GUM, SUGAR, CITRIC ACID, SOYBEAN OIL, TURMERIC. CONTAINS: SOY, WHEAT.

Categories

Meat alternatives Meat analogues Breaded products Breaded fish substitutes

High-score cross-brand comparables for Plant-Based F'sh Filets

Neighbours outside Gardein with screening scores in the same high band as Plant-Based F'sh Filets (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Gardein; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Plant-Based F'sh Filets has a longer ingredient list than 86% of its Meat alternatives 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 0842234001664: 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.