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Nashville Hot Plant-Based Chick'n Tenders

by Gardein

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0842234403505 · Gardein. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0842234403505

The verdict

Nashville Hot Plant-Based Chick'n Tenders by Gardein scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 46 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 46-component record, beginning with Water, Enriched Wheat Flour, Enriched Calories A Day Is For Advice. 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 46 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0842234403505
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.

34403505 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Nashville Hot Plant-Based Chick'n Tenders label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 46 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-RARE Wheat Gluten PHOTO-FINISH Made With Organic · ±0 BOOK-OFF …403505 · July 2026

9 of 46 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Wheat Gluten). Source sheet 34403505 · 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: Made With Organic Tomatoes · Nearest score peer is Made With Organic Tomatoes 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. Nashville Hot Plant-Based Chick'n Tenders: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Nashville Hot Plant-Based…100/1002. Made With Organic Tomatoes: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Made With Organic Tomatoes100/1003. Beer Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Beer Mix100/1004. Crunchy Seasoned Peas: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Crunchy Seasoned Peas100/1005. Nut Mix: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Nut Mix100/100
High-band neighbours for Nashville Hot Plant-Based Chick'n Tenders (100/100) outside Gardein.
Chart values as text

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

Nashville Hot Plant-Based Chick'n Tenders
100/100
Made With Organic Tomatoes
100/100
Beer Mix
100/100
Crunchy Seasoned Peas
100/100
Nut Mix
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Nashville Hot Plant-Based Chick'n Tenders lists 46 ingredients on its label

46 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 46 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Water
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Enriched Calories A Day Is For Advice
4
Total Ca 1g Dietary Fiber Total Sugars C
5
Added Sugars Less Than 1g Protein 0% | 0mcg 10mg 10%/ 35 13g Omcg 30mg 3
6
9mg 150mg 20% | 10
7
Water Enrichen Wheat Flour
8
E Fouc Aci Reduced Iron Thiamine Mononitrate
9
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Fulil Acidi
11
Canola Oil Pea Protein Concentrate
12
Vital Wheat Gloten
13
Or Less Of Paprika
14
Methylcellulose
15
Spices
16
Yeast Extract
17
Ancient Grain Flour
18
Khorasan Wheati
19
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
20
Leavening
21
Cream Of Tartar
22
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
23
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
24
Soybeans
25
Wheat
26
Chile De Arbol
27
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
28
Sea Sat
29
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
30
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
31
Distilled Vinegar
32
Color Added
33
Cane Sugar
34
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
35
Cane Sugar
36
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
37
Paprika Extractives
38
Dried Vinegar
39
Yeast
40
Natural Flavors
41
Onion Powder
42
Caramelized Sugar
43
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
44
Garlic Powder
45
Turmeric Extractives
46
Soy And Wheat

Full Ingredient List

water, enriched wheat flour (enriched calories a day is for advice, total ca 1g dietary fiber total sugars c, added sugars less than 1g protein 0% | 0mcg 10mg 10%/ 35 13g omcg 30mg 3,9mg 150mg 20% | 10,8mg 60% 4% 400mg vitamin d calcium %2% %8 potassium enriched with nedients: water enrichen wheat flour (e fouc aci reduced iron thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, fulil acidi, canola oil pea protein concentrate, vital wheat gloten, contains 29% or less of paprika, methylcellulose, spices, yeast extract, organic ancient grain flour (khorasan wheati, salt, leavening (cream of tartar, sodium bicarbonate), soy sauce (water, soybeans, wheat, salt), dried chile de arbol, dextrose, sea sat, potato starch, wheat gluten, organic distilled vinegar, color added, organic cane sugar, maltodextrin, cane sugar, lactic acid, paprika extractives, vinegar, yeast, natural flavors, onion powder, caramelized sugar (sugar, water), garlic powder, turmeric extractives, contains soy and wheat,

High-score cross-brand comparables for Nashville Hot Plant-Based Chick'n Tenders

Neighbours outside Gardein with screening scores in the same high band as Nashville Hot Plant-Based Chick'n Tenders (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Gardein; 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).

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Nashville Hot Plant-Based Chick'n Tenders has a longer ingredient list than 96% of its published 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 0842234403505: 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.