Safe

Choplets

by Loma Linda

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0845561000539 · Loma Linda · Meat alternatives. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0845561000539 · Serving size 2 SLICES (92 g)

The verdict

Choplets by Loma Linda scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 15 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. This is a focused 15-component label led by Texturized Vegetable Protein, Wheat Gluten, Soy Protein Concentrate; compare those leading ingredients with the product's processing and nutrition fields before deciding whether it fits your goal. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 15 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
B
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

B

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.

61000539 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Choplets label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-FOCUSED 15 ing. REG-PART 47% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-B Nutri-B RANK-LONG Len top 77% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Vege-Burger · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000539 · July 2026

7 of 15 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 61000539 · 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: Vege-Burger · Nearest score peer is Vege-Burger 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.

The Nutri-Score algorithm returned its second band for this label. That grade typically describes a nutrition panel whose favourable components register clearly in the model without fully offsetting its energy or sodium terms. Because the calculation is a single points balance rather than a set of independent thresholds, a strong fibre or protein figure can lift a panel into this band even where one penalised nutrient sits high. The grade summarises the declared panel alone and carries no information about the additive ratings screened below.

A mid-length component list was parsed from this label. There are enough separate entries for the screen to match several independently, while each matched entry still carries visible weight in the resulting index. Lists of this size are the most common shape in the catalogue, which makes the composite here easier to place against comparable products than at either extreme.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Choplets: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Choplets95/1002. Vege-Burger: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Vege-Burger95/1003. Chili, a delicious vegetarian alternative to beef chili: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Chili, a delicious vegeta…95/1004. Vegetarian Burger: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Vegetarian Burger95/1005. Little Links: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Little Links95/100
High-band neighbours for Choplets (95/100) outside Loma Linda.
Chart values as text

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

Choplets
95/100
Vege-Burger
95/100
Chili, a delicious vegetarian alternative to beef chili
95/100
Vegetarian Burger
95/100
Little Links
95/100

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. Choplets scores 3.7 points below that category average (95/100 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

Choplets lists 15 ingredients on its label

15 23rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 23% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 16–18: 14 products (10%). Above this entry. 18–20: 12 products (9%). Above this entry. 20–22: 10 products (7%). Above this entry. 22–24: 10 products (7%). Above this entry. 24–26: 4 products (3%). Above this entry. 26–28: 12 products (9%). Above this entry. 28–30: 5 products (4%). Above this entry. 30–32: 3 products (2%). Above this entry. 32–34: 2 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 2 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 5 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 5 products (4%). Above this entry. 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: 15 (23rd 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.

Full Ingredient List

texturized vegetable protein (wheat gluten, soy protein concentrate, water for hydration), caramel color, water, hydrolyzed soy, corn and wheat protein, autolyzed yeast extract, salt, dextrose, corn oil, caramel color, disodium inosinate, disodium guanylate, soybean oil.

Other products containing Texturized Vegetable Protein

Texturized Vegetable Protein is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 7 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meat alternatives Meat analogues Meat analogues from soy or wheat proteins Vegetarian patties Patties from soy and or wheat proteins

High-score cross-brand comparables for Choplets

Neighbours outside Loma Linda with screening scores in the same high band as Choplets (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Loma Linda; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Choplets's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 15-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Choplets's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0845561000539: 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.