Safe

Plant protein beast burger patties

by Beyond Meat

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0852629004231 · Beyond Meat · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0852629004231 · Serving size 4 ONZ (113 g)

The verdict

Plant protein beast burger patties by Beyond Meat scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 45-component record, beginning with Water, Pea Protein Isolate, Oil Blend. 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 45 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

73/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

90/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

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.

29004231 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Plant protein beast burger patties label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 1% LEAD-FLAG Sorbitol PHOTO-FINISH Orange Zest Chicken · ±0 BOOK-OFF …004231 · July 2026

13 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sorbitol). Source sheet 29004231 · 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: Orange Zest Chicken · Nearest score peer is Orange Zest Chicken 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.

Nutri-Score placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

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 protein beast burger patties: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Plant protein beast burge…90/1002. Orange Zest Chicken: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Orange Zest Chicken90/1003. Healthy Choice, Steaming Entrees, Honey Basalmic Chicken: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Healthy Choice, Steaming …90/1004. Healthy Choice, Steaming Entrees, Rosemary Chicken & Sweet Potatoes: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Healthy Choice, Steaming …90/1005. Herr's, french onion dip: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Herr's, french onion dip90/100
High-band neighbours for Plant protein beast burger patties (90/100) outside Beyond Meat.
Chart values as text

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

Plant protein beast burger patties
90/100
Orange Zest Chicken
90/100
Healthy Choice, Steaming Entrees, Honey Basalmic Chicken
90/100
Healthy Choice, Steaming Entrees, Rosemary Chicken & Sweet Potatoes
90/100
Herr's, french onion dip
90/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Plant protein beast burger patties scores 2.9 points below that category average (90/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Meats and their products products

Plant protein beast burger patties lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 99th percentile a longer ingredient list than 99% of the 11,159 products we track

0–2: 79 products (1%). Below this entry. 2–4: 430 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 612 products (5%). Below this entry. 6–8: 1,397 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,485 products (13%). Below this entry. 10–12: 1,698 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 1,463 products (13%). Below this entry. 14–16: 996 products (9%). Below this entry. 16–18: 734 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 489 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 377 products (3%). Below this entry. 22–24: 277 products (2%). Below this entry. 24–26: 234 products (2%). Below this entry. 26–28: 140 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 145 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 92 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 74 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 50 products (0%). Below this entry. 40–42: 238 products (2%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meats and their products 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

11,159 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 45 (99th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
79 products (1%)
2–4
430 products (4%)
4–6
612 products (5%)
6–8
1,397 products (13%)
8–10
1,485 products (13%)
10–12
1,698 products (15%)
12–14
1,463 products (13%)
14–16
996 products (9%)
16–18
734 products (7%)
18–20
489 products (4%)
20–22
377 products (3%)
22–24
277 products (2%)
24–26
234 products (2%)
26–28
140 products (1%)
28–30
145 products (1%)
30–32
92 products (1%)
32–34
83 products (1%)
34–36
66 products (1%)
36–38
74 products (1%)
38–40
50 products (0%)
40 and above
238 products (2%)

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 11,159 Meats and their products 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

How the 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 45 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Pea Protein Isolate
3
Oil Blend
4
Canola Oil
5
Flaxseed Oil
6
Palm Oil
7
Sunflower Oil
8
Dha Algal Oil
9
Methylcellulose
10
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
11
Yeast Extract
12
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
13
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
14
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
15
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
16
Sorbitol
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Potassium Bicarbonate
FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
18
Calcium Carbonate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
19
Natural Flavor
20
Spices
21
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
22
Vegetable Nutrient Extract Blend
23
Spinach
24
Broccoli
25
Carrot
26
Tomato
27
Beet
28
Organic Shiitake Mushroom
29
L-cysteine Hydrochloride
30
Beet Juice Powder
31
Natural Flavor And Color
32
Natural Hickory Smoke Concentrate
33
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
34
Onion Powder
35
Onion Extract
36
Organic Mesquite Powder
37
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
38
Pomegranate Seed Powder
39
Ferric Phosphate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
40
Iron
41
Paprika Extract
42
Spice And Color
43
Garlic Extract
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
44
Cyanocobalamin
45
Vitamin B12

Full Ingredient List

Water, pea protein isolate, oil blend (canola oil, flaxseed oil, palm oil, sunflower oil, dha algal oil), methylcellulose, carrageenan, yeast extract, maltodextrin, caramel color†, potassium chloride, tapioca starch, sorbitol, potassium bicarbonate, calcium carbonate, natural flavor, spices, salt, vegetable nutrient extract blend (spinach, broccoli, carrot, tomato, beet, shiitake mushroom), l-cysteine hydrochloride, beet juice powder (flavor and color), natural hickory smoke concentrate, calcium sulfate, onion powder, onion extract, mesquite powder, sugar‡, pomegranate seed powder, ferric phosphate (iron), paprika extract (spice and color), garlic extract, cyanocobalamin (vitamin b12).

Categories

Meats and their products Frozen foods Meats Frozen meats

High-score cross-brand comparables for Plant protein beast burger patties

Neighbours outside Beyond Meat with screening scores in the same high band as Plant protein beast burger patties (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Beyond Meat; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sorbitol is the first flagged ingredient selected from Plant protein beast burger patties's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 45-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sorbitol. Open Sorbitol
  • Compare Plant protein beast burger patties's 2 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 0852629004231: 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.