Safe

Chicken Tenders

by Caulipower

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0854934007488 · Caulipower · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0854934007488 · Serving size 2 tenders (84 g)

The verdict

Chicken Tenders by Caulipower scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 25 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The 25-component label is layered, beginning with Chicken Breast, Water, Rice Flour. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 25 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

68/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

34007488 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken Tenders label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-LAYERED 25 ing. REG-SPARSE 28% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 9% LEAD-RARE Calcium Lactate PHOTO-FINISH Truly Local Farmstead · ±0 BOOK-OFF …007488 · July 2026

7 of 25 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Calcium Lactate). Source sheet 34007488 · 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: Truly Local Farmstead Cheese Curds · Nearest score peer is Truly Local Farmstead Cheese Curds 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 settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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 Tenders: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken Tenders100/1002. Truly Local Farmstead Cheese Curds: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Truly Local Farmstead Che…100/1003. Cheese Balls: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cheese Balls100/1004. Cheese Balls Real Cheddar: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cheese Balls Real Cheddar100/1005. Heirloom Corn Dippers, Sea Salt: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Heirloom Corn Dippers, Se…100/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken Tenders (100/100) outside Caulipower.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken Tenders
100/100
Truly Local Farmstead Cheese Curds
100/100
Cheese Balls
100/100
Cheese Balls Real Cheddar
100/100
Heirloom Corn Dippers, Sea Salt
100/100

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. Chicken Tenders scores 7.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 92.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick 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

Chicken Tenders lists 25 ingredients on its label

25 91st percentile a longer ingredient list than 91% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 26–28: 140 products (1%). Above this entry. 28–30: 145 products (1%). Above this entry. 30–32: 92 products (1%). Above this entry. 32–34: 83 products (1%). Above this entry. 34–36: 66 products (1%). Above this entry. 36–38: 74 products (1%). Above this entry. 38–40: 50 products (0%). Above this entry. 40–42: 238 products (2%). Above this entry. 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: 25 (91st 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.

Full Ingredient List

chicken breast, water, rice flour, dried cauliflower, brown rice flour, contains 2% or less of the following: tapioca starch, salt, seasoning (chicken broth, natural flavor), organic corn starch, rice starch, organic yellow corn flour, sea salt, garlic powder, leavening (cream of tartar, sodium bicarbonate), onion powder, spices, paprika, lactic acid powder, calcium lactate, torula yeast, extractives of paprika,

Categories

Meats and their products Frozen foods Meat preparations Meats Chicken and its products Poultries Chicken preparations Breaded products Chickens Cooked poultries Cooked chicken Poultry nuggets Breaded chicken Chicken nuggets

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken Tenders

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

Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)

Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (25 on 0854934007488).

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Chicken Tenders has a longer ingredient list than 91% of its Meats and their products 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 0854934007488: 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.