Safe

Plant-Based Buffalo Chik'N Pizza, Buffalo Chik'N

by Alpha

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0855099007498 · Alpha · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0855099007498 · Serving size 1 Pizza (170 g) (170 GRM)

The verdict

Plant-Based Buffalo Chik'N Pizza, Buffalo Chik'N by Alpha scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 55 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 55-component record, beginning with Wheat Flour, Water, Vegetable Oil. 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 55 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

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.

99007498 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Plant-Based Buffalo Chik'N Pizza, Buffalo Chik'N label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 55 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 11% LEAD-RARE Isolated soy protein PHOTO-FINISH Plant-Based Original Chik'N · ±0 BOOK-OFF …007498 · July 2026

11 of 55 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Isolated soy protein). Source sheet 99007498 · 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: Plant-Based Original Chik'N Nuggets · Nearest score peer is Plant-Based Original Chik'N Nuggets 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.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

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 Buffalo Chik'N Pizza, Buffalo Chik'N: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Plant-Based Buffalo Chik'…100/1002. Plant-Based Original Chik'N Nuggets: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Plant-Based Original Chik…100/1003. Plant-Based Burrito Chik'N Fajita: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Plant-Based Burrito Chik'…100/1004. Plant-Based Burrito Philly: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Plant-Based Burrito Philly100/1005. Plant-Based Burrito Pizza: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Plant-Based Burrito Pizza100/100
High-band neighbours for Plant-Based Buffalo Chik'N Pizza, Buffalo Chik'N (100/100) outside Alpha.
Chart values as text

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

Plant-Based Buffalo Chik'N Pizza, Buffalo Chik'N
100/100
Plant-Based Original Chik'N Nuggets
100/100
Plant-Based Burrito Chik'N Fajita
100/100
Plant-Based Burrito Philly
100/100
Plant-Based Burrito Pizza
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Plant-Based Buffalo Chik'N Pizza, Buffalo Chik'N scores 6.4 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Plant-Based Buffalo Chik'N Pizza, Buffalo Chik'N lists 55 ingredients on its label

55 89th percentile a longer ingredient list than 89% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 55 (89th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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
Wheat Flour
2
Water
3
Vegetable Oil
4
Canola Oil
5
Olive Oil
6
Flaxseed
7
Yeast
8
Cane Sugar
9
Quinoa Flour
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Sunflower Oil
12
Pepper Sauce
13
Aged Red Cayenne Peppers
14
Distilled Vinegar
15
Granulated Garlic
16
Brown Rice Syrup
17
Apple Cider Vinegar
18
Corn Starch
19
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
20
Color
21
Guar Gum
22
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
23
Onion
24
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
25
Spices
26
Filtered Water
27
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
28
Food Starch-modified
29
Potato & Corn
30
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
31
Mozzarella Flavor
32
Vegan Sources
33
Olive Extract
34
Beta Carotene
35
Vitamin B12
36
Soy Protein Concentrate
37
Structured Vegetable Protein Product
38
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
39
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
40
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
41
Seasoning
42
Tapioca Maltodextrin
43
Yeast Extract
44
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
45
Gum Arabic
46
Natural Flavors
47
Grill Flavor
48
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
49
Soybean Oil
50
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
51
Soybeans
52
Alcohol
53
Wheat
54
Methylcellulose
55
Cellulose Fiber

Full Ingredient List

Crust: (Wheat Flour, Water, Vegetable Oil [Canola Oil, Olive Oil], Flaxseed, Yeast, Cane Sugar, Quinoa Flour, Salt), Sauce: (Sunflower Oil, Pepper Sauce [Aged Red Cayenne Peppers, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Granulated Garlic], Water, Brown Rice Syrup, Apple Cider Vinegar, Corn Starch, Annatto [Color], Guar Gum, Xanthan Gum, Salt, Dehydrated Onion, Dehydrated Garlic, Spices), Vegan Mozzarella: (Filtered Water, Coconut Oil, Food Starch-Modified [Potato & Corn], Corn Starch, Sea Salt, Mozzarella Flavor [Vegan Sources], Olive Extract, Beta Carotene [Color], Vitamin B12), Chik'N: (Filtered Water, Soy Protein Concentrate, Structured Vegetable Protein Product [Isolated Soy Protein, Wheat Gluten, Wheat Starch], Seasoning [Tapioca Maltodextrin, Yeast Extract, Maltodextrin, Gum Arabic, Natural Flavors, Salt, Grill Flavor {Sunflower Oil}, Citric Acid], Soybean Oil, Soy Sauce [Water, Soybeans, Salt, Alcohol, Wheat], Methylcellulose, Wheat Gluten, Cellulose Fiber)

Categories

Meals Pizzas pies and quiches Pizzas

High-score cross-brand comparables for Plant-Based Buffalo Chik'N Pizza, Buffalo Chik'N

Neighbours outside Alpha with screening scores in the same high band as Plant-Based Buffalo Chik'N Pizza, Buffalo Chik'N (100/100 here). The 4 same-brand links above stay within Alpha; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Plant-Based Buffalo Chik'N Pizza, Buffalo Chik'N has a longer ingredient list than 89% of its Meals 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 0855099007498: 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.