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Chicken & Waffle Sandwich

by Mason Dixie

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0860005971688 · Mason Dixie. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0860005971688 · Serving size 1 sandwich (112 g)

The verdict

Chicken & Waffle Sandwich by Mason Dixie scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 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 45-component record, beginning with Maple Waffle, Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour. 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 45 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0860005971688
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.

05971688 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken & Waffle Sandwich label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 5% LEAD-RARE Malt PHOTO-FINISH Cascatelli · ±0 BOOK-OFF …971688 · July 2026

11 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Malt). Source sheet 05971688 · 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: Cascatelli · Nearest score peer is Cascatelli 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. Chicken & Waffle Sandwich: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken & Waffle Sandwich100/1002. Cascatelli: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cascatelli100/1003. Cauliflower Rice: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cauliflower Rice100/1004. Cooking Oil: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cooking Oil100/1005. Zinc 3x Complex: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Zinc 3x Complex100/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken & Waffle Sandwich (100/100) outside Mason Dixie.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken & Waffle Sandwich
100/100
Cascatelli
100/100
Cauliflower Rice
100/100
Cooking Oil
100/100
Zinc 3x Complex
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Chicken & Waffle Sandwich lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 95th percentile a longer ingredient list than 95% 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: 45 (95th 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
Maple Waffle
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamin Mononitrate
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Pearl Sugar
10
Water
11
Butter
12
Cream
13
Molasses
14
Brown Sugar
15
Maple Syrup
16
Eggs
17
Malt
ENZYME
Approved
18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Yeast
20
Enzyme
21
Breaded Chicken
22
Chicken
23
Boneless Chicken Breast Meat With Rib Meat
24
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
25
Seasoning
26
Rice
27
Onion And Garlic Powders
28
Torula yeast
Flavoring
Safe
29
Spices
30
Paprika
31
Yeast Extract
32
Yeast And Citrus Extract
33
Breaded With
34
Bread Crumb
35
Soybean Oil
36
Yellow Corn Flour
37
Rice Starch
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Listed
38
Baking Powder
39
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
40
Baking Soda
41
Monocalcium Phosphate
42
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
43
Dehydrated Onion And Garlic
44
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
45
Extractives Of Paprika And Annatto

Full Ingredient List

Maple Waffle (Enriched Wheat Flour [wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], pearl sugar, water, butter (cream), molasses, brown sugar, maple syrup, eggs, malt, salt, yeast, enzyme), Breaded Chicken (chicken [boneless chicken breast meat with rib meat, water, potato starch, seasoning (rice, salt, onion and garlic powders, torula yeast, spices, paprika, yeast extract), salt, seasoning (yeast and citrus extract)], breaded with [wheat flour, bread crumb (yeast, soybean oil), water, salt, yellow corn flour, spices, rice starch, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, baking soda, monocalcium phosphate), potato starch, sugar, dehydrated onion and garlic, citric acid, extractives of paprika and annatto, yeast extract])

Other products containing Maple Waffle

Maple Waffle is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken & Waffle Sandwich

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

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Chicken & Waffle Sandwich has a longer ingredient list than 95% 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 0860005971688: 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.