Safe

Pulled Chicken

by Jack Daniel's

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0895334001089 · Jack Daniel's · Meats and their products. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0895334001089 · Serving size 1 portion (141.748 g)

The verdict

Pulled Chicken by Jack Daniel's scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 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 37-component record, beginning with Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast With Rib Meat Tumbled With Water And Seasoning, Spices, Salt. 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 37 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

90/100

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.

34001089 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pulled Chicken label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Seasoned & fully · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001089 · July 2026

9 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 34001089 · 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: Seasoned & fully cooked pulled pork · Nearest score peer is Seasoned & fully cooked pulled pork 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. Pulled Chicken: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pulled Chicken90/1002. Seasoned & fully cooked pulled pork: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Seasoned & fully cooked p…90/1003. Carolina Churned Ice Cream, Caroline's Coffee & Caramel: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Carolina Churned Ice Crea…90/1004. Italian Ice: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Italian Ice90/1005. Premium italian ice: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Premium italian ice90/100
High-band neighbours for Pulled Chicken (90/100) outside Jack Daniel's.
Chart values as text

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

Pulled Chicken
90/100
Seasoned & fully cooked pulled pork
90/100
Carolina Churned Ice Cream, Caroline's Coffee & Caramel
90/100
Italian Ice
90/100
Premium italian ice
90/100

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. Pulled Chicken scores 3.6 points below that category average (90/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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

Pulled Chicken lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 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: 37 (97th 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 37 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast With Rib Meat Tumbled With Water And Seasoning
2
Spices
3
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
4
Paprika
5
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
7
Bbq Sauce
8
Dark Brown Sugar
9
Water
10
Onion
11
Apple Cider Vinegar
12
Dehydrated Soy Sauce
13
Wheat
14
Soybeans
15
Tomato Paste
16
Dried Vinegar
17
Molasses
18
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
19
Soy Flour
20
Calcium Stearate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
21
Soy Lecithin
22
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
23
Corn Starch
24
Vegetable Oil
25
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
26
Sesaoning
27
Tennessee Whiskey
28
Lemon Juice
29
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
30
Cayenne Pepper
31
Black Pepper
32
Worcestershire Sauce
33
Garlic Powder
34
Tamarind
35
Natural Flavor
36
Sulfating Agents
37
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Boneless skinless chicken breast with rib meat tumbled with water and seasoning (spices, salt, paprika, sugar, and caramel color), bbq sauce (dark brown sugar, sugar, water, onion, apple cider vinegar, soy sauce (water, wheat, soybeans, salt), tomato paste, vinegar, molasses (molasses, wheat starch, soy flour, calcium stearate, soy lecithin), corn syrup, corn starch, vegetable oil, garlic, salt, sesaoning, tennessee whiskey, lemon juice, caramel color, cayenne pepper, black pepper, worcestershire sauce {maltodextrin, worcestershire sauce (vinegar, molasses, corn syrup, salt, caramel color, garlic powder, sugar, spices, tamarind, natural flavor, and sulfating agents), and silicon dioxide}).

Other products containing Sulfating Agents

Sulfating Agents is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 8 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Meats and their products Meals Meals with meat Poultry meals

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pulled Chicken

Neighbours outside Jack Daniel's with screening scores in the same high band as Pulled Chicken (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Jack Daniel's; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pulled Chicken's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 37-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Pulled Chicken'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 0895334001089: 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.