Safe

Honey Walnut Shrimp - Cub Meal

by Panda Express

Open Food Facts label for barcode 2000000150628 · Panda Express · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 2000000150628 · Serving size 2 oz

The verdict

Honey Walnut Shrimp - Cub Meal by Panda Express scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 31 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 31-component record, beginning with Shrimp, Modified Food Starch, Soybean 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 31 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.

00150628 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Honey Walnut Shrimp - Cub Meal label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 31 ing. REG-PART 32% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 46% LEAD-RARE Sodium Tripolyphosphate PHOTO-FINISH Cinnabon Delights · ±0 BOOK-OFF …150628 · July 2026

10 of 31 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Tripolyphosphate). Source sheet 00150628 · 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: Cinnabon Delights · Nearest score peer is Cinnabon Delights 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.

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. Honey Walnut Shrimp - Cub Meal: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Honey Walnut Shrimp - Cub…100/1002. Cinnabon Delights: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Cinnabon Delights100/1003. Cheese Quesadilla: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cheese Quesadilla100/1004. Chicken Quesadilla: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Chicken Quesadilla100/1005. Bean Burrito: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Bean Burrito100/100
High-band neighbours for Honey Walnut Shrimp - Cub Meal (100/100) outside Panda Express.
Chart values as text

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

Honey Walnut Shrimp - Cub Meal
100/100
Cinnabon Delights
100/100
Cheese Quesadilla
100/100
Chicken Quesadilla
100/100
Bean Burrito
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. Honey Walnut Shrimp - Cub Meal 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

Honey Walnut Shrimp - Cub Meal lists 31 ingredients on its label

31 54th percentile a longer ingredient list than 54% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Above this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Above this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Above this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Above this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). Above this entry. 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: 31 (54th 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
Shrimp
2
Modified Food Starch
3
Soybean Oil
4
Rice Flour
5
Walnuts
6
Water
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Potato Dextrin
9
Bleached Wheat Flour
10
Evaporated Milk
11
White Corn Flour
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Distilled Vinegar
14
Sodium Tripolyphosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
15
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
16
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
17
Guar Gum
18
Honey
19
Salted Egg Yolks
20
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
21
Yeast
22
Malic Acid
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SYNERGIST
Safe GRAS
23
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
24
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
25
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
26
Natural Flavors
27
Spices
28
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
29
Paprika
30
Annatto Extract
31
Oleoresin Turmeric

Full Ingredient List

Shrimp, Modified Food Starch, Soybean Oil, Rice Flour, Walnuts, Water, Sugar, Potato Dextrin, Bleached Wheat Flour, Evaporated Milk, White Corn Flour, Salt, Distilled Vinegar, Sodium Tripolyphosphate, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate, Guar Gum, Honey, Salted Egg Yolks, Wheat Gluten, Yeast, Malic Acid, Xanthan Gum, Potassium Sorbate, Sodium Benzoate, Natural Flavors, Spices, Dried Garlic, Paprika, Annatto Extract, Oleoresin Turmeric

Categories

Meals Meals with shellfish Meals with shrimps

High-score cross-brand comparables for Honey Walnut Shrimp - Cub Meal

Neighbours outside Panda Express with screening scores in the same high band as Honey Walnut Shrimp - Cub Meal (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Panda Express; these peers cross brands.

Same high-band screening score

Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (100/100 here, no caution flags on the parsed list).

Trace this label’s coverage

Trace this label’s coverage

10 of 31 parsed ingredients on Honey Walnut Shrimp - Cub Meal match at least one source registry. Use the ingredient records to see which entries carry source context and which remain unmatched.

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This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 2000000150628: 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.