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Parmesan Herb Encrusted Chicken Breast Tenders Fritters, Parmesan Herb

Open Food Facts label for barcode 4099100006421 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 4099100006421 · Serving size 4 ONZ (112 g)

The verdict

Parmesan Herb Encrusted Chicken Breast Tenders Fritters, Parmesan Herb scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 66 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 66-component record, beginning with Water, Granulated Garlic, 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 66 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

00006421 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Parmesan Herb Encrusted Chicken Breast Tenders Fritters, Parmesan Herb label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 66 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 7% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …006421 · July 2026

16 of 66 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00006421 · 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

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.

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. Parmesan Herb Encrusted Chicken Breast Tenders Fritters, Parmesan Herb scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Parmesan Herb Encrusted Chicken Breast Tenders Fritters, Parmesan Herb lists 66 ingredients on its label

66 93rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 93% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 66 (93rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 66 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Granulated Garlic
3
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
4
Bleached Wheat Flour
5
Modified Food Starch
6
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
7
Wheat Flour
8
Malted Barley Flour
9
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Reduced Iron
11
Thiamin Mononitrate
12
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
14
Parmesan Cheese
15
Pasteurized Organic Part Skim Milk
16
Cheese Culture
17
Enzymes
18
Parmesan
19
Romano And Cheddar Cheeses
20
Pasteurized Part Skim Cow's Milk
21
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
22
Onion
23
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
24
Yellow Corn Flour
25
Garlic Powder
26
Onion Powder
27
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
28
Leavening
29
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
30
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
31
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
32
Natural And Artificial Flavors
33
Sodium Phosphates
34
Soybean Oil
35
Yeast
36
Dehydrated Parsley
37
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
38
Preservative
39
Yeast Extract
40
Soy Lecithin
41
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
42
Seasoning
43
Natural Butter Flavor
44
Cheddar And Blue Cheese
45
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
46
Spices
47
Enzyme Modified Parmesan Cheese
48
Milk
49
Starter Culture
50
Nonfat Milk
51
Natural Flavor
52
Decolorized Soy Sauce
53
Wheat
54
Soybeans
55
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
56
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
57
Butter
58
Cream
59
Defatted Wheat Germ
60
Refinery Syrup Powder
61
Brown Sugar
62
Molasses Powder
63
Corn Syrup Solids
64
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
65
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
66
Breading Set In Vegetable Oil

Full Ingredient List

Chicken Breast Tenders *Containing Up To A 15% Solution Of: Water, Granulated Garlic, Salt, Sodium Phosphates. Battered And Breaded With: Bleached Wheat Flour, Water, Modified Food Starch, Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamin Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Parmesan Cheese (Pasteurized Part Skim Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Salt, Parmesan, Romano And Dehydrated Cheddar Cheeses (Pasteurized Part Skim Cow'S Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Sugar, Dehydrated Onion, Dehydrated Garlic, Yellow Corn Flour, Garlic Powder, Onion Powder, Maltodextrin, Leavening (Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate, Sodium Bicarbonate), Whey, Natural And Artificial Flavors, Sodium Phosphates, Soybean Oil, Yeast, Dehydrated Parsley, Calcium Propionate (Preservative), Yeast Extract, Soy Lecithin, Wheat Gluten, Seasoning (Including Butter Flavor), Cheddar And Blue Cheese (Cultured Pasteurized Milk, Salt, Enzymes), Spices, Enzyme Modified Parmesan Cheese (Milk, Starter Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Nonfat Milk, Flavor (Contains Decolorized Soy Sauce {Water, Wheat, Soybeans, Salt}, Dextrose, Flavor), Lactic Acid, Butter (Cream, Salt), Defatted Wheat Germ, Refinery Syrup Powder, Brown Sugar, Molasses Powder, Corn Syrup Solids, Caramel Color, Citric Acid, Breading Set In Vegetable Oil.

Categories

Frozen foods

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Parmesan Herb Encrusted Chicken Breast Tenders Fritters, Parmesan Herb's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 66-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Parmesan Herb Encrusted Chicken Breast Tenders Fritters, Parmesan Herb's 1 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 4099100006421: 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.