Safe

Buffalo Chicken Salad

by Fresh Foods Llc

Open Food Facts label for barcode 5051379101633 · Fresh Foods Llc · Salted-snacks. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 5051379101633 · Serving size 12 ONZ (340 g)

The verdict

Buffalo Chicken Salad by Fresh Foods Llc scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 53 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 53-component record, beginning with Romaine Lettuce, Fully Cooked Buffalo Style Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Chicken Breast With Rib Meat. 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 53 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
A
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

78/100

Grade B+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

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.

79101633 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Buffalo Chicken Salad label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 53 ing. REG-SPARSE 19% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-A Nutri-A RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-RARE Potassium Lactate PHOTO-FINISH House Chicken Salad · ±0 BOOK-OFF …101633 · July 2026

10 of 53 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Lactate). Source sheet 79101633 · 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: House Chicken Salad With Ranch Dressing · Nearest score peer is House Chicken Salad With Ranch Dressing 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.

Nutri-Score placed this label in its highest band. The model reaches that grade when the credit side of its ledger — fibre, protein and the fruit, vegetable and legume fraction — outweighs the energy, sugar, saturated-fat and sodium it counts against a product. The scale is computed per hundred grams from the declared nutrition panel, which is why two products with similar ingredients can grade differently on portion-heavy categories. It is a nutritional summary only, calculated independently of the additive registries screened further down this page, and it neither incorporates nor contradicts them.

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. Buffalo Chicken Salad: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Buffalo Chicken Salad100/1002. House Chicken Salad With Ranch Dressing: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. House Chicken Salad With …100/1003. Asian Style Peas With Chili Sauce: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Asian Style Peas With Chi…100/1004. Strawberry + Melon: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Strawberry + Melon100/1005. Fresh & easy, carrot cupcake: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Fresh & easy, carrot cupc…100/100
High-band neighbours for Buffalo Chicken Salad (100/100) outside Fresh Foods Llc.
Chart values as text

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

Buffalo Chicken Salad
100/100
House Chicken Salad With Ranch Dressing
100/100
Asian Style Peas With Chili Sauce
100/100
Strawberry + Melon
100/100
Fresh & easy, carrot cupcake
100/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 6,228 products we've scored in the Salted-snacks category, the average safety score is 94.1/100. Buffalo Chicken Salad scores 5.9 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 94.1/100), 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 Salted-snacks products

Buffalo Chicken Salad lists 53 ingredients on its label

53 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 5,429 products we track

0–2: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 222 products (4%). Below this entry. 4–6: 793 products (15%). Below this entry. 6–8: 689 products (13%). Below this entry. 8–10: 1,036 products (19%). Below this entry. 10–12: 817 products (15%). Below this entry. 12–14: 570 products (10%). Below this entry. 14–16: 243 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 168 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 67 products (1%). Below this entry. 20–22: 47 products (1%). Below this entry. 22–24: 30 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 41 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 32 products (1%). Below this entry. 28–30: 36 products (1%). Below this entry. 30–32: 41 products (1%). Below this entry. 32–34: 47 products (1%). Below this entry. 34–36: 47 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 46 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 47 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 407 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Salted-snacks 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

5,429 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 53 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
3 products (0%)
2–4
222 products (4%)
4–6
793 products (15%)
6–8
689 products (13%)
8–10
1,036 products (19%)
10–12
817 products (15%)
12–14
570 products (10%)
14–16
243 products (4%)
16–18
168 products (3%)
18–20
67 products (1%)
20–22
47 products (1%)
22–24
30 products (1%)
24–26
41 products (1%)
26–28
32 products (1%)
28–30
36 products (1%)
30–32
41 products (1%)
32–34
47 products (1%)
34–36
47 products (1%)
36–38
46 products (1%)
38–40
47 products (1%)
40 and above
407 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. The comparison here runs against the 5,429 Salted-snacks 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
Romaine Lettuce
2
Fully Cooked Buffalo Style Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
3
Chicken Breast With Rib Meat
4
Water
5
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
6
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
7
Distilled Vinegar
8
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
9
Corn Starch
10
Cayenne Pepper
11
Paprika
12
Natural Flavor
13
Sodium Phosphate
14
Garlic Powder
15
Potassium Lactate
FLAVOR ENHANCER
GRAS
16
Hot Sauce
17
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
18
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
Spices
20
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
21
Spice Extractive
22
Bbq Ranch Dressing
23
Lowfat Buttermilk
24
Cultured Lowfat Milk
25
Cream. Salt
26
Vegetable Oil
27
Soybean Oil
28
Canola Oil
29
Egg Yolk
30
Natural Flavors
31
Apple Juice Concentrate
32
Pineapple Juice Concentrate
33
Corn Starch
34
Tomato Paste
35
Spice Blend
36
Chili Pepper
37
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
38
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
39
Onion
40
Salt Spices
41
Turmeric
42
Sunflower Oil Extractives Of Paprika
43
Mustard
44
Natural Hickory Smoke Flavor
45
Onion Powder
46
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
47
Corn
48
Bell Peppers
49
Monterey Jack Cheese
50
Pasteurized Milk
51
Cheese Culture
52
Enzymes
53
Organic Onions

Full Ingredient List

Romaine lettuce, fully cooked buffalo style chicken breast with rib meat [chicken breast with rib meat, water, contains less than 2% of: maltodextrin, salt, distilled vinegar, potato starch, modified corn starch, cayenne pepper, paprika, natural flavor, sodium phosphate, garlic powder, potassium lactate, hot sauce (cayenne pepper, distilled vinegar, salt, garlic powder), garlic, sugar, spices, citric acid, spice extractive], bbq ranch dressing [lowfat buttermilk (cultured lowfat milk, cream. salt), water, vegetable oil (soybean oil, canola oil), sugar, distilled vinegar, egg yolk, natural flavors, salt, apple juice concentrate, pineapple juice concentrate, corn starch, tomato paste, spice blend (paprika, chili pepper, dextrose, xanthan gum, garlic, onion, salt spices, turmeric, sunflower oil extractives of paprika), spices (mustard), hickory smoke flavor, xanthan gum, onion powder, garlic powder, lactic acid], corn, bell peppers, monterey jack cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), onions.

Categories

Salted-snacks

High-score cross-brand comparables for Buffalo Chicken Salad

Neighbours outside Fresh Foods Llc with screening scores in the same high band as Buffalo Chicken Salad (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Fresh Foods Llc; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Buffalo Chicken Salad has a longer ingredient list than 96% of its Salted-snacks 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 5051379101633: 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.