Tyson NOVA 4

BBQ Flavored Wings

BBQ Flavored Wings: 3.5/5 ingredient safety

BBQ Flavored Wings by Tyson has 2 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.5 out of 5, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

How This Score Is Built

PlainIngredients safety scores are a transparent, editorially-derived index synthesizing FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research into a single 1-5 scale, not an official government rating. 2 of 2 ingredients tracked for BBQ Flavored Wings have a scored rating so far. Data current as of 2026-09-07.

Sourced from Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records. Verify with the FDA → See our full scoring methodology.

Where BBQ Flavored Wings sits nationally

Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients

3.5 Top 91% higher than 9% of 58,710 scored products

Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value

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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07

3.5
Mixed Evidence
Average ingredient safety: 3.5 out of 5
Based on 2 tracked ingredients
2
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
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Nutri-Score
1 ingredient flagged for safety concerns

Ingredient Safety Breakdown

Processing Level

4
NOVA Group 4
Ultra-processed foods

Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.

Full Ingredients List

chicken wing sections, water, sugar, tomato paste, contains 2% or less of the following: caramel color, corn syrup solids, distilled vinegar, garlic powder, honey, lemon juice, lemon oil, modified food starch, molasses, onion powder, salt, smoke flavor, sodium phosphates, spices, wheat flour, xanthan gum. blanched in vegetable oil.

Product Details

Brand
Tyson
Barcode
0023700046871
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

How does BBQ Flavored Wings's safety score compare to other products?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, BBQ Flavored Wings's 3.5/5 average puts it in the lower 91%, 0.62 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3.5/5 rating on BBQ Flavored Wings?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. BBQ Flavored Wings's mapped ingredients average out to 3.5/5, which is the Mixed Evidence tier.

Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.