Giant Eagle Nutri-Score C NOVA 4

Breakfast sandwich, breaded chicken & buttermilk waffle

Breakfast sandwich, breaded chicken & buttermilk waffle: 5/5 ingredient safety

Breakfast sandwich, breaded chicken & buttermilk waffle by Giant Eagle has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 5 out of 5, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is C.

  • Safety score 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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How This Score Is Built

This 1-5 scale is an editorially-derived index, not an official government rating -- it synthesizes FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research. For Breakfast sandwich, breaded chicken & buttermilk waffle, 1 of its 1 tracked ingredient carries a scored rating so far, current as of 2026-09-07.

Data draws on Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records -- cross-check with the FDA → directly, or read how we score it.

Where Breakfast sandwich, breaded chicken & buttermilk waffle sits nationally

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

5 Top 15% higher than 85% 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

5
Generally Safe
Average ingredient safety: 5 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
0
Concerning
1
Low Risk / Safe
C
Nutri-Score

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 breast patty chicken breast with rib meat, water, sodium phosphate, salt, breaded with wheat flour, salt, spices, spice extractives including paprika and extractives of paprika, sweet dairy whey, soybean oil, dextrose, dehydrated garlic, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), predusted and battered with water, wheat flour, salt, modified food starch, dextrose, spices, xanthan gum, dehydrated garlic, extractives of paprika, extractives of annatto, breading is set in vegetable oil, buttermilk waffle enriched flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, buttermilk, whey, soybean oil, eggs, sugar, yellow corn flour, baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, mono calcium phosphate), soy lecithin, dextrose, salt.

Product Details

Barcode
0003003408911
Nutri-Score
Grade C
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Breakfast sandwich, breaded chicken & buttermilk waffle above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Breakfast sandwich, breaded chicken & buttermilk waffle's 5/5 average puts it in the safer 85%, 0.88 points above the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 5/5 rating on Breakfast sandwich, breaded chicken & buttermilk waffle?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Breakfast sandwich, breaded chicken & buttermilk waffle's mapped ingredients average out to 5/5, which is the Generally Safe 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.