Tyson Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Buffalo Style Boneless Chicken Bites

Buffalo Style Boneless Chicken Bites: 3.8/5 ingredient safety

Buffalo Style Boneless Chicken Bites by Tyson has 4 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.8 out of 5, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is D, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.

  • Safety score 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

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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. 4 of 4 ingredients tracked for Buffalo Style Boneless Chicken Bites 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 Buffalo Style Boneless Chicken Bites sits nationally

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

3.8 Top 84% higher than 16% 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

3.8
Low Risk
Average ingredient safety: 3.8 out of 5
Based on 4 tracked ingredients
4
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
3
Low Risk / Safe
D
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

Boneless, skinless chicken breast chunks with rib meat, water, wheat flour, aged cayenne red peppers, vinegar, bleached wheat flour, contains 2% or less of the following: butter (cream, salt), chili pepper, dextrose, extractives of annatto, extractives of paprika, extractives of turmeric, garlic, garlic powder, guar gum, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), maltodextrin, modified corn starch, natural flavor, onion powder, salt, sodium phosphates, spice, sugar, wheat gluten, xanthan gum, yeast, yellow corn flour. breading set in vegetable oil.

Compare beyond brand

Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth

Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Buffalo Style Boneless Chicken Bites: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.

Product Details

Brand
Tyson
Barcode
0023700046369
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Buffalo Style Boneless Chicken Bites above or below average on ingredient safety?

Among the 58,710 PlainIngredients products with a scored ingredient list, Buffalo Style Boneless Chicken Bites's 3.8/5 average puts it in the lower 84%, 0.32 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What's behind the 3.8/5 rating on Buffalo Style Boneless Chicken Bites?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Buffalo Style Boneless Chicken Bites's mapped ingredients average out to 3.8/5, which is the Low Risk 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.