Product Insight: Butter Chik’n
Butter Chik’n by Sweet Earth is tracked in PlainIngredients with 1 identified ingredient and carries an overall safety rating of 4 out of 5 — a Low-Risk-to-Safe tier backed by FDA and EU regulatory status. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and Its Nutri-Score grade is B, the European front-of-pack nutritional label summarizing calories, saturated fat, sodium, sugar, protein, fiber, and produce content. Within the identified ingredient list, no ingredient on this product currently carries a Caution or High-Risk flag in our database, while 1 ingredient sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.
Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.
Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
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
COOKED BROWN RICE (WATER, BROWN RICE), PLANT BASED CHIK'N (WATER, SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE1, CANOLA OIL2, VINEGAR, NUTRITIONAL YEAST (NUTRITIONAL YEAST, VITAMIN B12), SEASONING (SALT, NATURAL FLAVORS, YEAST EXTRACT, CITRIC ACID, ROASTED ONION POWDER, ONION POWDER, CANE SUGAR), SALT, SOY LECITHIN¹, SOYBEAN OIL1), ONIONS, TOMATO PUREE (WATER, TOMATO PASTE, CITRIC ACID), WATER, CARROTS, PEAS, COCONUT MILK (COCONUT, WATER, XANTHAN GUM, GUAR GUM), CHICKPEAS (WATER, CHICKPEAS, SALT), 2% OR LESS OF GARLIC, GINGER PUREE (GINGER, WATER, CITRIC ACID), CANOLA OIL², VEGETABLE BROTH (WATER, VEGETABLES [CARROT, CELERY, ONION, TOMATO], SALT, YEAST EXTRACT, CANE SUGAR, SOY SAUCE1 [WATER, SOYBEANS1, SALT, ALCOHOL], MALTODEXTRIN1, YEAST EXTRACT, FOOD STARCH1, VEGETABLE JUICE CONCENTRATE [CARROT, CELERY], ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, SPICES, NATURAL FLAVOR), SPICES, CANE SUGAR, CORNSTARCH1, PAPRIKA, YEAST EXTRACT, SALT, CUMIN, TURMERIC, NATURAL FLAVORS. CONTAINS: WHEAT, SOY, COCONUT.
Data Sources
- Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
- FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
- EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
Product Details
- Brand
- Sweet Earth
- Barcode
- 0016741387683
- Nutri-Score
- Grade B
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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