Tyson Nutri-Score D NOVA 4

Honey Barbecue Breast Tenders

Honey Barbecue Breast Tenders: 2/5 ingredient safety

Honey Barbecue Breast Tenders by Tyson has 1 tracked ingredient, with an overall safety score of 2 out of 5, 2.12 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 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
  • NOVA processing classification: group 4

Frozen foods / Meats and their products / Meats / Chicken and its products / Poultries / Chickens

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. 1 of 1 ingredient tracked for Honey Barbecue Breast Tenders has 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 Honey Barbecue Breast Tenders sits nationally

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

2 Top 100% in the bottom 1% 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

2
Caution
Average ingredient safety: 2 out of 5
Based on 1 tracked ingredient
1
Tracked Ingredients
1
Concerning
0
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 chicken breast with rib meat, water, bleached wheat flour, sugar, yellow corn flour, contains 2% or less of the following: honey powder (honey, high fructose corn syrup, wheat starch, corn syrup), leavening (sodium bicarbonate, sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium aluminum phosphate), modified cellulose, modified food starch, rice flour, salt, sodium phosphates, fried in vegetable oil,

Product Details

Brand
Tyson
Barcode
0023700014122
Nutri-Score
Grade D
NOVA Group
4 — Ultra-processed foods
Available In
United States

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Frequently asked questions

Is Honey Barbecue Breast Tenders above or below average on ingredient safety?

With an average ingredient safety score of 2/5, Honey Barbecue Breast Tenders sits behind 100% of the 58,710 PlainIngredients products carrying a scored ingredient list, 2.12 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.

What does a 2/5 ingredient safety score mean?

The 1-5 scale (5 safest) comes from FDA and EU regulatory status per ingredient. Honey Barbecue Breast Tenders's mapped ingredients average out to 2/5, which is the Caution 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.