Original crispy fried chicken
Original crispy fried chicken by Banquet 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, 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
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 Original crispy fried chicken, 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 Original crispy fried chicken 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
- Sodium Phosphates - Safety score: 2/5
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
assorted chicken pieces (breast with back portions, thighs with back portions & drumsticks). water, bleached wheat flour, wheat flour, less than 2% of: modified corn starch, salt, isolated soy protein. spices (including celery seed), wheat gluten, disodium inosinate and disodium guanylate, sodium phosphates. flavorings, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate), spice extractives, extractives of paprika, soy lecithin. contains: soy, wheat.
Product Details
- Brand
- Banquet
- Barcode
- 0031000116118
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Is Original crispy fried chicken above or below average on ingredient safety?
With an average ingredient safety score of 2/5, Original crispy fried chicken 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's behind the 2/5 rating on Original crispy fried chicken?
Each ingredient gets a 1-5 score (1 highest risk, 5 safest) built from FDA and EU regulatory status; Original crispy fried chicken's 2/5 is the average across every mapped ingredient it lists, landing it in 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.