Caution

Lunds & byerlys, ham & brie pretzel sandwich

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0018169667903 · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0018169667903 · Serving size 1 SANDWICH (255 g)

The verdict

Lunds & byerlys, ham & brie pretzel sandwich scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 46 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 46-component record, beginning with Pretzel Roll, Wheat Flour, Water. That density can include amounts and label fragments, so verify the physical label before relying on ingredient order or completeness. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 46 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
D
Nutri-Score nutrition grade

Computed directly from OpenFoodFacts ingredient data cross-referenced with FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings. See our methodology for the scoring formula.

Composite profile score

One verdict from three independent sources

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

D

Nutri-Score front-of-pack nutrition grade

Weighted 50% ingredient safety / 25% processing level / 25% nutrition grade. A dimension with no data for this product (common: source coverage is partial) is dropped and its weight redistributes across the remaining dimensions, so missing data never silently lowers the score. See the full benchmark table.

69667903 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Lunds & byerlys, ham & brie pretzel sandwich label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 46 ing. REG-SPARSE 13% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 54% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …667903 · July 2026

6 of 46 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 69667903 · Open Food Facts · July 2026. The screening score and flag counts are in the verdict band above. This desk is the provenance stamp, not a second scorecard. Methodology

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published on the methodology page.

This label falls in the fourth Nutri-Score band. The model arrives there when its penalty terms — energy density, sugars, saturated fat, sodium — carry more weight in the calculation than the fibre, protein and produce content it credits. The band covers a wide span of the points scale, so position within it is not visible from the letter alone. The grade reflects the declared nutrition panel and is unrelated to the additive ratings listed below, which come from different bodies applying different criteria.

The declared list is among the longer ones in this catalogue. A component set this wide means the screen returns many individual ratings, and the composite accumulates a large number of small contributions instead of turning on a handful of entries. At this length the per-component table below is substantially more informative than the single figure, because the figure compresses a great deal of variation into one number.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 1,373 products we've scored in the Sandwiches category, the average safety score is 88.9/100. Lunds & byerlys, ham & brie pretzel sandwich scores 3.9 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 88.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Sandwiches products

Lunds & byerlys, ham & brie pretzel sandwich lists 46 ingredients on its label

46 46th percentile a longer ingredient list than 46% of the 1,215 products we track

0–2: 1 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 4–6: 4 products (0%). Below this entry. 6–8: 3 products (0%). Below this entry. 8–10: 6 products (0%). Below this entry. 10–12: 4 products (0%). Below this entry. 12–14: 11 products (1%). Below this entry. 14–16: 12 products (1%). Below this entry. 16–18: 22 products (2%). Below this entry. 18–20: 18 products (1%). Below this entry. 20–22: 17 products (1%). Below this entry. 22–24: 15 products (1%). Below this entry. 24–26: 16 products (1%). Below this entry. 26–28: 21 products (2%). Below this entry. 28–30: 32 products (3%). Below this entry. 30–32: 28 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 44 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 26 products (2%). Below this entry. 36–38: 56 products (5%). Below this entry. 38–40: 44 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 832 products (68%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Sandwiches product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

1,215 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 46 (46th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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11 products (1%)
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12 products (1%)
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22 products (2%)
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15 products (1%)
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16 products (1%)
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21 products (2%)
28–30
32 products (3%)
30–32
28 products (2%)
32–34
44 products (4%)
34–36
26 products (2%)
36–38
56 products (5%)
38–40
44 products (4%)
40 and above
832 products (68%)

Source Open Food Facts, product label ingredient lists · July 2026

Ingredient-list length is a descriptive property of the label, not a safety rating. A longer list is not automatically worse and a shorter one is not automatically better; the count is shown so the label can be placed against a comparable population. The comparison here runs against the 1,215 Sandwiches products we publish with a parsed label, not against the whole catalogue, because list length varies far more between categories than within one.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 46 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Pretzel Roll
 2
Wheat Flour
 3
Water
 4
Canola Oil
 5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Yeast
 7
Dextrose
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Cut Back GRAS
8
Malted Barley Flour
 9
Barley
 10
Wheat
 11
Mono - & Diglycerides
 12
Sodium Hydroxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FUMIGANT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
13
Smoked Ham
 14
Cured With Water
 15
Maple Syrup
 16
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
17
Crystalline Honey
 18
Spices
 19
Sodium Phosphate
 20
Sodium Erythorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe GRAS
21
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
22
Brie Spread
 23
Brie Cheese
 24
Pasteurized Cows Milk. Cheese Cultures
 25
Enzymes
 26
Dried Cream Cheese
 27
Pasteurized Milk & Cream
 28
Cheese Cultures
 29
Carob Bean Gum
 30
Organic Baby Spinach
 31
Cherry Mustard
 32
Honey Coat Mustard
 33
Dried Vinegar
 34
Mustard
 35
Honey
 36
Invert Syrup Soybean Oil. Salt
 37
Molasses Spices
 38
Turmeric Paprika
 39
Mayonnaise
 40
Soybean Oil
 41
Whole Eggs
 42
Vinegar Egg Yolks
 43
Sugar Lemon Juice
 44
Calcium Disodium Edta Natural Flavors
 45
Cherries
 46
Cherries Sugar

Full Ingredient List

Pretzel roll (wheat flour, water, canola oil, salt, yeast, dextrose, malted barley flour [barley and/or wheat], mono - & diglycerides, sodium hydroxide), smoked ham (cured with water, salt, maple syrup, dextrose, sugar, crystalline honey, spices, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), brie spread (brie cheese [pasteurized cows milk. cheese cultures, salt, enzymes], cream cheese [pasteurized milk & cream, cheese cultures, salt, carob bean gum]), baby spinach, cherry mustard (honey coat mustard [sugar, vinegar, mustard, water, less than 2% of: honey, invert syrup soybean oil. salt, molasses spices, turmeric paprika), mayonnaise [soybean oil, whole eggs, vinegar egg yolks, water, salt, dextrose, sugar lemon juice, calcium disodium edta natural flavors], dried cherries (cherries sugar]).

Categories

Sandwiches

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Lunds & byerlys, ham & brie pretzel sandwich's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 46-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Lunds & byerlys, ham & brie pretzel sandwich's 1 flagged ingredients with a product from the same score neighbourhood. Compare labels
  • Check how caution flags contribute to the derived screening score before drawing a dietary conclusion. Read the method

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0018169667903: product data from Open Food Facts (July 2026). Screening from FDA SAFFA and CSPI Chemical Cuisine where attached. Figures are computed from those sources, not editor-typed. Methodology. Reference only, not dietary or medical advice.