Caution

Buffalo style chicken, jalapeno pepper jack cheese & bacon club sub, buffalo style

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0030223019015 · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0030223019015 · Serving size 1 SANDWICH (269 g)

The verdict

Buffalo style chicken, jalapeno pepper jack cheese & bacon club sub, buffalo style scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 57 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 57-component record, beginning with Blazing Buffalo Style Chicken Breast, Caramel Color Added, Chicken Breast. 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 57 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

53/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

23019015 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Buffalo style chicken, jalapeno pepper jack cheese & bacon club sub, buffalo style label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 57 ing. REG-PART 37% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 29% LEAD-FLAG Phosphoric Acid PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …019015 · July 2026

21 of 57 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 23019015 · 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. Buffalo style chicken, jalapeno pepper jack cheese & bacon club sub, buffalo style scores 8.9 points below that category average (80/100 vs. 88.9/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Sandwiches products

Buffalo style chicken, jalapeno pepper jack cheese & bacon club sub, buffalo style lists 57 ingredients on its label

57 71st percentile a longer ingredient list than 71% 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

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more products. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Distribution as text

1,215 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 57 (71st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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28 products (2%)
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44 products (4%)
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26 products (2%)
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56 products (5%)
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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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 57 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Blazing Buffalo Style Chicken Breast
2
Caramel Color Added
3
Chicken Breast
4
Water
5
5% Or Less Of Salt
6
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Cayenne Red Pepper
8
Dried Vinegar
9
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
10
Spice
11
Paprika
12
Rice Starch
STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Listed
13
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
14
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
15
White Roll
16
Enriched Wheat Flour
17
Wheat Flour
18
Malted Barley Flour
19
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Reduced Iron
21
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
24
Yeast
25
Malted Barley Extract
26
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
27
Vegetable Oil
28
Canola Oil Or Soybean Oil
29
Fumaric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe Approved
30
Preservatives
31
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
32
Phosphoric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
Cut Back GRAS
33
Sodium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
34
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
35
Dough Conditioners
36
Mono And Diglycerides
37
Ethoxylated Mono And Diglycerides
38
Polysorbate 60
BOILER WATER ADDITIVE, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
39
Ascorbic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
40
Enzymes
41
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
42
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
43
Vegetable Oil
44
Soybean
45
Palm
46
Cottonseed
47
Green Leaf Lettuce
48
Monterey Jack Cheese With Jalapeno Peppers
49
Pasteurized Milk
50
Cheese Cultures
51
Jalapeno Peppers
52
Bacon
53
Cured With Water
54
Smoke Flavoring
55
Sodium Phosphate
56
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
57
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned

Full Ingredient List

Blazing buffalo style chicken breast, caramel color added (chicken breast, water, contains 1.5% or less of salt, sugar, sodium phosphate and dextrose. browned in cottonseed oil. coated with: cayenne red pepper, vinegar, salt, spice, paprika, rice starch, garlic, caramel color), white roll (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, contains 2% or less of each of: yeast, sugar, salt, malted barley extract, wheat gluten, vegetable oil [canola oil or soybean oil], fumaric acid, preservatives [calcium propionate, phosphoric acid, sodium propionate], wheat starch, dough conditioners [mono and diglycerides, ethoxylated mono and diglycerides, polysorbate 60, ascorbic acid, enzymes], lactic acid, sodium diacetate, hydrogenated vegetable oil [soybean, palm and/or cottonseed]), green leaf lettuce, monterey jack cheese with jalapeno peppers (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, jalapeno peppers, salt, enzymes), bacon (cured with water, salt, sugar, natural smoke flavoring, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite).

Categories

Sandwiches

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Buffalo style chicken, jalapeno pepper jack cheese & bacon club sub, buffalo style's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 57-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
  • Compare Buffalo style chicken, jalapeno pepper jack cheese & bacon club sub, buffalo style's 2 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 0030223019015: 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.