Concern

Artisan sandwich muffuletta

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0030223020271 · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0030223020271 · Serving size 1 SANDWICH (198 g)

The verdict

Artisan sandwich muffuletta scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 85 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 85-component record, beginning with Bun, Enriched Flour, Wheat Flour. 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 85 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

40/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

55/100

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.

23020271 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Artisan sandwich muffuletta label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 85 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …020271 · July 2026

26 of 85 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 23020271 · 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

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

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. Artisan sandwich muffuletta scores 33.9 points below that category average (55/100 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

Artisan sandwich muffuletta lists 85 ingredients on its label

85 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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: 85 (96th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
1 products (0%)
2–4
3 products (0%)
4–6
4 products (0%)
6–8
3 products (0%)
8–10
6 products (0%)
10–12
4 products (0%)
12–14
11 products (1%)
14–16
12 products (1%)
16–18
22 products (2%)
18–20
18 products (1%)
20–22
17 products (1%)
22–24
15 products (1%)
24–26
16 products (1%)
26–28
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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 85 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Bun
2
Enriched Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Ascorbic Acid Added As A Dough Conditioner
5
Enzyme
6
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Reduced Iron
8
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
10
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
11
Water
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Malted Barley Flour
14
Canola
15
Soybean Oil
16
Cultured Wheat Flour
17
Yeast
18
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
19
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
20
Enzymes
21
Ham Solution Added
22
Or Less Of Salt
23
Evaporated Cane Syrup
24
Celery Juice Powder
25
Natural Smoke Flavor
26
Mortadella
27
Pork
28
Pork Fat
29
Beef Hearts
30
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
31
Spices
32
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
33
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
34
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
35
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
36
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
37
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
38
Muffuletta Spread
39
Green Pitted Olives
40
Olives
41
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
42
Citric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Safe GRAS
43
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
44
Red/yellow Pepper Strips
45
Peppers
46
Dried Vinegar
47
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
48
Sodium Metabisulfite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
GRAS
49
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
50
Pitted Black Olives
51
Ferrous Gluconate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Safe GRAS
52
White Garlic
53
Yeast Extract
54
Lemon Juice
55
Capers
56
Corn Starch
57
Italian Dressing
58
Red Wine Vinegar
59
Vegetable Oil
60
Canola Oil
61
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
62
Distilled Vinegar
63
Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil
64
Brown Sugar
65
Dehydrated Garlic And Onion
66
Lemon Juice Concentrate
67
Dried Red Bell Peppers
68
Spice
69
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
70
Calcium Disodium Edta
71
Annatto Coloring
72
Fd&c Red#40
73
Hard Salami
74
Or Less Of Beef
75
Flavorings
76
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
77
Vitamin C
78
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
79
BHA
Avoid GRAS
80
BHT
Caution GRAS
81
Swiss Cheese
82
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
83
Cheese Culture
84
Provolone Cheese
85
Pasteurized Milk

Full Ingredient List

Bun (enriched flour [wheat flour, ascorbic acid added as a dough conditioner, enzyme, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, salt, malted barley flour, canola and/or soybean oil, cultured wheat flour, yeast, sugar, ascorbic acid, enzymes), ham solution added (seasoning solution: water, contains 2% or less of salt, evaporated cane syrup, celery juice powder, natural smoke flavor), mortadella (pork, pork fat, water, beef hearts, contains 2% or less of salt, corn syrup, spices, sugar, dextrose, sodium erythorbate, garlic, sodium lactate, sodium diacetate, sodium nitrite), muffuletta spread (green pitted olives [olives, water, salt, lactic acid, citric acid, ascorbic acid, acetic acid], red/yellow pepper strips [peppers, water, vinegar, salt, calcium chloride, sodium metabisulfite, sodium benzoate], pitted black olives [olives, water, salt, lactic acid, citric acid, ascorbic acid, ferrous gluconate], white garlic [garlic, water, salt, lactic acid, ascorbic acid {vitamin c}, sodium metabisulfite, yeast extract, natural lemon juice], capers [capers, water, salt, vinegar], corn starch, italian dressing [red wine vinegar, vegetable oil {soybean and/or canola oil}, water, high fructose corn syrup, distilled vinegar, extra virgin olive oil, brown sugar, sugar, salt, dehydrated garlic and onion, lemon juice concentrate, dehydrated red bell peppers, spice, potassium sorbate, calcium disodium edta {to preserve freshness}, annatto coloring, fd&c red#40], extra virgin olive oil, spices), hard salami (pork, salt, dextrose, contains 2% or less of beef, flavorings, lactic acid starter culture, natural smoke flavor, sodium nitrite, spice, vitamin c [sodium ascorbate], bha, bht, citric acid), swiss cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), provolone cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes).

Categories

Sandwiches

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Artisan sandwich muffuletta's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 85-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Artisan sandwich muffuletta's 3 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 0030223020271: 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.