Concern

Authentic italian style deluxe ham, genoa salami, pepperoni & picante provolone cheese, authentic italian style

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0030223105541 · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0030223105541 · Serving size 1 SANDWICH (142 g)

The verdict

Authentic italian style deluxe ham, genoa salami, pepperoni & picante provolone cheese, authentic italian style scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 50 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 50-component record, beginning with White Bread, Enriched Wheat Flour, Malted Barley 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 50 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.

23105541 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Authentic italian style deluxe ham, genoa salami, pepperoni & picante provolone cheese, authentic italian style label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 50 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 45% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …105541 · July 2026

18 of 50 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 23105541 · 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. Authentic italian style deluxe ham, genoa salami, pepperoni & picante provolone cheese, authentic italian style 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

Authentic italian style deluxe ham, genoa salami, pepperoni & picante provolone cheese, authentic italian style lists 50 ingredients on its label

50 55th percentile a longer ingredient list than 55% 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: 50 (55th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
1 products (0%)
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3 products (0%)
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4 products (0%)
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3 products (0%)
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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 50 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
White Bread
 2
Enriched Wheat Flour
 3
Malted Barley Flour
 4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
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
6
Reduced Iron
 7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Enzyme
 10
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
11
Water
 12
Durum Wheat Semolina
 13
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
Yeast
 15
Enzymes
 16
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
17
Preservative
 18
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
19
Ham Water Added
 20
Fresh Ham
 21
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
22
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
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
24
Less Than 2% Of Sodium Phosphate
 25
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
26
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
27
Pepperoni
 28
Pork
 29
Beef
 30
Or Less Of Dextrose
 31
Flavorings
 32
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
 33
Oleoresin Of Paprika
 34
Vitamin C
 35
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
36
Spices
 37
BHA
Avoid GRAS
38
BHT
Caution GRAS
39
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
40
Genoa Salami
 41
Spice
 42
Flavoring
 43
Provolone Cheese
 44
Pasteurized Whole Milk
 45
Cheese Cultures
 46
Salt And Enzymes
 47
Green Leaf Lettuce
 48
Roasted Red Peppers
 49
Red Pepper
 50
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

Full Ingredient List

White bread (enriched wheat flour [malted barley flour, niacin, ascorbic acid, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, enzyme, folic acid], water, durum wheat semolina, sea salt, yeast, enzymes, calcium propionate [preservative], wheat starch, malted barley flour, ascorbic acid), ham water added (fresh ham, water, salt, sugar, dextrose, less than 2% of sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), pepperoni (pork, beef, salt, contains 2% or less of dextrose, flavorings, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, vitamin c [sodium ascorbate], sodium nitrite, spices, bha, bht, citric acid), genoa salami (pork, beef, salt, dextrose, lactic acid starter culture, sugar, spice, flavoring, sodium nitrite, bha, bht, citric acid), provolone cheese (pasteurized whole milk, cheese cultures, salt and enzymes), green leaf lettuce, roasted red peppers (red pepper, water, salt, citric acid, and calcium chloride).

Other products containing Ham Water Added

Ham Water Added is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 35 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

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Categories

Sandwiches

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Authentic italian style deluxe ham, genoa salami, pepperoni & picante provolone cheese, authentic italian style's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 50-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Authentic italian style deluxe ham, genoa salami, pepperoni & picante provolone cheese, authentic italian style'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 0030223105541: 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.