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BANQUET Ham and Cheese Breadstick

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0031000102104. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0031000102104 · Serving size 1 Meal (134 g) (134 g)

The verdict

BANQUET Ham and Cheese Breadstick scores 20/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 132 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 132-component record, beginning with Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour, Bleached 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.

20/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 132 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0031000102104
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

17/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

20/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

00102104 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

BANQUET Ham and Cheese Breadstick label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 20/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 132 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 0% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrate PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …102104 · July 2026

40 of 132 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrate). Source sheet 00102104 · 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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.

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

BANQUET Ham and Cheese Breadstick lists 132 ingredients on its label

132 100th percentile a longer ingredient list than every other product we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 132 (100th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

How the 20/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 132 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour
 2
Bleached Wheat Flour
 3
Malted Barley Flour
 4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
 6
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
9
Water
 10
Cooked Ham
 11
Ham
 12
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
13
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
14
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
15
Corn Syrup Solids
 16
Sodium Phosphates
 17
Smoke Flavoring
 18
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
19
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
20
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
21
Soybean Oil Blend
 22
Soybean Oil
 23
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
 24
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
25
Casein
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
26
Cheddar Flavored Bread Crumbs
 27
Cheddar Cheese
 28
Milk
 29
Cheese Cultures
 30
Enzymes
 31
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
32
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
33
Buttermilk Solids
 34
Yellow Corn Flour
 35
Yeast
 36
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
37
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)
38
Yellow 6
Avoid Approved (certified color)
39
Extractives Of Paprika
 40
Milk Protein Concentrate
 41
Cheddar Cheese Blend
 42
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
43
Buttermilk
 44
Canola Oil
 45
Sodium Phosphate
 46
Modified Food Starch
 47
Coconut Oil
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Listed
48
Phosphate
 49
Calcium
 50
Sodium
 51
Potassium
 52
Natural Flavor
 53
Color
 54
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
55
Turmeric
 56
Sodium Caseinate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
57
Yeast Extract
 58
Whey Protein Concentrate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
59
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
60
Mono & Diglycerides
 61
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
62
Nonfat Dry Milk
 63
Calcium Lactate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
64
Soy Lecithin
 65
Onion
 66
Corn Starch
 67
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
68
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
 69
Natural Cheddar Cheese Flavor
 70
Cheddar
 71
Blue And Semi-soft Cheese
 72
Pasteurized Milk
 73
Baking Powder
 74
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
75
Sodium Aluminum Sulfate
 76
Cornstarch
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
77
Monocalcium Phosphate
 78
Calcium Sulfate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
79
Dough Conditioner
 80
Wheat Flour
 81
Soy Oil
 82
L. Cysteine
 83
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
84
Enzyme
 85
Starch
Thickener
Safe
86
Sorbitan Monostearate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
Safe Approved
87
Disodium Phosphate
 88
Mozzarella Cheese Type Flavor
 89
Cheese
 90
Culture
 91
Rennet
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
92
Milk Solids
 93
Emulsifier
 94
Methylcellulose
 95
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
96
Preservative
 97
Soy Flour
 98
Paprika Annatto Blend
 99
Natural Extractives Of Annatto Seeds And Paprika With Mono-
 100
Di-
 101
Triglycerides
 102
Soybean
 103
With Other Natural Flavors
 104
Tocopherol And Potassium Hydroxide
 105
Vitamin Blend
 106
Magnesium Oxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
107
Zinc Oxide
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
108
Calcium Pantothenate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
109
Riboflavin And Vitamin B-12
 110
Cheddar Club Cheese
 111
Pasteurized Cultured Milk
 112
Annatto Coloring
 113
Bacon Bits
 114
Bacon
 115
Sodium Nitrate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
116
Brown Sugar
 117
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
118
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
119
Butter
 120
Cream
 121
Mono - And Diglycerides
 122
Cheese Powder
 123
Granular And Blue Cheese
 124
Cultures
 125
Carob Bean Gum
 126
Sunflower Oil
 127
Corn Oil
 128
Beta Carotene
 129
D-alpha-tocopherol
 130
X000d
 131
Soy
 132
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

Ham and Cheese Sticks: Bleached Enriched Wheat Flour (Bleached Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Water, Cooked Ham (Ham, Water, Sodium Lactate, Salt, Dextrose, Corn Syrup Solids, Sodium Phosphates, Smoke Flavoring, Sodium Diacetate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite), Soybean Oil Blend (Soybean Oil, Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Citric Acid), Casein, Cheddar Flavored Bread Crumbs (Bleached Wheat Flour, Cheddar Cheese [Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Salt, Whey, Sugar, Buttermilk Solids, Yellow Corn Flour, Yeast, Soybean Oil, Lactic Acid, Yellow 5, Yellow 6, Extractives Of Paprika), Soybean Oil, Milk Protein Concentrate, Cheddar Cheese Blend (Whey, Cheddar Cheese [{Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes}, Maltodextrin, Buttermilk, Salt, Canola Oil, Sodium Phosphate, Lactic Acid], Modified Food Starch, Corn Syrup Solids, Whey, Coconut Oil, Salt, Phosphate [Calcium, Sodium, Potassium], Natural Flavor, Color [Annatto, Turmeric], Maltodextrin, Sodium Caseinate, Yeast Extract, Whey Protein Concentrate, Sugar, Citric Acid, Xanthan Gum, Mono & Diglycerides, Disodium Inosinate, Buttermilk, Nonfat Dry Milk, Lactic Acid, Calcium Lactate, Soy Lecithin, Onion), Dextrose, Modified Corn Starch, Modified Potato Starch, Sodium Aluminum Phosphate, Salt, Cheddar Cheese Flavor (Cheddar, Blue And Semi-Soft Cheese [Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes], Water, Whey, Salt, Citric Acid), Baking Powder (Sodium Bicarbonate, Sodium Aluminum Sulfate, Cornstarch, Monocalcium Phosphate, Calcium Sulfate), Dough Conditioner (Wheat Flour, Salt, Soy Oil, L. Cysteine, Ascorbic Acid, Enzyme), Yeast (Yeast, Starch, Sorbitan Monostearate, May Contain Ascorbic Acid), Disodium Phosphate, Mozzarella Cheese Type Flavor (Cheese [Milk, Culture, Rennet, Salt], Milk Solids, Emulsifier [Disodium Phosphate]), Lactic Acid, Methylcellulose, Sorbic Acid (Preservative), Soy Flour, Paprika Annatto Blend (Natural Extractives Of Annatto Seeds And Paprika With Mono-, Di-, And Triglycerides, Soybean and/or Canola Oil, Other Natural Flavors, Tocopherol And Potassium Hydroxide), Vitamin Blend (Magnesium Oxide, Zinc Oxide, Calcium Pantothenate, Riboflavin and Vitamin B-12), Vitamin A Palmitate. Cheesy Bacon Dipping Sauce: Water, Cheddar Club Cheese (Pasteurized Cultured Milk, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto Coloring), Whey, Bacon Bits (Bacon, Water, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Nitrate, Smoke Flavoring, May Contain: Sugar, Sodium Erythorbate, Brown Sugar, Sodium Ascorbate, Potassium Chloride, Dextrose), Modified Corn Starch, Whey Protein Concentrate, Salt, Butter (Cream, Annatto), Wheat Flour, Disodium Phosphate, Mono - and Diglycerides, Cheese Powder (Granular and Blue Cheese [Milk, Cultures, Salt, Enzymes]), Carob Bean Gum, Sunflower Oil, Maltodextrin, Soybean Oil, Citric Acid, Sodium Phosphate, Lactic Acid, Color (Corn Oil, Beta Carotene, D-alpha-Tocopherol)._x000D_CONTAINS: MILK, SOY, WHEAT.

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Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrate is the first flagged ingredient selected from BANQUET Ham and Cheese Breadstick's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 132-ingredient record.

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Barcode 0031000102104: 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.