Caution

Pork Rib Sandwich

by Food Lion

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0035826088451 · Food Lion. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0035826088451 · Serving size 161.59215g

The verdict

Pork Rib Sandwich by Food Lion scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 54 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 54-component record, beginning with Fully Cooked Boneless Rib-shaped Pork Patty With Barbecue Sauce, Smoke Flavor Added, Pork. 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.

70/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 54 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

70/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

26088451 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pork Rib Sandwich label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 54 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Yellow 5 PHOTO-FINISH Diet Mountain Lion · ±0 BOOK-OFF …088451 · July 2026

16 of 54 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Yellow 5). Source sheet 26088451 · 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 · Read with nearest score peer: Diet Mountain Lion Soda · Nearest score peer is Diet Mountain Lion Soda at the same screening score.

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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Pork Rib Sandwich: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pork Rib Sandwich70/1002. Diet Mountain Lion Soda: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Diet Mountain Lion Soda70/1003. Johnny Moo, Milk Flavoring Drops, Strawberry: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Johnny Moo, Milk Flavorin…70/1004. Thin Crust Pepperoni Pizza: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Thin Crust Pepperoni Pizza70/1005. Italian Baguette: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Italian Baguette70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Pork Rib Sandwich (70/100 on 54 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

Unit: PlainFoodSafe screening score out of 100. Data current as of July 2026.

Pork Rib Sandwich
70/100
Diet Mountain Lion Soda
70/100
Johnny Moo, Milk Flavoring Drops, Strawberry
70/100
Thin Crust Pepperoni Pizza
70/100
Italian Baguette
70/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Pork Rib Sandwich lists 54 ingredients on its label

54 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% of the 359,392 products 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: 54 (98th 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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 54 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Fully Cooked Boneless Rib-shaped Pork Patty With Barbecue Sauce
2
Smoke Flavor Added
3
Pork
4
Barbecue Sauce
5
Water
6
Tomato Paste
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Distilled Vinegar
9
Molasses
10
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
11
Food Starch - Modified
12
Natural Hickory Smoke Flavor
13
Mustard Bran
14
Spices
15
Onion Powder
16
Garlic Powder
17
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
18
Preservative
19
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
20
Natural Flavor
21
Seasoning
22
Tomato Powder
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
Brown Sugar
25
Natural Flavors
26
Corn Syrup Solids
27
Natural Smoke Flavor
28
Soy Sauce Solids
29
Wheat
30
Soybeans
31
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
32
Tamarind
33
Textured Vegetable Protein
34
Soy Protein Concentrate
35
Enriched Bleached Wheat Flour
36
Wheat Flour
37
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
38
Reduced Iron
39
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
40
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
41
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
42
Enzyme
43
Soybean Oil
44
Yellow Corn Meal
45
Yeast
46
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
47
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
48
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
49
Monoglycerides With Ascorbic Acid And Citric Acid
50
Antioxidants
51
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
52
Enzymes
53
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
54
Yellow 5
Avoid Approved (certified color)

Full Ingredient List

FULLY COOKED BONELESS RIB-SHAPED PORK PATTY WITH BARBECUE SAUCE (SMOKE FLAVOR ADDED): PORK, BARBECUE SAUCE [WATER, TOMATO PASTE, SUGAR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, MOLASSES, SALT, FOOD STARCH - MODIFIED, NATURAL HICKORY SMOKE FLAVOR, MUSTARD BRAN, SPICES, ONION POWDER, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM BENZOATE (PRESERVATIVE), CARAMEL COLOR, NATURAL FLAVOR], WATER, SEASONING [TOMATO POWDER, DEXTROSE, BROWN SUGAR, NATURAL FLAVORS, SPICES, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, ONION POWDER, NATURAL SMOKE FLAVOR, GARLIC POWDER, SALT, SUGAR, SOY SAUCE SOLIDS (WHEAT, SOYBEANS, SALT, MALTODEXTRIN, CARAMEL COLOR), TAMARIND], TEXTURED VEGETABLE PROTEIN (SOY PROTEIN CONCENTRATE, CARAMEL COLOR), SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES CORN DUSTED HOAGIE ROLL: ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, ENZYME), WATER, SUGAR, SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: YELLOW CORN MEAL, YEAST (YEAST, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE, ASCORBIC ACID), SALT, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), MONOGLYCERIDES WITH ASCORBIC ACID AND CITRIC ACID (ANTIOXIDANTS), CALCIUM SULFATE, ENZYMES, WHEAT STARCH, ASCORBIC ACID, FD&C YELLOW #5.

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Pork Rib Sandwich

Neighbours outside Food Lion near Pork Rib Sandwich's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Food Lion; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Yellow 5 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pork Rib Sandwich's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 54-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Yellow 5. Open Yellow 5
  • Compare Pork Rib Sandwich'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 0035826088451: 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.