Safe

Ham & white cheddar cheese wrapped in a flatbread

by Hormel Natural Choice

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0037600805575 · Hormel Natural Choice · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0037600805575 · Serving size 1 TRAY (77 g)

The verdict

Ham & white cheddar cheese wrapped in a flatbread by Hormel Natural Choice scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 46 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 46-component record, beginning with Flatbread, Enriched Wheat 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 46 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

00805575 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ham & white cheddar cheese wrapped in a flatbread label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 46 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 54% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Natural choice turkey · ±0 BOOK-OFF …805575 · July 2026

16 of 46 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 00805575 · 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: Natural choice turkey & cheddar cheese wrapped in flatbread · Nearest score peer is Natural choice turkey & cheddar cheese wrapped in flatbread at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

Within the four-tier shelf-label framework this site publishes, the composite for this product falls in the highest band. That band is defined by a threshold on the derived score alone: it is where labels land once components carrying caution-or-worse registry ratings contribute little or nothing to the deduction. The band is a summary of what the screened registries return for the components that were parsed, so it inherits their coverage gaps — a component absent from both registries neither raises nor lowers the figure. The threshold and the weighting behind it are set out on the methodology page.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Ham & white cheddar cheese wrapped in a flatbread: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ham & white cheddar chees…95/1002. Natural choice turkey & cheddar cheese wrapped in flatbread: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Natural choice turkey & c…95/1003. Natural choice wrap pepperoni & cheese: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Natural choice wrap peppe…95/1004. Natural choice italian style: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Natural choice italian st…95/1005. Mary kitchen homestyle roast beef hash: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mary kitchen homestyle ro…95/100
High-band neighbours for Ham & white cheddar cheese wrapped in a flatbread (95/100) outside Hormel Natural Choice.
Chart values as text

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

Ham & white cheddar cheese wrapped in a flatbread
95/100
Natural choice turkey & cheddar cheese wrapped in flatbread
95/100
Natural choice wrap pepperoni & cheese
95/100
Natural choice italian style
95/100
Mary kitchen homestyle roast beef hash
95/100

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. Ham & white cheddar cheese wrapped in a flatbread scores 6.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 88.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Sandwiches products

Ham & white cheddar cheese wrapped in a flatbread lists 46 ingredients on its label

46 46th percentile a longer ingredient list than 46% 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: 46 (46th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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22 products (2%)
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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%)
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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 46 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Flatbread
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Reduced Iron
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
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
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
11
Soybean Oil
12
Honey
13
Or Less Of Raisin Juice Concentrate
14
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
15
Yeast
16
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
17
Defatted Soy Flour
18
Oat fiber
Other
Safe
19
Oat Hydrocolloid
20
Oat Bran
21
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
22
Gum Blend
23
Guar Gum
24
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
25
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
26
Fumaric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe Approved
27
Baking Powder
28
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
29
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
30
Monocalcium Phosphate
31
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
32
Preservative
33
Sodium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
34
Ham
35
Ham Meat
36
Turbinado Sugar
37
Or Less Of Water
38
Dried Vinegar
39
Cultured Celery Powder
40
Cherry Powder
41
Smoke Flavoring
42
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
43
White Cheddar Cheese
44
Pasteurized Milk
45
Cheese Culture
46
Enzymes

Full Ingredient List

Flatbread (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, reduced iron, niacin, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, wheat gluten, soybean oil, honey, contains 2% or less of raisin juice concentrate, sugar, yeast [contains sorbitan monostearate], defatted soy flour, oat fiber, oat hydrocolloid [oat bran, oat fiber], salt, gum blend [guar gum, xanthan gum, carrageenan], fumaric acid, baking powder [sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, monocalcium phosphate], sodium bicarbonate, potassium sorbate [preservative], sodium propionate [preservative]), ham (ham meat, turbinado sugar, honey, salt, contains 2% or less of water, dried vinegar, cultured celery powder, cherry powder, smoke flavoring, lactic acid starter culture), white cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes).

Other products containing Ham Meat

Ham Meat is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Sandwiches

High-score cross-brand comparables for Ham & white cheddar cheese wrapped in a flatbread

Neighbours outside Hormel Natural Choice with screening scores in the same high band as Ham & white cheddar cheese wrapped in a flatbread (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hormel Natural Choice; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Ham & white cheddar cheese wrapped in a flatbread's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 46-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Ham & white cheddar cheese wrapped in a flatbread's 1 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 0037600805575: 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.