Classic italian style sub
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041268209989 · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Classic italian style sub scores 25/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 67 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 5 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 67-component record, beginning with Sub Roll, Flour, Bleached 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.
- 25/100
- Avoid safety score
- 5
- Many flagged · of 67 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
25/100
Grade F
Ingredient Safety
25/100
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.
68209989 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Classic italian style sub label screening desk
25 of 67 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Iodate). Source sheet 68209989 · 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.
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. Classic italian style sub scores 63.9 points below that category average (25/100 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
Classic italian style sub lists 67 ingredients on its label
67 85th percentile a longer ingredient list than 85% of the 1,215 products we track
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Distribution as text
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- 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 25/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (5 flagged of 67 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Sub roll (flour [bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, dextrose, salt, dough conditioner [wheat flour, diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono-and diglycerides, enzymes, contains 2% or less of the following: ascorbic acid, soybean oil, potassium iodate, l-cysteine], yeast, margarine [canola and/or soybean oil, palm oil, palm kernel oils], dough conditioner [diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono-and diglycerides, ammonium sulfate, calcium sulfate, potassium iodate, ascorbic acid), capicola style ham water added (coated with water, paprika, sugar, spices and spice extractives. cured with: water, dextrose, salt, contains less than 2% of sugar, potassium lactate, sodium phosphate, sodium diacetate, flavoring, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite), tomato, hard salami (pork, salt, dextrose, contains 2% or less of beef, flavorings, lactic acid starter culture, natural smoke flavor, sodium nitrite, spices, sodium ascorbate, bha, bht, citric acid), provolone cheese (provolone cheese with smoke flavor [pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes, natural smoke flavor]), pepperoni (pork, salt, contains 2% or less of beef, dextrose, flavorings, lactic acid starter culture, oleoresin of paprika, sodium nitrite, spices, vitamin c [sodium ascorbate], bha, bht, citric acid), green leaf lettuce, dill pickle (cucumbers, water, vinegar, salt, spices, garlic, calcium chloride, potassium sorbate [preservative], yellow 5, polysorbate 80), yellow onion.
Categories
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Potassium Iodate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Classic italian style sub's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 67-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Potassium Iodate. Open Potassium Iodate
- Compare Classic italian style sub's 5 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 0041268209989: 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.