Caution

Roast Beef Grab and Go Sandwich with Swiss cheese

by Publix

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041415659612 · Publix · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041415659612 · Serving size 1 sandwich (203 g)

The verdict

Roast Beef Grab and Go Sandwich with Swiss cheese by Publix scores 70/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 33 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 33-component record, beginning with Roast Beef Caramel Color Added, Modified Food Starch, Caramel Coloring. 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 33 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.

15659612 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Roast Beef Grab and Go Sandwich with Swiss cheese label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 70/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 33 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-LONG Len top 81% LEAD-FLAG Potassium Bromate PHOTO-FINISH Brach's, caramels, caramel · ±0 BOOK-OFF …659612 · July 2026

12 of 33 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Bromate). Source sheet 15659612 · 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: Brach's, caramels, caramel macchiato · Nearest score peer is Brach's, caramels, caramel macchiato 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.

This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Roast Beef Grab and Go Sandwich with Swiss cheese: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Roast Beef Grab and Go Sa…70/1002. Brach's, caramels, caramel macchiato: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Brach's, caramels, carame…70/1003. Banana Bread Mix: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Banana Bread Mix70/1004. Original Salad Topping: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Original Salad Topping70/1005. Potato Topping: 70/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Potato Topping70/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Roast Beef Grab and Go Sandwich with Swiss cheese (70/100 on 33 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Roast Beef Grab and Go Sandwich with Swiss cheese
70/100
Brach's, caramels, caramel macchiato
70/100
Banana Bread Mix
70/100
Original Salad Topping
70/100
Potato Topping
70/100

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. Roast Beef Grab and Go Sandwich with Swiss cheese scores 18.9 points below that category average (70/100 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

Roast Beef Grab and Go Sandwich with Swiss cheese lists 33 ingredients on its label

33 19th percentile a longer ingredient list than 19% 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%). This entry sits in this band. 34–36: 26 products (2%). Above this entry. 36–38: 56 products (5%). Above this entry. 38–40: 44 products (4%). Above this entry. 40–42: 832 products (68%). Above this entry. 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: 33 (19th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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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 70/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 33 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Roast Beef Caramel Color Added
2
Modified Food Starch
3
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
4
Water
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Sodium Phosphates
7
Cuban Bread
8
Enriched Bleached Flour
9
Wheat Flour
10
Malted Barley Flour
11
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
12
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
13
Potassium Bromate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
Avoid Approved
14
Reduced Iron
15
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
16
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Enzymes
18
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
19
Soybean Oil
20
Lard
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
21
Refined Pork Fat With Bht And Bha Added To Protect Flavor
22
Yeast
23
Potato Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
24
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
25
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
26
Malt Flour
27
Guar
28
Arabic Gum
29
Corn Meal
30
Swiss Cheese
31
Pasteurized Part-skim Milk
32
Cheese Culture
33
Green Leaf Lettuce

Full Ingredient List

Roast beef caramel color added (coated with: modified food starch, caramel color, onion and garlic powder. marinated with: water, salt, sodium phosphates), cuban bread (enriched bleached flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, wheat gluten, niacin, potassium bromate, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, enzymes, folic acid], water, soybean oil, or lard [refined pork fat with bht and bha added to protect flavor], salt, yeast [with potato starch, sorbitan monostearate, ascorbic acid], malt flour, guar and/or arabic gum, corn meal), swiss cheese (pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), green leaf lettuce.

Other products containing Refined Pork Fat With Bht And Bha Added To Protect Flavor

Refined Pork Fat With Bht And Bha Added To Protect Flavor is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Sandwiches

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Roast Beef Grab and Go Sandwich with Swiss cheese

Neighbours outside Publix near Roast Beef Grab and Go Sandwich with Swiss cheese's mid-band score (70/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Publix; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Potassium Bromate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Roast Beef Grab and Go Sandwich with Swiss cheese's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 33-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Potassium Bromate. Open Potassium Bromate
  • Compare Roast Beef Grab and Go Sandwich with Swiss cheese'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 0041415659612: 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.