Caution

Crispy Chicken Tender & Bacon Sandwich

by Publix

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041415828612 · Publix · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041415828612 · Serving size 214g

The verdict

Crispy Chicken Tender & Bacon Sandwich by Publix scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 93 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 93-component record, beginning with Boneless Chicken Breast Meat, Breading, 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 93 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

53/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

15828612 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Crispy Chicken Tender & Bacon Sandwich label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 93 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 2% LEAD-FLAG Potassium Iodate PHOTO-FINISH Escalloped potatoes mornay · ±0 BOOK-OFF …828612 · July 2026

27 of 93 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Iodate). Source sheet 15828612 · 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: Escalloped potatoes mornay with leeks · Nearest score peer is Escalloped potatoes mornay with leeks 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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Crispy Chicken Tender & Bacon Sandwich: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Crispy Chicken Tender & B…80/1002. Escalloped potatoes mornay with leeks: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Escalloped potatoes morna…80/1003. Jumbo Bacon Cheese Burger: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Jumbo Bacon Cheese Burger80/1004. Bagel thin: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Bagel thin80/1005. Bbq rib sandwich: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Bbq rib sandwich80/100
High-band neighbours for Crispy Chicken Tender & Bacon Sandwich (80/100) outside Publix.
Chart values as text

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

Crispy Chicken Tender & Bacon Sandwich
80/100
Escalloped potatoes mornay with leeks
80/100
Jumbo Bacon Cheese Burger
80/100
Bagel thin
80/100
Bbq rib sandwich
80/100

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. Crispy Chicken Tender & Bacon Sandwich scores 8.9 points below that category average (80/100 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

Crispy Chicken Tender & Bacon Sandwich lists 93 ingredients on its label

93 98th percentile a longer ingredient list than 98% 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: 93 (98th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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11 products (1%)
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12 products (1%)
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22 products (2%)
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18 products (1%)
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17 products (1%)
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15 products (1%)
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16 products (1%)
26–28
21 products (2%)
28–30
32 products (3%)
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28 products (2%)
32–34
44 products (4%)
34–36
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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 93 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Boneless Chicken Breast Meat
2
Breading
3
Wheat Flour
4
Seasoning
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
7
Red Pepper
8
And Cayenne
9
Onion Powder
10
Ground Celery Seed
11
Black Pepper
12
Inactive Dried Yeast
13
Turmeric Oleoresin
14
Soy Oil
15
Oleoresin Paprika
16
Canola Oil
17
Extractives Of Paprika
18
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
19
Natural Flavor
20
Rosemary Extract
21
Annatto Color
22
Corn Oil
23
Cottonseed Oil
24
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
25
Enriched Wheat Flour
26
Malted Flour
27
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
28
Reduced Iron
29
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
31
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
32
Water
33
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
34
Soybean Oil
35
Egg Substitute
36
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
37
Soy Lecithin
38
Mono - And Diglycerides
39
Modified Vegetable Gum
40
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
41
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
42
Beta Carotene
43
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
44
Yeast
45
Vital Wheat Gluten
46
Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono - And Diglycerides
47
Enzymes
48
Soybean Oil
49
Potassium Iodate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
Avoid GRAS
50
L-cysteine
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
51
Glaze
52
Vegetable Protein
53
Starch
Thickener
Safe
54
Monocalcium Phosphate
55
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
56
Butter Substitute
57
Aromatic Compounds
58
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
59
Sodium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
60
Milk
61
Cheese Culture
62
Dry Cream
63
Sodium Phosphates
64
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
65
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
66
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
67
Pork
68
Cured With Water
69
Natural Smoke Flavor
70
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
71
Cucumbers
72
Dried Vinegar
73
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
74
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
75
Alum
76
Polysorbate 80
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Caution Approved
77
Mayonnaise
78
Egg Yolks
79
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
80
Spices
81
Garlic Powder
82
Calcium Disodium Edta
83
Yellow Mustard
84
Mustard Seed
85
Turmeric
86
Paprika
87
Wheat
88
Soy
89
And Eggs. Processed In A Facility That Also Processes Fish
90
Peanuts
91
Sesame
92
Shellfish
93
Tree Nuts

Full Ingredient List

Fried chicken tenders: boneless chicken breast meat, breading (wheat flour), seasoning (salt, modified wheat starch, red pepper, cayenne, onion powder, ground celery seed, black pepper, inactive dried yeast, turmeric oleoresin, soy oil, oleoresin paprika, canola oil, natural extractives of paprika, ascorbic acid, natural flavor, rosemary extract), annatto color, corn oil, cottonseed oil, TBHQ, citric acid. Brioche bun: enriched wheat flour, malted flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid, water, sugar, refined soybean oil, egg substitute (cornstarch, soy lecithin, mono - and diglycerides, vegetable gum, natural flavor, maltodextrin, dextrose, beta carotene, sodium bicarbonate, yeast, salt, vital wheat gluten, diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono - and diglycerides, enzymes, ascorbic acid, soybean oil, potassium iodate, L-cysteine, glaze (vegetable protein, dextrose, maltodextrin, starch, monocalcium phosphate, calcium propionate, butter substitute, aromatic compounds, isolated soy protein, sodium chloride), enzymes. Yellow American cheese: milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, water, dry cream, sodium phosphates, citric acid, sorbic acid, annatto, oleoresin paprika. Cooked bacon: pork, cured with water, salt, sugar, smoke flavor, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite. Thin dill chips: cucumbers, water, vinegar, salt, calcium chloride, sodium benzoate, alum, natural flavor, polysorbate 80, yellow 5. Mayo & mustard mix sauce: mayonnaise (soy oil, egg yolks, salt, water, vinegar, sugar, corn syrup, spices, onion powder, garlic powder, calcium disodium EDTA), yellow mustard (vinegar, water, mustard seed, salt, turmeric, paprika). Contains wheat, soy, milk, and eggs. Processed in a facility that also processes fish, peanuts, sesame, shellfish, and tree nuts.

Categories

Sandwiches

High-score cross-brand comparables for Crispy Chicken Tender & Bacon Sandwich

Neighbours outside Publix with screening scores in the same high band as Crispy Chicken Tender & Bacon Sandwich (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Publix; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Potassium Iodate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Crispy Chicken Tender & Bacon Sandwich's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 93-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Potassium Iodate. Open Potassium Iodate
  • Compare Crispy Chicken Tender & Bacon 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 0041415828612: 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.