Caution

Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun

by Deli Express

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041433000908 · Deli Express · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041433000908 · Serving size 1 sandwich (128 g)

The verdict

Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun by Deli Express scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 71 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 71-component record, beginning with Kaiser Bun, Enriched 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 71 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.

33000908 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 71 ing. REG-PART 38% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 12% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH MEGA SMOKED TURKEY · ±0 BOOK-OFF …000908 · July 2026

27 of 71 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 33000908 · 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: MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEESE · Nearest score peer is MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEESE 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. Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chuckwagon salami, bologn…80/1002. MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEESE: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEE…80/1003. Café Style Chef Salad: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Café Style Chef Salad80/1004. Zatarain's, creamy cajun style pasta: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Zatarain's, creamy cajun …80/1005. Zatarain's, jambalaya chicken & sausage: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Zatarain's, jambalaya chi…80/100
High-band neighbours for Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun (80/100) outside Deli Express.
Chart values as text

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

Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun
80/100
MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEESE
80/100
Café Style Chef Salad
80/100
Zatarain's, creamy cajun style pasta
80/100
Zatarain's, jambalaya chicken & sausage
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. Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun 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

Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun lists 71 ingredients on its label

71 88th percentile a longer ingredient list than 88% 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: 71 (88th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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56 products (5%)
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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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 71 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Kaiser Bun
2
Enriched Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Malted Barley Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Reduced Iron
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Water
11
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Yeast
13
Soybean Oil
14
Poppy Seeds
15
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
16
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
17
Calcium Peroxide
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
18
Spice Blend
19
Yellow Corn Flour
20
Turmeric
21
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
22
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
23
Preservative
24
Enzymes
25
Tricalcium Phosphate
26
Monoglycerides
27
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
28
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
29
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
30
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
31
Ammonium Chloride
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
32
Cured Turkey
33
Dark Turkey
34
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
35
Or Less Of Food Starch Modified
36
Sodium Phosphate
37
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
38
Flavoring
39
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
40
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
41
Sunflower Oil
42
Natural Flavor
43
Cotto Salami
44
Mechanically Separated Chicken
45
Pork
46
Beef
47
Beef Hearts
48
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
49
Flavoring
50
Modified Food Starch
51
Or Less Of Salt
52
Potassium Lactate
FLAVOR ENHANCER
GRAS
53
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
54
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
55
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
56
Bologna
57
Sodium Phosphates
58
Extract Of Paprika
59
Pasteurized Process American Cheese
60
American Cheese
61
Pasteurized Milk
62
Cheese Cultures
63
Cream
64
Emulsifier
65
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
66
Artificial Color
67
Pasteurized Process Swiss Cheese
68
Cultured Milk
69
Sodium Citrate
70
Sodium Hexametaphosphate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
71
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS

Full Ingredient List

Kaiser bun [enriched flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, high fructose corn syrup, yeast, contains less than 2% of the following: soybean oil, poppy seeds, salt, calcium sulfate, calcium peroxide, spice blend (yellow corn flour, turmeric, annatto), calcium propionate (preservative), enzymes, tricalcium phosphate, monoglycerides, ascorbic acid, citric acid, sodium stearoyl lactylate, wheat gluten, ammonium chloride], cured turkey [dark turkey, water, sugar, salt, contains 2% or less of modified food starch, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, natural flavoring, sodium nitrite, caramel color, sunflower oil, natural flavor], cotto salami [mechanically separated chicken, pork, beef, beef hearts, corn syrup, water, flavoring, modified food starch, contains 2% or less of salt, potassium lactate, sodium lactate, dextrose, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite], bologna [mechanically separated chicken, beef, pork, water, modified food starch, corn syrup, contains 2% or less of salt, flavoring, potassium lactate, sodium lactate, sodium phosphates, dextrose, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, extract of paprika], pasteurized process american cheese [american cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), water, cream, sodium phosphate (emulsifier), sorbic acid (preservative), artificial color], pasteurized process swiss cheese [cultured milk, water, cream, sodium citrate, salt, sodium hexametaphosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), lactic acid, enzymes].

Categories

Sandwiches

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun

Neighbours outside Deli Express with screening scores in the same high band as Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun (80/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Deli Express; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 71-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun'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 0041433000908: 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.