Safe

Chicken Salad Sandwich

by Deli Express

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041433001202 · Deli Express · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041433001202 · Serving size 142g

The verdict

Chicken Salad Sandwich by Deli Express scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 66 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 0 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 66-component record, beginning with White Bread, Unbleached Wheat Flour, Water. 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.

100/100
Safe safety score
0
None flagged · of 66 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

63/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

33001202 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken Salad Sandwich label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 66 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 16% LEAD-RARE Hydrolyzed vegetable protein PHOTO-FINISH Ranch Chicken Salad · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001202 · July 2026

20 of 66 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Hydrolyzed vegetable protein). Source sheet 33001202 · 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: Ranch Chicken Salad · Nearest score peer is Ranch Chicken Salad 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.

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. Chicken Salad Sandwich: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken Salad Sandwich100/1002. Ranch Chicken Salad: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Ranch Chicken Salad100/1003. Mega Smoked Ham & Cheese: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mega Smoked Ham & Cheese100/1004. Sandwich: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sandwich100/1005. Sandwich: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Sandwich100/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken Salad Sandwich (100/100) outside Deli Express.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken Salad Sandwich
100/100
Ranch Chicken Salad
100/100
Mega Smoked Ham & Cheese
100/100
Sandwich
100/100
Sandwich
100/100

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. Chicken Salad Sandwich scores 11.1 points above that category average (100/100 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

Chicken Salad Sandwich lists 66 ingredients on its label

66 84th percentile a longer ingredient list than 84% 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: 66 (84th 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%)
30–32
28 products (2%)
32–34
44 products (4%)
34–36
26 products (2%)
36–38
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

1
White Bread
2
Unbleached Wheat Flour
3
Water
4
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
5
Yeast
6
Liquid Soy Oil
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Whey Solids
9
Yeast Nutrients
10
Monocalcium Phosphate
11
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
12
Ammonium Sulfate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PROCESSING AID
GRAS
13
Potassium Iodate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
Avoid GRAS
14
Monoglycerides
15
Dough Conditioners
16
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
17
Calcium Peroxide
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
18
Malted Barley Flour
19
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
20
Ferrouse Sulfate
21
Iron
22
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
23
Thiamine Hydrochloride
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
24
Vitamin B1
25
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
26
Vitamin B2
27
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
28
Chicken Salad
29
Cooked White Meat Chicken
30
Salad Dressing
31
Soybean Oil
32
Dried Vinegar
33
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
34
Egg Yolks
35
Modified Food Starch
36
Mustard Flour
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
37
Spice
38
Paprika
39
Natural Flavor
40
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
41
Celery
42
Pickle Relish
43
Cucumbers
44
Cane Sugar
45
Distilled Vinegar
46
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
47
Red Peppers
48
Mustard Seed
49
Natural Flavors
50
Oleoresin Turmeric
51
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
52
Or Less Bread Crumbs
53
Bleached Wheat Flour
54
Chicken Flavor
55
Hydrolyzed vegetable protein
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
56
Soy Protein
57
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
58
Chicken Extract
59
Canola Oil
60
Glucono Delta Lactone
61
Gum Arabic
62
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
63
Egg
64
Milk
65
Soy
66
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

WHITE BREAD (Unbleached Wheat Flour, Water, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Yeast, Liquid Soy Oil, Salt, Whey Solids, Yeast Nutrients (Monocalcium Phosphate, Calcium Sulfate, Ammonium Sulfate, Potassium iodate), Monoglycerides, Dough Conditioners (Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Calcium Peroxide), Malted Barley Flour, Calcium Propionate (To Retard Spoilage), Ferrouse Sulfate (Iron), Niacin, Thiamine Hydrochloride (Vitamin B1), Riboflavin (Vitamin B2), Folic Acid), CHICKEN SALAD (Cooked White Meat Chicken, Salad Dressing (Soybean Oil, Water, Vinegar, Sugar, Egg Yolks, Modified Food Starch, Salt, Mustard Flour, Spice, Paprika, Natural Flavor, Dried Garlic), Celery, Pickle Relish (Cucumbers, Cane Sugar, Distilled Vinegar, Salt, Xanthan Gum, Red Peppers, Mustard Seed, Natural Flavors, Oleoresin Turmeric, Calcium Chloride), Contains 2% or less Bread Crumbs (Bleached Wheat Flour, Sugar, Yeast, Salt), Sugar, Chicken Flavor (Hydrolyzed Vegetable Protein (Soy Protein), Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Natural Flavors (Concentrated Chicken Extract), Canola Oil), Distilled Vinegar, Glucono Delta Lactone, Gum Arabic, Whey]. CONTAINS EGG, MILK, SOY, WHEAT.

Categories

Sandwiches Poultry sandwiches Chicken sandwiches

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken Salad Sandwich

Neighbours outside Deli Express with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken Salad Sandwich (100/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Deli Express; these peers cross brands.

Read the longer label in layers

Read the longer label in layers

Chicken Salad Sandwich has a longer ingredient list than 84% of its Sandwiches category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.

This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.

Barcode 0041433001202: 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.