Caution

SMOKED HAM & CHEESE on homestyle white bread sandwich

by Deli Express

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041433001240 · Deli Express · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041433001240

The verdict

SMOKED HAM & CHEESE on homestyle white bread sandwich by Deli Express scores 85/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 49 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 49-component record, beginning with Smoked Ham Water Added, Pork, Portion Of Ground Ham Shank And Ham Added. 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.

85/100
Caution safety score
1
One flagged · of 49 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041433001240
Barcode (UPC/EAN)

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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

85/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

N/A

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.

33001240 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

SMOKED HAM & CHEESE on homestyle white bread sandwich label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 85/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 49 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-MID Len top 47% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Deli Express, Cupcakes · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001240 · July 2026

17 of 49 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 33001240 · 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: Deli Express, Cupcakes · Nearest score peer is Deli Express, Cupcakes 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.

No Nutri-Score grade is present for this record in the OpenFoodFacts snapshot this page is built from. The nutritional dimension is absent rather than assessed and withheld: the grade depends on a complete declared nutrition panel, and community-contributed records vary in how much of that panel they carry. Nothing about the missing grade implies anything either way about the panel itself. The screen below covers additive ratings only and does not depend on the nutrition figures.

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. SMOKED HAM & CHEESE on homestyle white bread sandwich: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. SMOKED HAM & CHEESE on ho…85/1002. Deli Express, Cupcakes: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Deli Express, Cupcakes85/1003. Deep khakhara: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Deep khakhara85/1004. Sesame Chikki: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Sesame Chikki85/1005. Dsd merchandisers, yogurt almonds: 85/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Dsd merchandisers, yogurt…85/100
High-band neighbours for SMOKED HAM & CHEESE on homestyle white bread sandwich (85/100) outside Deli Express.
Chart values as text

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

SMOKED HAM & CHEESE on homestyle white bread sandwich
85/100
Deli Express, Cupcakes
85/100
Deep khakhara
85/100
Sesame Chikki
85/100
Dsd merchandisers, yogurt almonds
85/100

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. SMOKED HAM & CHEESE on homestyle white bread sandwich scores 3.9 points below that category average (85/100 vs. 88.9/100), so it is roughly typical for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Sandwiches products

SMOKED HAM & CHEESE on homestyle white bread sandwich lists 49 ingredients on its label

49 53rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 53% 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: 49 (53rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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1 products (0%)
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4 products (0%)
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3 products (0%)
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4 products (0%)
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11 products (1%)
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12 products (1%)
16–18
22 products (2%)
18–20
18 products (1%)
20–22
17 products (1%)
22–24
15 products (1%)
24–26
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

How the 85/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 49 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Smoked Ham Water Added
2
Pork
3
Portion Of Ground Ham Shank And Ham Added
4
Water
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Or Less Of Vinegar
7
Modified Food Starch
8
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
9
Dextrose Potassium Lactate
10
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
11
Sugar Or Brown Sugar Sodium Phosphates
12
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
13
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
14
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
15
White Bread
16
Enriched Unbleached Flour Wheat Flour
17
Malted Barley Flour
18
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Reduced Iron
20
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
22
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
23
Sugar Or High Fructose Corn Syrup
24
Yeast
25
Soybean Oil
26
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
27
Dried Vinegar
28
Dough Conditioners
29
Monoglycerides
30
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
31
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
32
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
33
Enzymes
34
Monocalcium Phosphate
35
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
36
Preservative
37
Sesame Flour
38
Pasteurized Process American Cheese
39
Cultured Milk
40
Cream
41
Sodium Phosphate
42
Sodium Pyrophosphate
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
43
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
44
Actic Acid. Artificial Color
45
Milk
46
Sesame
47
Wheat E.a. Sween Company Eden Prairie
48
Mn 55344 1-800-328-8184
49
Bioengineered Food Ingredient R07 0 41433 00124

Full Ingredient List

SMOKED HAM WATER ADDED [PORK (A PORTION OF GROUND HAM SHANK AND HAM ADDED), WATER, SALT, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF VINEGAR, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, CORN SYRUP, DEXTROSE POTASSIUM LACTATE, SODIUM LACTATE, SUGAR OR BROWN SUGAR SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE], WHITE BREAD [ENRICHED UNBLEACHED FLOUR WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, SUGAR OR HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP, YEAST, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF THE FOLLOWING: SOYBEAN OIL, SALT, WHEAT GLUTEN, VINEGAR, DOUGH CONDITIONERS (MONOGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, ASCORBIC ACID, CALCIUM SULFATE, ENZYMES), MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), SESAME FLOUR], PASTEURIZED PROCESS AMERICAN CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, WATER, CREAM, SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM PYROPHOSPHATE, SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), ACTIC ACID. ARTIFICIAL COLOR, ENZYMES]. CONTAINS MILK, SESAME, WHEAT E.A. SWEEN COMPANY EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55344 1-800-328-8184 Contains a Bioengineered Food Ingredient R07 0 41433 00124

Categories

Sandwiches Sandwiches filled with cold cuts

High-score cross-brand comparables for SMOKED HAM & CHEESE on homestyle white bread sandwich

Neighbours outside Deli Express with screening scores in the same high band as SMOKED HAM & CHEESE on homestyle white bread sandwich (85/100 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 SMOKED HAM & CHEESE on homestyle white bread sandwich's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 49-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare SMOKED HAM & CHEESE on homestyle white bread sandwich's 1 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 0041433001240: 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.