Caution

MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEESE

by E.A. Sween Company

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041433009567 · E.A. Sween Company · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041433009567

The verdict

MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEESE by E.A. Sween Company scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 45 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 45-component record, beginning with Hickory Smoked Turkey Breast, Turkey Breast, 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 45 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.

33009567 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEESE label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 45 ing. REG-PART 40% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 56% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-FINISH Chuckwagon salami, bologna, · ±0 BOOK-OFF …009567 · July 2026

18 of 45 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 33009567 · 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: Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun · Nearest score peer is Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun 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. MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEESE: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEE…80/1002. Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun: 80/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chuckwagon salami, bologn…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 MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEESE (80/100) outside E.A. Sween Company.
Chart values as text

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

MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEESE
80/100
Chuckwagon salami, bologna, cured turkey, american & swiss cheese on a poppy seed kaiser bun
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. MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEESE 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

MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEESE lists 45 ingredients on its label

45 44th percentile a longer ingredient list than 44% 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: 45 (44th 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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15 products (1%)
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16 products (1%)
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21 products (2%)
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32 products (3%)
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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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 45 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Hickory Smoked Turkey Breast
2
Turkey Breast
3
Water
4
Or Less Salt
5
Modified Food Starch
6
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Sodium Phosphate
8
Smoke Flavoring
9
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
10
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
11
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
12
Sunflower Oil
13
Natural Flavor
14
Wheat Bread
15
Enriched Unbleached Flour
16
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
Whole Wheat Flour
24
Wheat Bran
25
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
26
Yeast
27
Soybean Oil
28
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
29
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
30
Dough Conditioners
31
Monoglycerides
32
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
33
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
34
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
35
Enzymes
36
Monocalcium Phosphate
37
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
38
Preservative
39
Pasteurized Process American Cheese
40
Cultured Milk
41
Cream
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
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
45
Artificial Color

Full Ingredient List

Hickory smoked turkey breast [turkey breast, water, contains 2% or less salt, modified food starch, sugar, sodium phosphate, natural smoke flavoring, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, caramel color, sunflower oil, natural flavor], wheat bread [enriched unbleached flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, whole wheat flour, wheat bran, high fructose corn syrup, yeast, contains 2% or less of the following: soybean oil, wheat gluten, salt, dough conditioners (monoglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, ascorbic acid, calcium sulfate, enzymes), monocalcium phosphate, calcium propionate (preservative)], pasteurized process american cheese [cultured milk, water, cream, salt, sodium phosphate, sodium pyrophosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), lactic acid, artificial color, enzymes].

Categories

Sandwiches

High-score cross-brand comparables for MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEESE

Neighbours outside E.A. Sween Company with screening scores in the same high band as MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEESE (80/100 here). The 3 same-brand links above stay within E.A. Sween Company; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & CHEESE's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 45-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare MEGA SMOKED TURKEY & 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 0041433009567: 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.