Safe

Ham And Cheese Sandwich

by Deli Express

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0041453007840 · Deli Express. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0041453007840

The verdict

Ham And Cheese Sandwich by Deli Express scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 37 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 37-component record, beginning with Smoked Ham, Portion Of Ground Ham Shank And Ham Added, Cured With 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 37 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0041453007840
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

70/100

Grade B

Ingredient Safety

100/100

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.

53007840 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Ham And Cheese Sandwich label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 100/100 FLAG-CLEAN 0 flagged LEN-DENSE 37 ing. REG-PART 35% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-RARE Potassium Lactate PHOTO-FINISH Gourmet Stuffed Patties · ±0 BOOK-OFF …007840 · July 2026

13 of 37 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Lactate). Source sheet 53007840 · 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: Gourmet Stuffed Patties · Nearest score peer is Gourmet Stuffed Patties 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.

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. Ham And Cheese Sandwich: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Ham And Cheese Sandwich100/1002. Gourmet Stuffed Patties: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Gourmet Stuffed Patties100/1003. Stuffed Blue Cheese And Onion Patties: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Stuffed Blue Cheese And O…100/1004. Gourmet Stuffed Patties: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Gourmet Stuffed Patties100/1005. Gochujang: 100/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Gochujang100/100
High-band neighbours for Ham And Cheese Sandwich (100/100) outside Deli Express.
Chart values as text

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

Ham And Cheese Sandwich
100/100
Gourmet Stuffed Patties
100/100
Stuffed Blue Cheese And Onion Patties
100/100
Gourmet Stuffed Patties
100/100
Gochujang
100/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Ham And Cheese Sandwich lists 37 ingredients on its label

37 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% of the 359,392 products we track

0–2: 6,050 products (2%). Below this entry. 2–4: 24,522 products (7%). Below this entry. 4–6: 31,054 products (9%). Below this entry. 6–8: 30,981 products (9%). Below this entry. 8–10: 31,618 products (9%). Below this entry. 10–12: 29,943 products (8%). Below this entry. 12–14: 28,403 products (8%). Below this entry. 14–16: 27,417 products (8%). Below this entry. 16–18: 24,508 products (7%). Below this entry. 18–20: 19,062 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 14,679 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 12,238 products (3%). Below this entry. 24–26: 10,830 products (3%). Below this entry. 26–28: 9,344 products (3%). Below this entry. 28–30: 7,955 products (2%). Below this entry. 30–32: 6,753 products (2%). Below this entry. 32–34: 5,918 products (2%). Below this entry. 34–36: 5,282 products (1%). Below this entry. 36–38: 4,531 products (1%). This entry sits in this band. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Above this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). Above this entry. This product 0 42 every published 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

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 37 (92nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
6,050 products (2%)
2–4
24,522 products (7%)
4–6
31,054 products (9%)
6–8
30,981 products (9%)
8–10
31,618 products (9%)
10–12
29,943 products (8%)
12–14
28,403 products (8%)
14–16
27,417 products (8%)
16–18
24,508 products (7%)
18–20
19,062 products (5%)
20–22
14,679 products (4%)
22–24
12,238 products (3%)
24–26
10,830 products (3%)
26–28
9,344 products (3%)
28–30
7,955 products (2%)
30–32
6,753 products (2%)
32–34
5,918 products (2%)
34–36
5,282 products (1%)
36–38
4,531 products (1%)
38–40
4,063 products (1%)
40 and above
24,241 products (7%)

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. No category with enough published products was available for this record, so the comparison runs against the whole published catalogue.

Ingredient Safety Analysis

1
Smoked Ham
2
Portion Of Ground Ham Shank And Ham Added
3
Cured With Water
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Potassium Lactate
FLAVOR ENHANCER
GRAS
6
And Phosphates
7
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
8
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
9
Sodium Norite
10
White Bread
11
Enriched Unbleached Flour Wheat Flour
12
Malted Barley Flour
13
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Reduced Iron
15
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
16
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
18
Water
19
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
20
Yeast
21
Soybean Oil Salt
22
Dough Conditioners
23
Monoglycerides
24
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
25
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
26
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
27
Enzymes
28
Monocalcium Phosphate
29
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
30
Preservative
31
American Pasteurized Process Cheese
32
Cultured Milk
33
Sodium Phosphate Sorbic Acid
34
Ea Sween Company Color
35
Enzymes! Eden Prairie
36
Mn 55344 1-800-328-8184 433 00124
37
Bioengineered Food Ingredient

Full Ingredient List

SMOKED HAM , CHEESE Nutrition Amount/Serving %DV Amount/Serving Facts Total Fat 7g 9% Total Carb 37g Sat Fat 35g 18% Fiber 2g %DV 13% 7% Serving size 1 sandwich Trans Fat 0g Total Sugars 5g Cholest 40mg 15%0 N /0 Ice 4g Added Sugars 8% Calories Sadium 1260mg 55% per serving 250 Protein 17g Vitamin D 0% • Cal Aron 10% • Potassium 4% SMOKED HAM WATER ADDED [A PORTION OF GROUND HAM SHANK AND HAM ADDED, CURED WITH WATER, SALT, CONTAINS POTASSIUM LACTATE, PHOSPHATES, SODIUM DIACETATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NORITE, WHITE BREAD [ENRICHED UNBLEACHED 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 EACH OF THE FOLLOWING: SOYBEAN OIL SALT, DOUGH CONDITIONERS (MONOGLYCERIDES, SODIUM STEAROYL LACTYLATE, ASCORBIC ACID, CALCIUM SULFATE, ENZYMES), MONOCALCIUM PHOSPHATE, CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), AMERICAN PASTEURIZED PROCESS CHEESE [CULTURED MILK, WATER, SODIUM PHOSPHATE SORBIC ACID (PRESERVATIVE), EA SWEEN COMPANY COLOR, ENZYMES! EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55344 1-800-328-8184 433 00124 Contains a Bioengineered Food Ingredient

High-score cross-brand comparables for Ham And Cheese Sandwich

Neighbours outside Deli Express with screening scores in the same high band as Ham And Cheese 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

Ham And Cheese Sandwich has a longer ingredient list than 92% of its published 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 0041453007840: 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.