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Steak fajita recipe with cheddar cheese, onions, and tomato sauce in a crispy buttery crust sandwiches, steak fajita recipe crispy buttery crust

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0043695578416 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0043695578416 · Serving size 1 SANDWICH (127 g)

The verdict

Steak fajita recipe with cheddar cheese, onions, and tomato sauce in a crispy buttery crust sandwiches, steak fajita recipe crispy buttery crust scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 77 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 77-component record, beginning with Water, 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 77 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

95578416 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Steak fajita recipe with cheddar cheese, onions, and tomato sauce in a crispy buttery crust sandwiches, steak fajita recipe crispy buttery crust label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 77 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …578416 · July 2026

16 of 77 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 95578416 · 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

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.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Steak fajita recipe with cheddar cheese, onions, and tomato sauce in a crispy buttery crust sandwiches, steak fajita recipe crispy buttery crust scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Steak fajita recipe with cheddar cheese, onions, and tomato sauce in a crispy buttery crust sandwiches, steak fajita recipe crispy buttery crust lists 77 ingredients on its label

77 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 77 (97th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 77 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Enriched Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Malted Barley Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
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
Cooked Beef Steak Ground And Formed Caramel Color Added
11
Up To 14% Solution Of Water
12
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
13
Seasoning
14
Yeast Extract
15
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
16
Natural Flavors
17
Dried Beef Stock
18
Sunflower Oil
19
Sodium Phosphate
20
Beef Fat
21
Potassium Chloride
ENZYME, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
22
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
23
Cheddar Cheese
24
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
25
Enzymes
26
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
27
Color
28
Isolated soy protein
Other
Safe
29
Tomato Paste
30
Dried Red Bell Peppers
31
2% Or Less Of Margarine
32
Palm Oil
33
Soybean Oil
34
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
35
Mono & Diglycerides
36
Soybean Lecithin
37
Potassium Sorbate And Citric Acid
38
Preservatives
39
Annatto And Turmeric Color
40
Vitamin A Palmitate Added
41
Bread Crumbs
42
Bleached Wheat Flour
43
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
44
Yeast Salt
45
Cheddar And Blue Cheeses
46
Milk
47
Cheese Cultures Salt
48
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
49
Onion
50
Natural Flavor
51
Garlic Powder
52
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
53
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
54
Spice
55
Extractives Of Paprika And Annatto
56
Organic Onions
57
Palm Oil Sugar
58
Fractionated Palm Oil
59
Modified Food Starch
60
Dough Conditioner Blend
61
Calcium Sulfate Salt
62
L-cysteine Hydrochloride
63
Tricalcium Phosphate Enzymes
64
Wheat
65
Cilantro Spices
66
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
67
Paprika
68
Chicken Broth
69
Yeast
70
Lime Juice Concentrate
71
Dried Vinegar
72
Soy Lecithin
73
Smoke Flavoring
74
Corn Starch
75
Natural Butter Flavor
76
Soy Flour
77
Egg Whites

Full Ingredient List

Water, enriched flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), cooked beef steak ground and formed caramel color added (contains up to 14% solution of water, salt, seasoning [yeast extract, maltodextrin, flavors, beef stock, sunflower oil, salt, sodium phosphate, beef fat], sodium phosphate, potassium chloride, caramel color), cheddar cheese (cultured pasteurized milk, salt, enzymes, annatto [color]), isolated soy protein, tomato paste, red bell peppers, 2% or less of margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, sugar, mono & diglycerides, soybean lecithin, potassium sorbate and citric acid [preservatives], annatto and turmeric color, vitamin a palmitate added], seasoning (bread crumbs [bleached wheat flour, dextrose, yeast salt], seasoning [cheddar and blue cheeses (milk, cheese cultures salt, enzymes), whey, salt, dextrose, dried onion, natural flavor, soybean oil, garlic powder, citric acid, lactic acid, spice, extractives of paprika and annatto]), onions, palm oil sugar, fractionated palm oil, modified food starch, salt, soybean oil, dough conditioner blend (calcium sulfate salt, l-cysteine hydrochloride, garlic powder, tricalcium phosphate enzymes [wheat]), cilantro spices, dried garlic, paprika, dried chicken broth, yeast, lime juice concentrate, vinegar, potassium chloride (potassium chloride, citric acid), soy lecithin, smoke flavoring, seasoning (maltodextrin, modified corn starch, butter flavor), whey, soy flour, egg whites.

Categories

Frozen foods

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Steak fajita recipe with cheddar cheese, onions, and tomato sauce in a crispy buttery crust sandwiches, steak fajita recipe crispy buttery crust's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 77-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Steak fajita recipe with cheddar cheese, onions, and tomato sauce in a crispy buttery crust sandwiches, steak fajita recipe crispy buttery crust'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 0043695578416: 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.