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Roast beef and cheddar cheese bistro

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0052548634964 · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0052548634964 · Serving size 1 SANDWICH (252 g)

The verdict

Roast beef and cheddar cheese bistro scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 77 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 77-component record, beginning with Angus Seasoned Roast Beef Caramel Color Added, Beef, 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

90/100

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.

48634964 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Roast beef and cheddar cheese bistro label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 77 ing. REG-PART 31% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-FLAG Phosphoric Acid PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …634964 · July 2026

24 of 77 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Phosphoric Acid). Source sheet 48634964 · 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 1,373 products we've scored in the Sandwiches category, the average safety score is 88.9/100. Roast beef and cheddar cheese bistro scores 1.1 points above that category average (90/100 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

Roast beef and cheddar cheese bistro lists 77 ingredients on its label

77 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% 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: 77 (92nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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28 products (2%)
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44 products (4%)
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26 products (2%)
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56 products (5%)
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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 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 77 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Angus Seasoned Roast Beef Caramel Color Added
2
Beef
3
Water
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Dried Vinegar
6
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
7
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
8
Dried Beef Stock
9
Dehydrated Vegetables
10
Onion
11
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
12
Spice
13
Onion Roll
14
Enriched Wheat Flour
15
Wheat Flour
16
Malted Barley Flour
17
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Iron
19
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
22
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
Palm Oil
24
Yeast
25
Egg Substitute
26
Soy Flour
27
Lecithin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
28
Soybean Oil
29
Soybean Oil
30
Glycerin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, HUMECTANT, MASTICATORY SUBSTANCE, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
31
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
32
Dough Conditioner
33
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
34
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
35
Enzymes
36
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
37
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
38
Hydrolyzed Wheat Gluten
39
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
40
Vitamin C
41
Wheat Starch
FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
42
Shine Agent
43
Casein
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
44
Disodium Phosphate
45
Soy Lecithin
46
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
47
Flow Aid
48
Colors
49
Turmeric
50
Paprika
51
Topping
52
Organic Onions
53
Poppy Seeds
54
Caramelized Onion
55
Canola Oil
56
Citric Acid And Ascorbic Acid
57
Cheddar Cheese
58
Pasteurized Milk
59
Cheese Culture
60
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
61
Vegetable Color
62
Horseradish Sauce
63
Reduced Fat Mayonnaise
64
Eggs
65
Food Starch - Modified
66
Distilled Vinegar
67
Natural Flavor
68
Includes Mustard Seed
69
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
70
Preservative
71
Phosphoric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NON-NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, PH CONTROL AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
Cut Back GRAS
72
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
73
Onion
74
Calcium Disodium Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid Added To Protect Flavor
75
Ingredients Not Normally Found In Mayonnaise
76
Horseradish
77
Artificial Flavors

Full Ingredient List

Angus seasoned roast beef caramel color added (beef, water, contains less than 2% of salt, vinegar, coated with: salt, dextrose, caramel color, dried beef stock, dehydrated vegetables (onion, garlic), spice), onion roll (enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, sugar, palm oil, yeast, egg substitute (soy flour, wheat flour, lecithin, soybean oil, hydrogenated soybean oil, glycerin, carrageenan), salt, dough conditioner (calcium sulfate, wheat starch, wheat flour, contains 2% or less of: enzymes, salt), calcium propionate, dough conditioner (wheat flour, wheat gluten, contains 2% or less of: hydrolyzed wheat gluten, enzymes, ascorbic acid (vitamin c), organic wheat starch), shine agent (casein, disodium phosphate, soy lecithin, contains 2% or less of: silicon dioxide (flow aid), carrageenan, colors (turmeric, paprika)), topping (onions, water, poppy seeds, salt, soybean oil)), caramelized onion (onions, canola oil, water, salt, citric acid and ascorbic acid), cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color)), horseradish sauce (reduced fat mayonnaise (soybean oil, water, eggs, food starch - modified*, distilled vinegar, salt, sugar, contains less than 2% of natural flavor (includes mustard seed), potassium sorbate* (a preservative), spice, phosphoric acid*, dehydrated garlic*, dehydrated onion*, calcium disodium ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid added to protect flavor, ingredients not normally found in mayonnaise), horseradish (horseradish, distilled vinegar, water, soybean oil, salt, artificial flavors)

Categories

Sandwiches

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Phosphoric Acid is the first flagged ingredient selected from Roast beef and cheddar cheese bistro'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 Phosphoric Acid. Open Phosphoric Acid
  • Compare Roast beef and cheddar cheese bistro'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 0052548634964: 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.