Chicken parmesan sandwich
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071421032062 · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Chicken parmesan sandwich scores 100/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 92 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 92-component record, beginning with Chicken Breast With Rib Meat, Water, Or Less Of Sodium Phosphates. 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 92 analyzed
- Group 4
- Ultra-processed
- C
- 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
68/100
Grade B-
Ingredient Safety
100/100
FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening
Processing Level
NOVA 4
Ultra-processed foods
Nutrition Grade
C
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.
21032062 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Chicken parmesan sandwich label screening desk
26 of 92 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: L-cysteine). Source sheet 21032062 · 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.
Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.
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. Chicken parmesan sandwich scores 11.1 points above that category average (100/100 vs. 88.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.
Ingredient-list length vs other Sandwiches products
Chicken parmesan sandwich lists 92 ingredients on its label
92 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% of the 1,215 products we track
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Distribution as text
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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
Full Ingredient List
Breaded chicken breast patties with rib meat: chicken breast with rib meat, water, contains 2% or less of sodium phosphates, salt. battered and breaded with: bleached wheat flour, water, yellow corn flour, salt, corn starch, enriched bleached flour (wheat flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), natural flavors, dextrose, romano cheese-type powder (romano cheese, cultured nonfat milk, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, whey, sodium citrate, salt), contains 2% or less of: spices, dried whey, dried parsley, paprika extract (color), soybean oil, annatto extract (color), parmesan cheese-type powder (parmesan cheese, cultured nonfat milk, partially hydrogenated soybean oil, whey, sodium citrate, natural flavor, salt), spice extract, sodium phosphates, sodium bicarbonate, leavening (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch and monocalcium phosphate). breading set in vegetable oil. hoagie roll: enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, wheat gluten, soybean oil, sugar, contains 2% or less of: white wheat flour, salt, yeast, oat flour, potato flakes, corn syrup solids, oat fiber, dough conditioners (sodium stearoyl lactylate, monoglycerides, ascorbic acid, l-cysteine, enzymes), yeast nutrients (calcium sulfate, monocalcium phosphate, calcium phosphate, ammonium sulfate), calcium propionate (preservative), potassium sorbate (preservative), sodium alginate, xanthan gum, wheat starch. marinara sauce: tomato puree, water, tomato paste, sugar, soybean oil, gelatin, olive oil, salt, pizza seasoning (dextrose, minced onion, lactose, paprika, romano cheese [pasteurized part-skim milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes], dehydrated garlic, dehydrated onion, spices, chili pepper, malic acid, spice extractives [paprika], xanthan gum), parmesan cheese (pasteurized part-skim cows' milk, cheese cultures, salt, enzymes), lemon juice (water, lemon juice concentrate), garlic powder, oregano, basil, spices, onion powder. pasteurized process mozzarella cheese: pasteurized part skim milk, cheese cultures, salt, sorbic acid (preservative), enzymes, soy lecithin (non-sticking agent).
Categories
Read the longer label in layers
Read the longer label in layers
Chicken parmesan sandwich has a longer ingredient list than 97% of its Sandwiches category comparison set. Use the ingredient table before relying on its single screening score.
- Open L-cysteine first, then work through the remaining 92 parsed entries. Inspect ingredients
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This page describes published ingredient-list and source coverage. It is not dietary or medical advice.
Barcode 0071421032062: 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.