Safe

Pretzel Flatbread Sandwiches

by Hot 'N' Ready

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0071421097764 · Hot 'N' Ready. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0071421097764 · Serving size 1 SANDWICH (90 g)

The verdict

Pretzel Flatbread Sandwiches by Hot 'N' Ready scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 47 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 47-component record, beginning with Egg Whites, Modified Food Starch, Soybean Oil. 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 47 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
0071421097764
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

67/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

21097764 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Pretzel Flatbread Sandwiches label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 47 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-UNK Nutri n/a RANK-SHORT Len top 4% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH American cheese with · ±0 BOOK-OFF …097764 · July 2026

17 of 47 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 21097764 · 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: American cheese with sauteed onions on deli rye bread · Nearest score peer is American cheese with sauteed onions on deli rye bread 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. Pretzel Flatbread Sandwiches: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Pretzel Flatbread Sandwic…95/1002. American cheese with sauteed onions on deli rye bread: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. American cheese with saut…95/1003. Cheese-Burger: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Cheese-Burger95/1004. Cheeseburger: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Cheeseburger95/1005. Black forest, organic, organic hard candies, caramel: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Black forest, organic, or…95/100
High-band neighbours for Pretzel Flatbread Sandwiches (95/100) outside Hot 'N' Ready.
Chart values as text

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

Pretzel Flatbread Sandwiches
95/100
American cheese with sauteed onions on deli rye bread
95/100
Cheese-Burger
95/100
Cheeseburger
95/100
Black forest, organic, organic hard candies, caramel
95/100

Ingredient-list length vs every product we publish

Pretzel Flatbread Sandwiches lists 47 ingredients on its label

47 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% 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%). Below this entry. 38–40: 4,063 products (1%). Below this entry. 40–42: 24,241 products (7%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

359,392 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 47 (96th 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

How the 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 47 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Egg Whites
2
Modified Food Starch
3
Soybean Oil
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
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
6
Egg Flavor
7
Medium Chain Triglycerides
8
Natural And Artificial Flavors
9
Soy Lecithin
10
Release Agent
11
Enriched Wheat Flour
12
Wheat Flour
13
Malted Barley Flour
14
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
15
Iron
16
Thiamin Mononitrate
17
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
19
Water
20
Yeast
21
Cellulose
Emulsifier
Safe
22
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
23
Corn Sugar
24
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
25
Dough Conditioners
26
Monoglycerides
27
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
28
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
29
Preservative
30
Dried Vinegar
31
Cultured Wheat Starch
32
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
33
Xanthan Gum
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FORMULATION AID, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Approved
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
Bacon Cured With Water
36
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
37
Sodium Phosphate
38
Flavoring
39
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
40
Milk
41
Cheese Culture
42
Sodium Citrate
43
Cream
44
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
45
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
46
Enzymes
47
Color Added

Full Ingredient List

Egg white patty: egg whites, modified food starch, soybean oil, salt, carrageenan, egg flavor (medium chain triglycerides, natural and artificial flavors), soy lecithin (release agent). pretzel flat bread: enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, yeast, cellulose, sugar, contains 2% or less of: corn sugar, wheat gluten, soybean oil, dough conditioners (monoglycerides, ascorbic acid), salt, calcium propionate (preservative), vinegar, cultured wheat starch, citric acid, xanthan gum, calcium sulfate, sodium hydroxide. fully cooked canadian bacon: bacon cured with water, sugar, salt, contains 2% or less of: sodium lactate, sodium phosphate, flavoring, sodium diacetate, sodium nitrite. pasteurized process american cheese: milk, water, cheese culture, salt, sodium citrate, cream, sodium pyrophosphate, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), citric acid, enzymes, color added, soy lecithin.

High-score cross-brand comparables for Pretzel Flatbread Sandwiches

Neighbours outside Hot 'N' Ready with screening scores in the same high band as Pretzel Flatbread Sandwiches (95/100 here). The 1 same-brand link above stay within Hot 'N' Ready; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Pretzel Flatbread Sandwiches's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 47-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Pretzel Flatbread Sandwiches'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 0071421097764: 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.