Concern

Italian Garlic Panini, Italian Garlic

by Grab & Go

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0073508001022 · Grab & Go · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0073508001022 · Serving size 1 SANDWICH (229 g)

The verdict

Italian Garlic Panini, Italian Garlic by Grab & Go scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 42 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 3 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 42-component record, beginning with Garlic Bread, Enriched Wheat Flour, 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 42 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
E
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

35/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

55/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

E

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.

08001022 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Italian Garlic Panini, Italian Garlic label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 42 ing. REG-PART 36% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 64% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Authentic Style Italian · ±0 BOOK-OFF …001022 · July 2026

15 of 42 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 08001022 · 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: Authentic Style Italian Pinwheels, Authentic Style · Nearest score peer is Authentic Style Italian Pinwheels, Authentic Style at the same screening score.

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

This label lands in the third of four positions on the published scale. What separates that position from its neighbours is arithmetic rather than judgement: identical inputs run through the documented weighting always arrive at the same place. Anyone who works the calculation through by hand, using the methodology write-up together with the itemised ratings further down, will reproduce this number exactly — which is the reason for publishing a computed figure instead of an opinion.

Nutri-Score assigned its lowest band to this label. The algorithm reserves that grade for nutrition panels where the values it penalises sit well above the components it credits. The two systems on this page measure genuinely different things: a product can hold this grade while carrying no additive flagged by the registries screened below, and a product graded well can carry several. Neither reading substitutes for the other, and the per-component table is where the additive picture is set out.

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. Italian Garlic Panini, Italian Garlic: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Italian Garlic Panini, It…55/1002. Authentic Style Italian Pinwheels, Authentic Style: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Authentic Style Italian P…55/1003. Mentos sugarfree gum: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Mentos sugarfree gum55/1004. Mentos Clean Breath Intense Peppermint: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Mentos Clean Breath Inten…55/1005. Mentos, fresh sugarfree gum, cinnamon: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Mentos, fresh sugarfree g…55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Italian Garlic Panini, Italian Garlic (55/100 on 42 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Italian Garlic Panini, Italian Garlic
55/100
Authentic Style Italian Pinwheels, Authentic Style
55/100
Mentos sugarfree gum
55/100
Mentos Clean Breath Intense Peppermint
55/100
Mentos, fresh sugarfree gum, cinnamon
55/100

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. Italian Garlic Panini, Italian Garlic scores 33.9 points below that category average (55/100 vs. 88.9/100), so it is a comparatively weaker pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Sandwiches products

Italian Garlic Panini, Italian Garlic lists 42 ingredients on its label

42 36th percentile a longer ingredient list than 36% 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: 42 (36th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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1 products (0%)
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4 products (0%)
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3 products (0%)
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4 products (0%)
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11 products (1%)
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12 products (1%)
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22 products (2%)
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18 products (1%)
20–22
17 products (1%)
22–24
15 products (1%)
24–26
16 products (1%)
26–28
21 products (2%)
28–30
32 products (3%)
30–32
28 products (2%)
32–34
44 products (4%)
34–36
26 products (2%)
36–38
56 products (5%)
38–40
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 55/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 42 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Garlic Bread
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Water
4
Yeast
5
Vegetable Oil
6
Canola Or Soybean
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
9
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
10
Garlic Powder
11
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
12
Natural Garlic Flavor
13
Canola Oil
14
Garlic Oil
15
BHA
Avoid GRAS
16
BHT
Caution GRAS
17
Fumaric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe Approved
18
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
19
Salami
20
Pork
21
Beef
22
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
23
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
24
Spices
25
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
26
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
27
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
28
Pepperoni
29
Corn Syrup
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, TEXTURIZER
Cut Back GRAS
30
Flavorings
31
Oleoresin Of Paprika
32
Paprika
33
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
34
Honey Ham
35
Honey
36
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
37
Sodium Phosphate
38
Provolone Cheese
39
Pasteurized Milk
40
Cheese Culture
41
Enzymes
42
Green Leaf Lettuce

Full Ingredient List

Garlic Bread (Enriched Wheat Flour, Water, Yeast, Vegetable Oil [Canola Or Soybean], Salt, Wheat Gluten, Garlic, Garlic Powder, Calcium Propionate, Garlic Flavor [Canola Oil, Natural Garlic Oil, Bha, Bht], Fumaric Acid, Lactic Acid), Salami (Pork, Beef, Salt, Dextrose, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Spices, Sodium Ascorbate, Sodium Nitrite, Garlic Powder, Bha, Bht, Citric Acid), Pepperoni (Pork, Beef, Salt, Contains 2% Or Less Of: Corn Syrup, Dextrose, Flavorings, Lactic Acid Starter Culture, Oleoresin Of Paprika, Paprika, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite, Spices), Honey Ham (Cured With: Water, Honey, Sugar, Salt, Sodium Phosphate, Sodium Erythorbate, Sodium Nitrite), Provolone Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Culture, Salt, Enzymes), Green Leaf Lettuce.

Categories

Sandwiches

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Italian Garlic Panini, Italian Garlic

Neighbours outside Grab & Go near Italian Garlic Panini, Italian Garlic's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Grab & Go; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Italian Garlic Panini, Italian Garlic's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 42-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Italian Garlic Panini, Italian Garlic's 3 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 0073508001022: 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.