Sandwich Spread
by Hy-Vee Inc.
Open Food Facts label for barcode 0075450021691 · Hy-Vee Inc. · Fats. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.
The verdict
Sandwich Spread by Hy-Vee Inc. scores 75/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 27 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The 27-component label is layered, beginning with Water, High-fructose corn syrup, Soybean Oil. Start with any flagged rows, then check the nutrition grade and serving size instead of treating one roll-up score as the whole decision. This is not a recall, allergy, medical, or dietary-safety determination.
- 75/100
- Caution safety score
- 1
- One flagged · of 27 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
50/100
Grade C-
Ingredient Safety
75/100
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.
50021691 · Open Food Facts · July 2026
Sandwich Spread label screening desk
7 of 27 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Polysorbate 60). Source sheet 50021691 · 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: Blue Raspberry Performance Liquid Water Enhancer · Nearest score peer is Blue Raspberry Performance Liquid Water Enhancer at the same screening score.
Screening model notes
How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record
The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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.
This label parsed into a long component list. Where many entries are screened at once, the composite tends to reflect the overall mix of registry ratings returned rather than the rating of any one entry. Longer declarations also carry more sub-listed and compound entries, where a parenthetical group is resolved into its parts, so the parsed count can exceed what a reader counts on the packaging.
Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood
How It Compares to Its Category
Among the 6,337 products we've scored in the Fats category, the average safety score is 99.8/100. Sandwich Spread scores 24.8 points below that category average (75/100 vs. 99.8/100), 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 Fats products
Sandwich Spread lists 27 ingredients on its label
27 96th percentile a longer ingredient list than 96% of the 788 products we track
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
- 0–2
- 13 products (2%)
- 2–4
- 228 products (29%)
- 4–6
- 41 products (5%)
- 6–8
- 47 products (6%)
- 8–10
- 42 products (5%)
- 10–12
- 50 products (6%)
- 12–14
- 82 products (10%)
- 14–16
- 77 products (10%)
- 16–18
- 114 products (14%)
- 18–20
- 31 products (4%)
- 20–22
- 17 products (2%)
- 22–24
- 4 products (1%)
- 24–26
- 9 products (1%)
- 26–28
- 9 products (1%)
- 28–30
- 3 products (0%)
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- 2 products (0%)
- 32–34
- 3 products (0%)
- 34–36
- 3 products (0%)
- 38–40
- 3 products (0%)
- 40 and above
- 10 products (1%)
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 788 Fats 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 75/100 score is built
Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 27 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.
Full Ingredient List
Water, high fructose corn syrup, soybean oil, pickle relish (pickles, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, distilled vinegar, salt, red bell pepper, mustard seed, xanthan gum, natural spice flavors, calcium disodium edta), distilled and cider vinegar, modified food starch, egg yolk, salt, natural flavors, spices, paprika, turmeric, xanthan gum, propylene glycol alginate, polysorbate 60, oleoresin paprika, potassium sorbate and sodium benzoate (preservatives), fd&c red #40, calcium disodium edta added to protect flavor.
Other products containing Natural Spice Flavors
Natural Spice Flavors is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 90 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.
Categories
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Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Sandwich Spread
Neighbours outside Hy-Vee Inc. near Sandwich Spread's mid-band score (75/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Hy-Vee Inc.; these peers cross brands.
Same mid-band screening score
Nearest cross-brand products by screening score (1 flagged of 27 on 0075450021691).
Long-label peers (21+ ingredients)
Nearest cross-brand labels by linked ingredient count (27 on 0075450021691).
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Follow the flagged-label evidence
Polysorbate 60 is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sandwich Spread's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 27-ingredient record.
- Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Polysorbate 60. Open Polysorbate 60
- Compare Sandwich Spread'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 0075450021691: 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.