Safe

Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich

by Great Value

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0078742012896 · Great Value · Meals. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0078742012896 · Serving size 1 sandwich (124 g)

The verdict

Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich by Great Value scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 59 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 59-component record, beginning with Enriched Wheat Flour, Unbleached Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour. 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 59 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

42012896 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 59 ing. REG-SPARSE 24% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 8% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-FINISH Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake · ±0 BOOK-OFF …012896 · July 2026

14 of 59 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 42012896 · 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: Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake · Nearest score peer is Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake 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.

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.

Cross-brand screening score neighbourhood

1. Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Sausage, Egg & Cheese Cro…95/1002. Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Strawberry Swirl Cheeseca…95/1003. Pumpernickel Rye Sandwich Bread: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Pumpernickel Rye Sandwich…95/1004. Root Beer: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Root Beer95/1005. New York Style Cheesecake: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. New York Style Cheesecake95/100
High-band neighbours for Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich (95/100) outside Great Value.
Chart values as text

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

Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich
95/100
Strawberry Swirl Cheesecake
95/100
Pumpernickel Rye Sandwich Bread
95/100
Root Beer
95/100
New York Style Cheesecake
95/100

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 15,626 products we've scored in the Meals category, the average safety score is 93.6/100. Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich scores 1.4 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 93.6/100), 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 Meals products

Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich lists 59 ingredients on its label

59 92nd percentile a longer ingredient list than 92% of the 11,283 products we track

0–2: 12 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 83 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 127 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 209 products (2%). Below this entry. 8–10: 312 products (3%). Below this entry. 10–12: 315 products (3%). Below this entry. 12–14: 412 products (4%). Below this entry. 14–16: 477 products (4%). Below this entry. 16–18: 542 products (5%). Below this entry. 18–20: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 20–22: 545 products (5%). Below this entry. 22–24: 550 products (5%). Below this entry. 24–26: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 26–28: 552 products (5%). Below this entry. 28–30: 574 products (5%). Below this entry. 30–32: 517 products (5%). Below this entry. 32–34: 466 products (4%). Below this entry. 34–36: 451 products (4%). Below this entry. 36–38: 443 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 388 products (3%). Below this entry. 40–42: 3,204 products (28%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Meals 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

11,283 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 59 (92nd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
12 products (0%)
2–4
83 products (1%)
4–6
127 products (1%)
6–8
209 products (2%)
8–10
312 products (3%)
10–12
315 products (3%)
12–14
412 products (4%)
14–16
477 products (4%)
16–18
542 products (5%)
18–20
552 products (5%)
20–22
545 products (5%)
22–24
550 products (5%)
24–26
552 products (5%)
26–28
552 products (5%)
28–30
574 products (5%)
30–32
517 products (5%)
32–34
466 products (4%)
34–36
451 products (4%)
36–38
443 products (4%)
38–40
388 products (3%)
40 and above
3,204 products (28%)

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 11,283 Meals 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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 59 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Enriched Wheat Flour
2
Unbleached Wheat Flour
3
Malted Barley Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Iron
6
Reduced
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Water
11
Margarine
12
Palm Oil
13
Soybean Oil
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
16
Milk
17
Mono - And Diglycerides
18
Soybean Lecithin
19
Soy
20
Natural Butter Flavor
21
Colored With Beta Carotene
22
Vitamin A Palmitate Added
23
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
24
Leavening
25
Yeast
26
Dough Conditioner
27
Rye Flour
28
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
29
Enzymes
30
Organic Non-fat Dry Milk
31
Soy Flour
32
Eggs
33
Preservative
34
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
35
Pork
36
Seasoning
37
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
38
Spices
39
Msg
40
Hydrolyzed Corn Protein
41
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
42
Spice Extractive
43
Whole Eggs
44
Whey Solids
45
Modified Food Starch
46
Nonfat Dry Milk
47
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
48
Citric Acid And Artificial Butter Flavor
49
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean Oil And Cottonseed Oils
50
Medium Chain Triglycerides
51
Artificial Flavors
52
Cultured Milk
53
Cream
54
Sodium Citrate
55
Sodium Phosphate
56
Sorbic Acid
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
57
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
58
Artificial Color
59
Soy Lecithin

Full Ingredient List

Croissant: enriched wheat flour (unbleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, iron (reduced), thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, margarine (palm oil, water, soybean oil, salt, whey (milk), mono - and diglycerides, soybean lecithin (soy), natural butter flavor, colored with beta carotene, vitamin a palmitate added), sugar, contains 2% or less of: salt, leavening (yeast), dough conditioner (rye flour, malted barley flour, ascorbic acid, enzymes), non-fat dry milk, soy flour, eggs, preservative (calcium propionate). fully cooked pork sausage patty: pork, water, seasoning (dextrose, spices, sugar, monosodium glutamate, hydrolyzed corn protein, caramel color, spice extractive), salt, sodium phosphates. fully cooked egg patty: whole eggs, water, soybean oil, whey solids, modified food starch, nonfat dry milk, salt, xanthan gum, citric acid and artificial butter flavor (partially hydrogenated soybean oil and cottonseed oils, medium chain triglycerides, artificial flavors). pasteurized process american cheese: cultured milk, water, cream, sodium citrate, salt, sodium phosphate, sorbic acid (preservative), lactic acid, artificial color, enzymes, soy lecithin.

Other products containing Citric Acid And Artificial Butter Flavor

Citric Acid And Artificial Butter Flavor is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 3 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

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High-score cross-brand comparables for Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich

Neighbours outside Great Value with screening scores in the same high band as Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich (95/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Great Value; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 59-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Sausage, Egg & Cheese Croissant Sandwich'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 0078742012896: 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.