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Turkey pastrami with swiss cheese & mustard on dark rye bread sandwich, turkey pastrami

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0085239032862 · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0085239032862 · Serving size 1 SANDWICH (190 g)

The verdict

Turkey pastrami with swiss cheese & mustard on dark rye bread sandwich, turkey pastrami scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 61 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 2 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 61-component record, beginning with Dark Rye Bread, Enriched Unbleached Flour, Wheat 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 61 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

53/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

39032862 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Turkey pastrami with swiss cheese & mustard on dark rye bread sandwich, turkey pastrami label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 61 ing. REG-PART 30% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-MID Len top 23% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …032862 · July 2026

18 of 61 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 39032862 · 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

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.

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. Turkey pastrami with swiss cheese & mustard on dark rye bread sandwich, turkey pastrami scores 8.9 points below that category average (80/100 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

Turkey pastrami with swiss cheese & mustard on dark rye bread sandwich, turkey pastrami lists 61 ingredients on its label

61 77th percentile a longer ingredient list than 77% 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

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Distribution as text

1,215 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 61 (77th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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28 products (2%)
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44 products (4%)
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26 products (2%)
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56 products (5%)
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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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 61 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Dark Rye Bread
2
Enriched Unbleached Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Malted Barley Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Reduced Iron
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
Medium Rye Flour
12
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
13
Yeast
14
Ground Caraway Seed
15
Soybean Oil
16
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
17
Sulfites
Preservative
Certain People Should Avoid
18
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
19
Gluten
20
Potato Flakes
21
Fumaric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe Approved
22
Acetic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
23
Spices
24
Dough Conditioners
25
Monoglycerides
26
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
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 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
29
Enzymes
30
Monocalcium Phosphate
31
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
32
Preservative
33
Turkey Pastrami
34
Turkey
35
Mechanically Separated Turkey
36
Seasoning
37
Garlic Powder
38
Natural Flavors
39
Oleoresin Paprika
40
Garlic Oil
41
Isolated Oat Product
42
Or Less Cracked Pepper
43
Smoke Flavoring
44
Potassium Lactate
FLAVOR ENHANCER
GRAS
45
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
46
Sodium Phosphate
47
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
48
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
49
Rosemary Extract
50
Turkey Breast With White Turkey And Broth
51
Turkey Breast With White Meat Turkey
52
Or Less Potassium Lactate
53
Modified Food Starch
54
Dextrose Salt
55
Flavoring
56
Swiss Cheese Pasteurized Milk
57
Cheese Culture
58
Deli Mustard
59
Dried Vinegar
60
Mustard Seeds
61
Salt And Turmeric

Full Ingredient List

Dark rye bread (enriched unbleached flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, medium rye flour, sugar, yeast, contains 2% or less of the following: ground caraway seed, soybean oil, caramel color [contains sulfites], salt, gluten, potato flakes, fumaric acid, acetic acid, spices, dough conditioners [monoglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, ascorbic acid, calcium sulfate, enzymes], monocalcium phosphate, calcium propionate [preservative]), turkey pastrami (turkey, mechanically separated turkey, seasoning [sugar, salt, garlic powder, natural flavors, oleoresin paprika {color}, garlic oil], water, isolated oat product, contains 2% or less cracked pepper, natural smoke flavoring, salt, potassium lactate, sodium diacetate, sodium phosphate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, rosemary extract), turkey breast with white turkey and broth (turkey breast with white meat turkey, water, contains 2% or less potassium lactate, modified food starch, dextrose salt, sodium phosphate, sodium diacetate, flavoring), swiss cheese pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes), deli mustard (vinegar, water, mustard seeds, salt and turmeric).

Categories

Sandwiches

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Turkey pastrami with swiss cheese & mustard on dark rye bread sandwich, turkey pastrami's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 61-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Turkey pastrami with swiss cheese & mustard on dark rye bread sandwich, turkey pastrami's 2 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 0085239032862: 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.