Concern

Italian Style Pinwheel

by Marketside

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0224946303944 · Marketside · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0224946303944 · Serving size 4 pinwheels (141.748 g)

The verdict

Italian Style Pinwheel by Marketside scores 55/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 53 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 53-component record, beginning with Pork, Enriched Flour, 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.

55/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 53 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.

46303944 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Italian Style Pinwheel label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 55/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 53 ing. REG-PART 34% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 37% LEAD-FLAG BHA PHOTO-FINISH Christmas Hand Decorated · ±0 BOOK-OFF …303944 · July 2026

18 of 53 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: BHA). Source sheet 46303944 · 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: Christmas Hand Decorated Cookie · Nearest score peer is Christmas Hand Decorated Cookie 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 Style Pinwheel: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Italian Style Pinwheel55/1002. Christmas Hand Decorated Cookie: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Christmas Hand Decorated …55/1003. Live, Give Smile, Gourmet Gum, Build + A + Flavor, Half & Half: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Live, Give Smile, Gourmet…55/1004. Gum rainbow ice: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Gum rainbow ice55/1005. Project 7, sugar free gourmet gum, wedding cake: 55/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Project 7, sugar free gou…55/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Italian Style Pinwheel (55/100 on 53 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Italian Style Pinwheel
55/100
Christmas Hand Decorated Cookie
55/100
Live, Give Smile, Gourmet Gum, Build + A + Flavor, Half & Half
55/100
Gum rainbow ice
55/100
Project 7, sugar free gourmet gum, wedding cake
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 Style Pinwheel 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 Style Pinwheel lists 53 ingredients on its label

53 63rd percentile a longer ingredient list than 63% 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: 53 (63rd percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
1 products (0%)
2–4
3 products (0%)
4–6
4 products (0%)
6–8
3 products (0%)
8–10
6 products (0%)
10–12
4 products (0%)
12–14
11 products (1%)
14–16
12 products (1%)
16–18
22 products (2%)
18–20
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 53 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Pork
2
Enriched Flour
3
Flour
4
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
5
Reduced Iron
6
Thiamin Mononit Rate
7
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Folig Acid
9
Milk Lettuce
10
Water
11
Beef
12
Soy Oil
13
2% Or Less Of Sugar
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Baking Soda
16
Sodium Aluminum Phosphate
17
Potassiums Orbate
18
Fumaric Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe Approved
19
Mono - And Palm Oil
20
Diglycerides
21
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
22
Roasted Red Bell Pepper Puree
23
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
24
High Fructose Core Syrup
25
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
26
Natural Flavor
27
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
28
Culture
29
Natural Smoke Flavor
30
Distilled Vinegar
31
Egg Yolks
32
Garlig
33
Foodstarch-modified
34
Paprika Oleoresin
35
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
36
Cheese Culture
37
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
38
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
39
Spice
40
Onion
41
Spices
42
BHA
Avoid GRAS
43
BHT
Caution GRAS
44
Enzymes
45
Disodium Inosinate
FLAVOR ENHANCER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
Approved
46
Disodium Guanylate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Approved
47
Sodium Benzoate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FUMIGANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
48
Potassium Sorbate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT
Safe GRAS
49
Sodium Metabisulfite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
GRAS
50
Calcium Disodium Edta
51
Egg
52
Milk
53
Wheat

Full Ingredient List

PORK, ENRICHED FLOUR (FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMIN MONONIT RATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIG ACID), MILK LETTUCE, WATER, BEEF, SOY OIL, 2% OR LESS OF SUGAR, SALT, BAKING SODA, SODIUM ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, POTASSIUMS ORBATE, FUMARIC ACID, MONO - AND PALM OIL, DIGLYCERIDES, CALCIUM PROPIONATE, ROASTED RED BELL PEPPER PUREE, SALT, DEXTROSE, HIGH FRUCTOSE CORE SYRUP, SODIUM NITRITE, NATURAL FLAVOR, LACTIC ACID, CULTURE, SMOKE FLAVOR, DISTILLED VINEGAR, EGG YOLKS, DEHYDRATED GARLIG, FOODSTARCH-MODIFIED, PAPRIKA OLEORESIN, CITRIC ACID, CHEESE CULTURE, SUGAR, XANTHAN GUM, SPICE, DEHYDRATED ONION, SPICES, BHA, BHT, ENZYMES, DISODIUM INOSINATE, DISODIUM GUANYLATE, SODIUM BENZOATE, POTASSIUM SORBATE, SODIUM METABISULFITE, CALCIUM DISODIUM EDTA, CONTAINS EGG, MILK, WHEAT

Categories

Sandwiches

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Italian Style Pinwheel

Neighbours outside Marketside near Italian Style Pinwheel's mid-band score (55/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Marketside; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

BHA is the first flagged ingredient selected from Italian Style Pinwheel's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 53-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to BHA. Open BHA
  • Compare Italian Style Pinwheel'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 0224946303944: 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.