Concern

Han & cheddar on wheat

by Brown Bag Sandwich Co.

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0677684401807 · Brown Bag Sandwich Co. · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0677684401807 · Serving size 1 sandwich (156 g)

The verdict

Han & cheddar on wheat by Brown Bag Sandwich Co. scores 65/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 46 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 46-component record, beginning with Ham, Portion Of Ground Ham Added Cured With Water, Dextrose. 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.

65/100
Concern safety score
3
Few flagged · of 46 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

45/100

Grade D

Ingredient Safety

65/100

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.

84401807 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Han & cheddar on wheat label screening desk

SCORE-CONC 65/100 FLAG-FEW 3 flagged LEN-DENSE 46 ing. REG-PART 39% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 54% LEAD-FLAG Azodicarbonamide PHOTO-FINISH Chef's Salad · ±0 BOOK-OFF …401807 · July 2026

18 of 46 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Azodicarbonamide). Source sheet 84401807 · 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: Chef's Salad · Nearest score peer is Chef's Salad 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.

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. Han & cheddar on wheat: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Han & cheddar on wheat65/1002. Chef's Salad: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Chef's Salad65/1003. Fit Crunch Milk & Cookies High Protein Bar: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Fit Crunch Milk & Cookies…65/1004. FITCRUNCH: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. FITCRUNCH65/1005. High Protein Baked Bar: 65/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. High Protein Baked Bar65/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Han & cheddar on wheat (65/100 on 46 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Han & cheddar on wheat
65/100
Chef's Salad
65/100
Fit Crunch Milk & Cookies High Protein Bar
65/100
FITCRUNCH
65/100
High Protein Baked Bar
65/100

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. Han & cheddar on wheat scores 23.9 points below that category average (65/100 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

Han & cheddar on wheat lists 46 ingredients on its label

46 46th percentile a longer ingredient list than 46% 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: 46 (46th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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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%)
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15 products (1%)
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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 65/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (3 flagged of 46 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Ham
2
Portion Of Ground Ham Added Cured With Water
3
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
4
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
5
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
6
Sodium Phosphate
7
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
8
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
9
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
10
Wheat Bread
11
Pullman
12
Enriched Bleached Flour
13
Bleached Wheat Flour
14
Malted Barley Flour
15
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
16
Reduced Iron
17
Ascorbic Acid Added As A Dough Conditioner
18
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
19
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
20
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
21
Water
22
Cracked Wheat
23
High-fructose corn syrup
Sweetener
Cut Back
24
Whole Wheat Flour
25
Yeast
26
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
27
Organic Rolled Oats
28
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean & Cottonseed Oils
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
Wheat Bran
31
Oat Bran
32
Soy Lecithin
33
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
34
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
35
Preservative
36
Azodicarbonamide
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT
Avoid Approved
37
Carbamide
38
Calcium Peroxide
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
39
Calcium Phosphate
40
Cheese
41
Mild Cheddar
42
Pasteurized Milk
43
Cheese Culture
44
Enzymes
45
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
46
Vegetable Color

Full Ingredient List

Ham (portion of ground ham added cured with water, dextrose, salt, sodium lactate, sodium phosphate, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite, wheat bread, pullman (enriched bleached flour [bleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, ascorbic acid added as a dough conditioner, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, cracked wheat, high fructose corn syrup, whole wheat flour, yeast, wheat gluten, rolled oats, partially hydrogenated soybean & cottonseed oils, contains less than 2% of each of the following: corn syrup, salt, wheat bran, oat bran, soy lecithin, caramel color, calcium propionate (preservative), azodicarbonamide, ascorbic acid added as a dough conditioner, carbamide, calcium peroxide, calcium phosphate), cheese, mild cheddar (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto (vegetable color).

Categories

Sandwiches

Mid-score cross-brand comparables for Han & cheddar on wheat

Neighbours outside Brown Bag Sandwich Co. near Han & cheddar on wheat's mid-band score (65/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Brown Bag Sandwich Co.; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Azodicarbonamide is the first flagged ingredient selected from Han & cheddar on wheat's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 46-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Azodicarbonamide. Open Azodicarbonamide
  • Compare Han & cheddar on wheat'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 0677684401807: 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.