Avoid

Italian Sub Sandwich

by Crafted Market by Meijer

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0708820379428 · Crafted Market by Meijer · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0708820379428 · Serving size 135g

The verdict

Italian Sub Sandwich by Crafted Market by Meijer scores 40/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 4 ingredients are flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 41-component record, beginning with White Sub Bun, Enriched Wheat Flour, Water. 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.

40/100
Avoid safety score
4
Many flagged · of 41 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

28/100

Grade F

Ingredient Safety

40/100

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.

20379428 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Italian Sub Sandwich label screening desk

SCORE-AVOID 40/100 FLAG-MANY 4 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-SPARSE 29% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-LONG Len top 66% LEAD-FLAG TBHQ PHOTO-FINISH Meijer, light nonfat · ±0 BOOK-OFF …379428 · July 2026

12 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: TBHQ). Source sheet 20379428 · 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: Meijer, light nonfat yogurt, strawberry cheesecake · Nearest score peer is Meijer, light nonfat yogurt, strawberry cheesecake 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 lowest of the four bands. That is where labels land when registry-rated components drive the greater part of the deduction from the index. The band name is drawn from the framework's own scale and is distinct from the ratings the registries themselves assign to individual substances, which are shown per component below. A single heavily rated component and several lightly rated ones can produce the same band, so the component table is the more precise reading of the two.

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 Sub Sandwich: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Italian Sub Sandwich40/1002. Meijer, light nonfat yogurt, strawberry cheesecake: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Meijer, light nonfat yogu…40/1003. Scooperman ice cream, fruit: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Scooperman ice cream, fru…40/1004. Ice Cream: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ice Cream40/1005. Meijer, liquid water enhancer, half & half, tea & lemonade, half & half, tea & lemonade: 40/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Meijer, liquid water enha…40/100
Nearest cross-brand screening scores for Italian Sub Sandwich (40/100 on 41 parsed ingredients).
Chart values as text

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

Italian Sub Sandwich
40/100
Meijer, light nonfat yogurt, strawberry cheesecake
40/100
Scooperman ice cream, fruit
40/100
Ice Cream
40/100
Meijer, liquid water enhancer, half & half, tea & lemonade, half & half, tea & lemonade
40/100

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 Sub Sandwich scores 48.9 points below that category average (40/100 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 Sub Sandwich lists 41 ingredients on its label

41 34th percentile a longer ingredient list than 34% 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: 41 (34th 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 40/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (4 flagged of 41 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
White Sub Bun
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Water
4
Malted Barley Flour
5
Palm Oil
6
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Dough Conditioners
9
Dough Enzyme
10
Monoglycerides
11
Guar Gum
12
Corn Syrup Solids
13
Silicon Dioxide
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, LUBRICANT OR RELEASE AGENT
Safe GRAS
14
Soybean Oil
15
Yeast
16
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
17
Honey Ham And Water Product
18
Honey
19
Modified Food Starch
20
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
21
Dried Vinegar
22
Sodium Phosphate
23
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
24
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned
25
Salami
26
Pork
27
Beef
28
Spices
29
Smoke Flavoring
30
Lactic Acid Starter Culture
31
Sodium Ascorbate
ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT
GRAS
32
Garlic Powder
33
BHT
Caution GRAS
34
TBHQ
Preservative
Avoid Approved (preservative, 21 CFR 172.185)
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
Pepperoni
37
Oleoresin Of Paprika
38
BHA
Avoid GRAS
39
Provolone Cheese
40
Cultured Pasteurized Milk
41
Enzymes

Full Ingredient List

WHITE SUB BUN (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR, WATER, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, PALM OIL, SUGAR, SALT, DOUGH CONDITIONERS, DOUGH ENZYME, MONOGLYCERIDES, GUAR GUM, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SILICON DIOXIDE, SOYBEAN OIL, YEAST, WHEAT GLUTEN), HONEY HAM AND WATER PRODUCT (WATER, HONEY, SALT, MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, DEXTROSE, VINEGAR, SODIUM PHOSPHATE, SODIUM ERYTHORBATE, SODIUM NITRITE), SALAMI (PORK, BEEF, SALT, WATER, DEXTROSE, SPICES, SMOKE FLAVORING, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, SODIUM ASCORBATE, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM NITRITE, BHT, TBHQ, CITRIC ACID), PEPPERONI (PORK, BEEF, SALT, WATER, DEXTROSE, SPICES, LACTIC ACID STARTER CULTURE, OLEORESIN OF PAPRIKA, GARLIC POWDER, SODIUM NITRITE, BHA, BHT, CITRIC ACID), PROVOLONE CHEESE (CULTURED PASTEURIZED MILK, SALT, ENZYMES).

Categories

Sandwiches Sandwiches filled with cold cuts Sandwich made with loaf bread and various fillings

Lower-score cross-brand comparables for Italian Sub Sandwich

Neighbours outside Crafted Market by Meijer in the same lower screening band as Italian Sub Sandwich (40/100). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Crafted Market by Meijer; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

TBHQ is the first flagged ingredient selected from Italian Sub Sandwich's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 41-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to TBHQ. Open TBHQ
  • Compare Italian Sub Sandwich's 4 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 0708820379428: 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.