Safe

Smoked Turkey & Cheddar Sub With Lettuce And Tomato

by Papa John's Salads & Produce

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0782796020515 · Papa John's Salads & Produce · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0782796020515 · Serving size 1 SUB (255 g)

The verdict

Smoked Turkey & Cheddar Sub With Lettuce And Tomato by Papa John's Salads & Produce scores 90/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 41 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 41-component record, beginning with Turkey, Turkey Breast, Turkey Broth. 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.

90/100
Safe safety score
2
Few flagged · of 41 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

58/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

90/100

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.

96020515 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Smoked Turkey & Cheddar Sub With Lettuce And Tomato label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 90/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 41 ing. REG-PART 37% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-LONG Len top 66% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Sundae Nut Flavored · ±0 BOOK-OFF …020515 · July 2026

15 of 41 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 96020515 · 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: Sundae Nut Flavored Vanilla Ice Cream Cones With Chocolate Flavored Coating And Peanuts In A Sugar Cone, Sundae Nut · Nearest score peer is Sundae Nut Flavored Vanilla Ice Cream Cones With Chocolate Flavored Coating And Peanuts In A Sugar Cone, Sundae Nut 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. Smoked Turkey & Cheddar Sub With Lettuce And Tomato: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Smoked Turkey & Cheddar S…90/1002. Sundae Nut Flavored Vanilla Ice Cream Cones With Chocolate Flavored Coating And Peanuts In A Sugar Cone, Sundae Nut: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Sundae Nut Flavored Vanil…90/1003. Ice cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Ice cream90/1004. Ice Cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Ice Cream90/1005. Ice cream: 90/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Ice cream90/100
High-band neighbours for Smoked Turkey & Cheddar Sub With Lettuce And Tomato (90/100) outside Papa John's Salads & Produce.
Chart values as text

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

Smoked Turkey & Cheddar Sub With Lettuce And Tomato
90/100
Sundae Nut Flavored Vanilla Ice Cream Cones With Chocolate Flavored Coating And Peanuts In A Sugar Cone, Sundae Nut
90/100
Ice cream
90/100
Ice Cream
90/100
Ice cream
90/100

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. Smoked Turkey & Cheddar Sub With Lettuce And Tomato scores 1.1 points above that category average (90/100 vs. 88.9/100), 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 Sandwiches products

Smoked Turkey & Cheddar Sub With Lettuce And Tomato 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.

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1 products (0%)
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4 products (0%)
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3 products (0%)
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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 90/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 41 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Turkey
2
Turkey Breast
3
Turkey Broth
4
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
5
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
6
Sodium Lactate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, WASHING OR SURFACE REMOVAL AGENT
GRAS
7
Modified Food Starch
8
Tapioca Starch
NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, STABILIZER OR THICKENER
GRAS
9
Carrageenan
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, PROCESSING AID, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
Caution GRAS
10
Sodium Phosphate
11
Sodium Diacetate
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
Safe GRAS
12
Sodium Erythorbate And Sodium Nitrite
13
Wheat Roll
14
Enriched Wheat Flour
15
Wheat Flour
16
Malted Barley Flour
17
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
18
Reduced Iron
19
Thiamin Mononitrate
20
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
21
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
22
Water
23
Wheat Bran
24
Yeast Sugar
25
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
26
Cracked Wheat
27
Malted Barley Extract
28
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
29
Preservative
30
Dough Conditioners
31
Diacetyl Tartaric Acid Esters Of Mono And Diglycerides
32
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
33
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
34
Enzymes
35
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
36
Tomato
37
Cheddar Cheese
38
Pasteurized Milk
39
Cheese Culture
40
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
41
Green Leaf Lettuce

Full Ingredient List

Turkey (turkey breast, turkey broth, dextrose, salt, sodium lactate, modified food starch, tapioca starch, carrageenan, sodium phosphate, sodium diacetate, sodium erythorbate and sodium nitrite), wheat roll (enriched wheat flour (wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), water, wheat bran, yeast sugar, wheat gluten, salt, cracked wheat, malted barley extract, calcium propionate (preservative), dough conditioners (diacetyl tartaric acid esters of mono and diglycerides, sodium stearoyl lactylate, ascorbic acid, enzymes), caramel color), tomato, cheddar cheese (pasteurized milk, cheese culture, salt, enzymes, annatto), green leaf lettuce.

Other products containing Wheat Roll

Wheat Roll is the least common ingredient on this label, appearing in 5 products across the catalog. See its safety profile.

Categories

Sandwiches

High-score cross-brand comparables for Smoked Turkey & Cheddar Sub With Lettuce And Tomato

Neighbours outside Papa John's Salads & Produce with screening scores in the same high band as Smoked Turkey & Cheddar Sub With Lettuce And Tomato (90/100 here). The 5 same-brand links above stay within Papa John's Salads & Produce; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Carrageenan is the first flagged ingredient selected from Smoked Turkey & Cheddar Sub With Lettuce And Tomato'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 Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Smoked Turkey & Cheddar Sub With Lettuce And Tomato'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 0782796020515: 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.