Safe

Chicken Salad Croissant

by Papa John's Salads & Produce

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0782796021895 · Papa John's Salads & Produce · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0782796021895 · Serving size 1 SANDWICH (184 g)

The verdict

Chicken Salad Croissant by Papa John's Salads & Produce scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 90 labeled ingredients with FDA SAFFA regulatory records and CSPI Chemical Cuisine ratings; 1 ingredient is flagged for caution. The source parser split this into a very long 90-component record, beginning with Chicken Salad, Chicken Breast, Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast. 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.

95/100
Safe safety score
1
One flagged · of 90 analyzed
Group 4
Ultra-processed
C
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

65/100

Grade B-

Ingredient Safety

95/100

FDA/CSPI flagged-ingredient screening

Processing Level

NOVA 4

Ultra-processed foods

Nutrition Grade

C

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.

96021895 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken Salad Croissant label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 90 ing. REG-SPARSE 22% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-C Nutri-C RANK-SHORT Len top 3% LEAD-FLAG Carrageenan PHOTO-FINISH Pasta Salad · ±0 BOOK-OFF …021895 · July 2026

20 of 90 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Carrageenan). Source sheet 96021895 · 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: Pasta Salad · Nearest score peer is Pasta Salad 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.

Nutri-Score settled on its middle grade here, the band the algorithm produces when the penalty and credit sides of its nutrient ledger come out close to balanced. A mid-scale grade is a statement about the panel as a whole rather than about any single nutrient, and products arrive at it by very different routes: a moderate profile across every term, or high marks on some offset by heavy penalties on others. The grade is computed separately from the ingredient screen below and the two are not comparable measures.

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. Chicken Salad Croissant: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Chicken Salad Croissant95/1002. Pasta Salad: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Pasta Salad95/1003. Shrimp Krab Louie Salad With Thousand Island Dressing: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Shrimp Krab Louie Salad W…95/1004. Zesty Italian Salad With Italian Dressing: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Zesty Italian Salad With …95/1005. Fall Vegetable Medley: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Fall Vegetable Medley95/100
High-band neighbours for Chicken Salad Croissant (95/100) outside Papa John's Salads & Produce.
Chart values as text

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

Chicken Salad Croissant
95/100
Pasta Salad
95/100
Shrimp Krab Louie Salad With Thousand Island Dressing
95/100
Zesty Italian Salad With Italian Dressing
95/100
Fall Vegetable Medley
95/100

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. Chicken Salad Croissant scores 6.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 88.9/100), so it is a comparatively strong pick for shoppers screening within that category specifically, rather than against the product catalog as a whole.

Ingredient-list length vs other Sandwiches products

Chicken Salad Croissant lists 90 ingredients on its label

90 97th percentile a longer ingredient list than 97% 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: 90 (97th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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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 95/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (1 flagged of 90 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Chicken Salad
2
Chicken Breast
3
Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast
4
Water
5
Pomace Olive Oil
6
Olive Oil
7
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
8
Worcestershire Sauce
9
Distilled White Vinegar
10
Molasses
11
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
12
Organic Onions
13
Anchovies
14
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
15
Organic Cloves
16
Tamarind Extract
17
Flavorings
18
Chili Pepper Extract
19
Onion Powder
20
Garlic Powder
21
Mayonnaise
22
Vegetable Oil
23
Soybean
24
Canola
25
Whole Eggs
26
Dried Vinegar
27
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
28
Egg Yolk
29
Lemon Juice Concentrate
30
Calcium Disodium Edta To Protect Flavor
31
Natural Flavors
32
Paprika Spices
33
Sour Cream
34
Cultured Cream
35
Corn Starch
36
Sodium Phosphate
37
Guar Gum
38
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
39
Locust Bean Gum
40
Celery
41
Red Onion
42
Lemon Juice
43
Black Pepper
44
White Pepper
45
Croissant
46
Enriched Wheat Flour
47
Unbleached Wheat Flour
48
Malted Barley Flour
49
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
50
Reduced Iron
51
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
52
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
53
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
54
Margarine
55
Partially Hydrogenated Soybean And Cottonseed Oils
56
Soybean Lecithin
57
Soy
58
Mono And Diglycerides
59
Artificial Flavor
60
Beta Carotene
61
Color
62
Vitamin A Palmitate Added
63
Non Fat Dry Milk Powder
64
Non Fat Dry Milk
65
Whey
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FORMULATION AID, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-FINISHING AGENT, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
66
Yeast And Baking Powder
67
Sodium Acid Pyrophosphate
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, DOUGH STRENGTHENER, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, FORMULATION AID, LEAVENING AGENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT, SEQUESTRANT
GRAS
68
Sodium Bicarbonate
EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, LEAVENING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING AID, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
GRAS
69
Corn Starch
70
Monocalcium Phosphate
71
For Leavening
72
Dough Conditioner
73
Datem
Emulsifier
Safe
74
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
75
Soybean Oil
76
Enzyme
77
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
78
L-cysteine
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
79
Vital Wheat Gluten
80
Butter Powder
81
Natural Flavor
82
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
83
Maltodextrin
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, HUMECTANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, NUTRITIVE SWEETENER, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENT, TEXTURIZER
Safe GRAS
84
Propylene Glycol
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, DRYING AGENT, EMULSIFIER OR EMULSIFIER SALT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, FORMULATION AID, HUMECTANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Certain People Should Avoid GRAS
85
Eggs
86
Calcium Propylene Glycol
87
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
88
Potassium Sorbate And Citric Acid
89
Preservatives
90
Green Leaf Lettuce

Full Ingredient List

Chicken salad (chicken breast (boneless skinless chicken breast), water, pomace olive oil (olive oil), salt, worcestershire sauce (distilled white vinegar, molasses, water, sugar, onions, anchovies, salt, garlic, cloves, tamarind extract, natural flavorings, chili pepper extract), onion powder, garlic powder), mayonnaise (vegetable oil (soybean, canola), whole eggs, vinegar, water, corn syrup, contains less than 2% of: salt, egg yolk, lemon juice concentrate, calcium disodium edta to protect flavor, natural flavors, paprika spices), sour cream (cultured cream, modified corn starch, sodium phosphate, guar gum, carrageenan, locust bean gum), celery, red onion, lemon juice, salt, black pepper, white pepper), croissant (enriched wheat flour (unbleached wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid,), water, margarine(partially hydrogenated soybean and cottonseed oils, water, sugar, soybean lecithin (soy), mono and diglycerides, artificial flavor, beta carotene [color], vitamin a palmitate added), sugar, contains 2% or less of: salt, non fat dry milk powder (non fat dry milk, whey), yeast and baking powder (sodium acid pyrophosphate, sodium bicarbonate, corn starch, monocalcium phosphate), for leavening, dough conditioner (datem, calcium sulfate, soybean oil, enzyme, ascorbic acid, l-cysteine), vital wheat gluten, natural butter powder (natural flavor, dextrose, maltodextrin, propylene glycol), eggs, calcium propylene glycol), eggs, calcium propionate, potassium sorbate and citric acid (preservatives)), green leaf lettuce.

Categories

Sandwiches

High-score cross-brand comparables for Chicken Salad Croissant

Neighbours outside Papa John's Salads & Produce with screening scores in the same high band as Chicken Salad Croissant (95/100 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 Chicken Salad Croissant's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 90-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Carrageenan. Open Carrageenan
  • Compare Chicken Salad Croissant's 1 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 0782796021895: 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.