Caution

Chicken club sub

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0782796031016 · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0782796031016 · Serving size 0.5 SUB (121 g)

The verdict

Chicken club sub scores 80/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 70 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 70-component record, beginning with Chicken, 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.

80/100
Caution safety score
2
Few flagged · of 70 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

53/100

Grade C-

Ingredient Safety

80/100

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.

96031016 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Chicken club sub label screening desk

SCORE-CAUT 80/100 FLAG-FEW 2 flagged LEN-DENSE 70 ing. REG-SPARSE 20% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 13% LEAD-FLAG Sodium Nitrite PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …031016 · July 2026

14 of 70 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Sodium Nitrite). Source sheet 96031016 · 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

Screening model notes

How Nutri-Score, NOVA, and list length read this record

The composite for this product falls in the second band of the four-tier framework. That band collects labels whose registry-rated components pull the derived score down measurably without dominating it. Position inside a band is not visible from the band name, and two labels sharing it can differ in how many components were rated and how severely. This is a threshold on an index computed here from public data, not a regulatory classification of any kind; the exact cut-offs are published 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.

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 club sub scores 8.9 points below that category average (80/100 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

Chicken club sub lists 70 ingredients on its label

70 87th percentile a longer ingredient list than 87% 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: 70 (87th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
1 products (0%)
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4 products (0%)
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3 products (0%)
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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 80/100 score is built

Screening starts at 100 and subtracts severity-weighted FDA SAFFA / CSPI flags (2 flagged of 70 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Chicken
 2
Boneless
 3
Skinless Chicken Breast
 4
Water
 5
Less Than 1.5% Of Salt
 6
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
7
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
8
Sodium Phosphate
 9
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
10
Natural Flavor
 11
Brown Sugar
 12
Carrot
 13
Onion
 14
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Spice
 16
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
17
Celery
18
2% Or Less Of Carrot Powder
19
Canola Oil
 20
Natural Flavor
 21
Chicken Broth
 22
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
23
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
24
Flavoring
 25
Multigrain Ciabatta
 26
Enriched Wheat Flour
 27
Wheat Flour
 28
Malted Barley Flour
 29
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
30
Reduced Iron
 31
Thiamin Mononitrate
 32
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
33
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
34
Organic Rolled Oats
 35
Sourdough
 36
Fermented Wheat Flour
 37
Fermented Rye Flour
 38
Cracked Rye
 39
Wheat Bran
 40
Vegetable Oil
 41
Canola Oil Or Soybean Oil
 42
Yeast
 43
Enriched Wheat Farina
 44
Wheat Farina
 45
Rye Flour
 46
Lactic Acid Bacterial
 47
Malted Barley Extract
 48
Wheat Gluten
FIRMING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE, STABILIZER OR THICKENER, TEXTURIZER
GRAS
49
Monoglycerides
 50
Wheat Grains
 51
Rye Grains
 52
Oat Grains
 53
Organic Flax Seeds
 54
Cultured Wheat Starch
 55
Millet Seeds
 56
Teff Seeds
 57
Guar Gum
 58
American Cheese
 59
Milk
 60
Cheese Culture
 61
Enzymes
 62
Cream
 63
Sodium Phosphates
 64
Paprika
 65
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
66
Green Leaf Lettuce
 67
Bacon
 68
Smoke Flavoring
 69
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
70
Sodium Nitrite
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT, COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PROPELLANT
Avoid Prior Sanctioned

Full Ingredient List

Chicken (boneless, skinless chicken breast, water, less than 1.5% of salt, maltodextrin, sugar, sodium phosphate, dextrose, flavor, chicken broth. coated with: brown sugar, carrot, onion, maltodextrin, sea salt, dextrose, spice, garlic, celery, 2% or less of carrot powder, canola oil, natural flavor, chicken broth, salt, caramel color, flavoring), multigrain ciabatta (enriched wheat flour [wheat flour, malted barley flour, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], water, rolled oats, sourdough [water, fermented wheat flour, fermented rye flour], cracked rye, wheat bran, vegetable oil [canola oil or soybean oil], salt, sugar, yeast, enriched wheat farina [wheat farina, niacin, reduced iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], fermented rye flour [rye flour, water, yeast, lactic acid bacterial], malted barley extract, wheat gluten, monoglycerides, wheat grains, rye grains, oat grains, flax seeds, cultured wheat starch, millet seeds, teff seeds, guar gum), american cheese (american cheese [milk, salt, cheese culture, enzymes], cream, sodium phosphates, paprika, annatto, salt), green leaf lettuce, bacon (cured with: water, salt, sugar, natural smoke flavoring, sodium phosphates, sodium erythorbate, sodium nitrite).

Categories

Sandwiches

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Sodium Nitrite is the first flagged ingredient selected from Chicken club sub's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 70-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Sodium Nitrite. Open Sodium Nitrite
  • Compare Chicken club sub'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 0782796031016: 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.