Safe

Freebird Turkey Sandwich

by Molly’s Grown to Eat

Open Food Facts label for barcode 0853922004003 · Molly’s Grown to Eat · Sandwiches. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 0853922004003 · Serving size 8.3 oz (235g)

The verdict

Freebird Turkey Sandwich by Molly’s Grown to Eat scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 52 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 52-component record, beginning with Turkey, Turkey Breast, Turkey Broth And 2% O Flavors. 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 52 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

55/100

Grade C

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

22004003 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Freebird Turkey Sandwich label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 52 ing. REG-SPARSE 21% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-E Nutri-E RANK-MID Len top 39% LEAD-FLAG Potassium Iodate PHOTO-FINISH Instant oatmeal with · ±0 BOOK-OFF …004003 · July 2026

11 of 52 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Potassium Iodate). Source sheet 22004003 · 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: Instant oatmeal with flax seeds · Nearest score peer is Instant oatmeal with flax seeds 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 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. Freebird Turkey Sandwich: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #11. Freebird Turkey Sandwich95/1002. Instant oatmeal with flax seeds: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #22. Instant oatmeal with flax…95/1003. Finest yogurt: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #33. Finest yogurt95/1004. Noosa finest yoghurt: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #44. Noosa finest yoghurt95/1005. Earth's best, mini mac 'n cheese ravioli: 95/100 · 100% of the leader · rank #55. Earth's best, mini mac 'n…95/100
High-band neighbours for Freebird Turkey Sandwich (95/100) outside Molly’s Grown to Eat.
Chart values as text

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

Freebird Turkey Sandwich
95/100
Instant oatmeal with flax seeds
95/100
Finest yogurt
95/100
Noosa finest yoghurt
95/100
Earth's best, mini mac 'n cheese ravioli
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. Freebird Turkey Sandwich 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

Freebird Turkey Sandwich lists 52 ingredients on its label

52 61st percentile a longer ingredient list than 61% 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: 52 (61st percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

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44 products (4%)
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26 products (2%)
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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 52 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Turkey
2
Turkey Breast
3
Turkey Broth And 2% O Flavors
4
Yeast Extract
5
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
6
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
7
From Seaweed
8
Rustic Potato Batard
9
Enriched Unbleached Wheat Flour
10
Wheat Flour
11
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
12
Enzyme
13
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
14
Reduced Iron
15
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
16
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
17
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
18
Potatoes
19
Water
20
Expeller Pressed Canola And Extra Virgin Olive Oil Blend
21
Sea salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
22
Yeast
23
Pickled Red Onions
24
Organic Onions
25
Red Wine Vinegar
26
Apple Cider Vinegar
27
Cane Sugar
28
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
29
Calcium Chloride
ANTICAKING AGENT OR FREE-FLOW AGENT, DRYING AGENT, ENZYME, FIRMING AGENT, FREEZING OR COOLING AGENT, DIRECT CONTACT, FUMIGANT, HUMECTANT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, PH CONTROL AGENT, PROCESSING
GRAS
30
Molly's Chili Cream Cheese
31
Dried Cream Cheese
32
Pasteurized Cultured Milk
33
Cream
34
Poblano Peppers
35
Chipotles In Adobo
36
Comato Paste
37
Chipotle Peppers
38
Distilled Vinegar
39
Corn Oil
40
Less Than 2% Of Odized Salt
41
Potassium Iodate
DOUGH STRENGTHENER, FLOUR TREATING AGENT, MALTING OR FERMENTING AID, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT, OXIDIZING OR REDUCING AGENT
Avoid GRAS
42
Corn Starch
43
Onion Powder
44
Gauc Powder
45
Spices
46
Organic Spring Mix
47
Green Leaf
48
Organic Red Leaf
49
Tangos
50
Lollo Rosa
51
Batavia
52
Oak Leaf

Full Ingredient List

Turkey (turkey breast, turkey broth and 2% o flavors, yeast extract, sugar, carrageenan [from seaweed]), Rustic Potato Batard (enriched unbleached wheat flour [wheat flour, ascorbic acid, enzyme, niacin, reduced iron, thiamine mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid], potatoes, water, expeller pressed canola and extra virgin olive oil blend, sea salt, yeast), Pickled Red Onions (onions, water, red wine vinegar, apple cider vinegar, cane sugar, salt, calcium chloride), Molly's Chili Cream Cheese (cream cheese [pasteurized cultured milk, cream, sea salt], poblano peppers, chipotles in adobo [water, comato paste, dried chipotle peppers, distilled vinegar, corn oil, less than 2% of odized salt (contains potassium iodate], corn starch, onion powder, gauc powder, spices]), Spring Mix (green leaf, red leaf, tangos, lollo rosa, batavia, oak leaf)

Categories

Sandwiches Poultry sandwiches Turkey sandwiches

High-score cross-brand comparables for Freebird Turkey Sandwich

Neighbours outside Molly’s Grown to Eat with screening scores in the same high band as Freebird Turkey Sandwich (95/100 here). The 2 same-brand links above stay within Molly’s Grown to Eat; these peers cross brands.

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Follow the flagged-label evidence

Potassium Iodate is the first flagged ingredient selected from Freebird Turkey Sandwich's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 52-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Potassium Iodate. Open Potassium Iodate
  • Compare Freebird Turkey Sandwich'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 0853922004003: 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.