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Steak And Cheddar Cheese In A Crust Hot Stuffed Sandwiches, Steak And Cheddar

Open Food Facts label for barcode 4099100074314 · Frozen foods. Screening numbers and flags live in the verdict band below. This hero only situates the source record.

Barcode 4099100074314 · Serving size 1 sandwich (128 g)

The verdict

Steak And Cheddar Cheese In A Crust Hot Stuffed Sandwiches, Steak And Cheddar scores 95/100 in PlainFoodSafe's ingredient screening. We compared its 69 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 69-component record, beginning with Water, Enriched Wheat Flour, Wheat Flour. 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 69 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

60/100

Grade C+

Ingredient Safety

95/100

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.

00074314 · Open Food Facts · July 2026

Steak And Cheddar Cheese In A Crust Hot Stuffed Sandwiches, Steak And Cheddar label screening desk

SCORE-SAFE 95/100 FLAG-ONE 1 flagged LEN-DENSE 69 ing. REG-SPARSE 26% reg. NOVA-G4 G4 ultra NUTRI-D Nutri-D RANK-SHORT Len top 6% LEAD-FLAG Caramel Coloring PHOTO-SOLO No peers BOOK-OFF …074314 · July 2026

18 of 69 parsed ingredients carry FDA SAFFA or CSPI coverage (lead: Caramel Coloring). Source sheet 00074314 · 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

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.

How It Compares to Its Category

Among the 24,982 products we've scored in the Frozen foods category, the average safety score is 92.9/100. Steak And Cheddar Cheese In A Crust Hot Stuffed Sandwiches, Steak And Cheddar scores 2.1 points above that category average (95/100 vs. 92.9/100), 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 Frozen foods products

Steak And Cheddar Cheese In A Crust Hot Stuffed Sandwiches, Steak And Cheddar lists 69 ingredients on its label

69 94th percentile a longer ingredient list than 94% of the 7,008 products we track

0–2: 11 products (0%). Below this entry. 2–4: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 4–6: 54 products (1%). Below this entry. 6–8: 66 products (1%). Below this entry. 8–10: 102 products (1%). Below this entry. 10–12: 112 products (2%). Below this entry. 12–14: 184 products (3%). Below this entry. 14–16: 205 products (3%). Below this entry. 16–18: 245 products (3%). Below this entry. 18–20: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 20–22: 264 products (4%). Below this entry. 22–24: 298 products (4%). Below this entry. 24–26: 247 products (4%). Below this entry. 26–28: 271 products (4%). Below this entry. 28–30: 284 products (4%). Below this entry. 30–32: 294 products (4%). Below this entry. 32–34: 325 products (5%). Below this entry. 34–36: 319 products (5%). Below this entry. 36–38: 314 products (4%). Below this entry. 38–40: 283 products (4%). Below this entry. 40–42: 2,792 products (40%). This entry sits in this band. This product 0 42 every published Frozen foods product, bucketed by value

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Distribution as text

7,008 products, bucketed in bands of 2. This entry: 69 (94th percentile). Data current as of July 2026.

0–2
11 products (0%)
2–4
54 products (1%)
4–6
54 products (1%)
6–8
66 products (1%)
8–10
102 products (1%)
10–12
112 products (2%)
12–14
184 products (3%)
14–16
205 products (3%)
16–18
245 products (3%)
18–20
284 products (4%)
20–22
264 products (4%)
22–24
298 products (4%)
24–26
247 products (4%)
26–28
271 products (4%)
28–30
284 products (4%)
30–32
294 products (4%)
32–34
325 products (5%)
34–36
319 products (5%)
36–38
314 products (4%)
38–40
283 products (4%)
40 and above
2,792 products (40%)

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 7,008 Frozen foods 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 69 labeled). The floor is 0 when deductions exceed 100.

1
Water
2
Enriched Wheat Flour
3
Wheat Flour
4
Malted Barley Flour
5
Niacin
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
6
Iron
7
Thiamine Mononitrate
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
8
Riboflavin
COLOR OR COLORING ADJUNCT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
GRAS
9
Folic Acid
NUTRIENT SUPPLEMENT
Approved
10
Beef Strips
11
Beef
12
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
13
Food Starch - Modified
14
Salt
Flavoring
Cut Back
15
Sodium Phosphates Spices
16
Celery Seed
17
Tomato Powder
18
Hydrolyzed Soy Protein
19
Garlic And Onion Powder
20
Autolyzed yeast extract
Flavoring
Certain People Should Avoid
21
Caramel Coloring
Coloring
Avoid Approved (color additive, GRAS)
22
Spice Extractive
23
Cheddar Cheese
24
Pasteurized Milk
25
Cheese Cultures
26
Enzymes
27
Annatto
Coloring
Certain People Should Avoid
28
Coloring
29
Whole Milk Powder Hydrogenated Soybean Oil
30
Soybean Oil
31
Cheese Seasoning
32
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
33
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
34
Cheddar And Blue Cheese
35
Buttermilk Lactic Acid
36
Buttermilk
37
Sugar
Sweetener
Cut Back
38
Natural Flavors
39
Garlic Powder
40
Lactic Acid
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, CURING OR PICKLING AGENT, FLAVOR ENHANCER, FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT, PH CONTROL AGENT, SOLVENT OR VEHICLE
Safe GRAS
41
With Annatto And Turmeric
42
Color
43
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
44
Topping Seasoning
45
Bread Crumbs
46
Reduced Iron
47
Garlic
FLAVORING AGENT OR ADJUVANT
GRAS
48
Spice
49
Onion Powder
50
Dehydrated Parsley
51
Corn Syrup Sugar
52
Yeast
53
Sodium stearoyl lactylate
Other
Safe
54
Calcium Propionate
ANTIMICROBIAL AGENT, ANTIOXIDANT
Safe GRAS
55
Preservative
56
Whey Protein Isolate
57
Natural Garlic Butter Flavor
58
Canola Oil
59
Natural Flavor
60
Dough Conditioner
61
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
62
L-cysteine Hydrochloride
63
Tricalcium Phosphate
64
Wheat
65
Beef Type Flavor
66
Natural Beef Flavor
67
Egg Whites
68
Soy Flour
69
Annatto Extract

Full Ingredient List

Water, Enriched Wheat Flour (Wheat Flour, Malted Barley Flour, Niacin, Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid), Beef Strips (Beef, Water, Dextrose, Food Starch - Modified, Salt, Sodium Phosphates Spices [Celery Seed], Tomato Powder, Hydrolyzed Soy Protein, Garlic And Onion Powder, Autolyzed Yeast Extract, Caramel Color, Spice Extractive), Cheddar Cheese (Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes, Annatto [Coloring]), Whole Milk Powder Hydrogenated Soybean Oil, Soybean Oil, Food Starch - Modified, Cheese Seasoning (Maltodextrin, Whey, Dehydrated Cheddar And Blue Cheese [(Pasteurized Milk, Cheese Cultures, Salt, Enzymes), Whey, Buttermilk Lactic Acid], Buttermilk, Salt, Sugar, Natural Flavors, Garlic Powder, Lactic Acid, Annatto And Turmeric [Color], Citric Acid), Whey, Topping Seasoning (Bread Crumbs [Enriched Wheat Flour (Niacin, Reduced Iron, Thiamine Mononitrate, Riboflavin, Folic Acid)], Dehydrated Garlic, Tomato Powder, Spice, Dextrose, Onion Powder, Maltodextrin, Dehydrated Parsley, Corn Syrup Sugar, Citric Acid, Yeast, Sodium Stearoyl Lactylate, Calcium Propionate [Preservative]), Sugar, Whey Protein Isolate, Garlic Butter Flavor (Canola Oil, Natural Flavor), Dough Conditioner (Calcium Sulfate, Salt, L-Cysteine Hydrochloride, Garlic Powder, Tricalcium Phosphate, Enzymes [Wheat]), Yeast, Beef Type Flavor (Beef Flavor, Maltodextrin, Tricalcium Phosphate), Salt, Egg Whites, Soy Flour, Annatto Extract (Color).

Categories

Frozen foods

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Follow the flagged-label evidence

Caramel Coloring is the first flagged ingredient selected from Steak And Cheddar Cheese In A Crust Hot Stuffed Sandwiches, Steak And Cheddar's parsed label. Start with that ingredient’s source context, then compare the rest of this 69-ingredient record.

  • Inspect the FDA SAFFA and CSPI context attached to Caramel Coloring. Open Caramel Coloring
  • Compare Steak And Cheddar Cheese In A Crust Hot Stuffed Sandwiches, Steak And Cheddar'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 4099100074314: 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.