Grilled Chicken Sandwich
Grilled Chicken Sandwich by Food Lion has 7 tracked ingredients, with an overall safety score of 3.6 out of 5, 0.52 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products. Its Nutri-Score is A, and 1 of its ingredient carries a low safety rating.
- Safety score 0.52 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products
- NOVA processing classification: group 4
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How This Score Is Built
Grilled Chicken Sandwich draws on FDA status, EU regulatory status, US state actions, and published research, combined into a single editorially-derived 1-5 scale (never an official government rating). 7 of its 7 tracked ingredients are scored so far; data as of 2026-09-07.
Open Food Facts, FDA, and EU regulatory records feed this score. The FDA site → has the primary record; our methodology page explains the scoring.
Where Grilled Chicken Sandwich sits nationally
Average ingredient safety score vs. 58,710 other scored products in PlainIngredients
3.6 Top 87% higher than 13% of 58,710 scored products
Average ingredient safety score (1 = highest risk, 5 = safest), bucketed by value
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Source PlainIngredients ingredient safety index · 2026-09-07
- Sodium Phosphates - Safety score: 2/5
Ingredient Safety Breakdown
Processing Level
Ultra-processed products are formulations made mostly or entirely from substances derived from foods and additives. They typically contain ingredients not commonly used in home cooking.
Full Ingredients List
GRILLED CHICKEN BREAST PATTY WITH RIB MEAT: CHICKEN BREAST WITH RIB MEAT, WATER, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: MODIFIED FOOD STARCH, DEXTROSE, SALT, NATURAL FLAVOR YEAST EXTRACT, SODIUM PHOSPHATES, SUGAR, FLAVORINGS, MALTODEXTRIN, MODIFIED CORN STARCH, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, DEHYDRATED GARLIC, AUTOLYZED YEAST EXTRACT SUNFLOWER OIL, PAPRIKA, XANTHAN GUM, CARAMEL COLOR, HYDROLYZED CORN WHEAT SOY PROTEIN, CHICKEN FAT, CHICKEN BROTH, POLYSORBATE 80, EXTRACTIVE OF PAPRIKA (COLOR), DEHYDRATED ONION. HONEY WHEAT BUN: ENRICHED BLEACHED WHEAT FLOUR (WHEAT FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID, ENZYME), WATER, WHOLE WHEAT FLOUR, SUGAR, SOYBEAN OIL, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: YEAST (YEAST, SORBITAN MONOSTEARATE ASCORBIC ACID), SALT, HONEY (HONEY, CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, SUGAR, WHEAT STARCH), MONOGLYCERIDES WITH ASCORBIC ACID AND CITIRIC ACID (ANTIOXIDANTS), CALCIUM PROPIONATE (PRESERVATIVE), CALCIUM SULFATE, WHEAT STARCH, ASCORBIC ACID, ENZYMES.
Compare beyond brand
Nationwide peers by additive safety & ingredient depth
Two PlainIngredients-derived comparison paths for Grilled Chicken Sandwich: nearest mean mapped additive safety score and nearest mapped ingredient count among indexable products with at least 3 scored additives, excluding same-brand siblings. Scores describe regulatory and research signals on additives, not dietary advice.
Similar mean additive safety
Nearest products by average mapped safety score. This record: 3.6/5.
- Grebe's Bakery, Buttercream Filled Coffee Cake Pk Δ 0.0 pts · Grebe's Bakeries Inc. 3.6/518 additives
- Tastykake, cupcakes, banana pudding Δ 0.0 pts · Tastykake, Tasty Baking Company 3.6/511 additives
- BANQUET Classic Cheesy Patty And Mashed Potatoes, 9 OZ Δ 0.0 pts 3.6/510 additives
- Homestyle baking, brat buns Δ 0.0 pts 3.6/510 additives
Similar mapped ingredient depth
Nearest products by count of scored mapped additives. This record: 7.
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- Cooked pastrami Δ 0 additives 7additives · 3.3/5
- Deli style thin sliced Δ 0 additives · Armour-Eckrich Meats Llc 7additives · 3.3/5
- Deli Thin-Sliced Black Forest Ham Δ 0 additives · Armour-Eckrich Meats Llc 7additives · 3.3/5
Product Details
- Brand
- Food Lion
- Barcode
- 0035826088482
- Nutri-Score
- Grade A
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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Frequently asked questions
Where does Grilled Chicken Sandwich rank on ingredient safety?
Grilled Chicken Sandwich scores 3.6 out of 5 for average ingredient safety, in the bottom 87% of the 58,710 products in PlainIngredients with a scored ingredient list, 0.52 points below the 4.12/5 average across all scored products.
What does a 3.6/5 ingredient safety score mean?
PlainIngredients scores each ingredient 1 (highest risk) to 5 (safest) from FDA and EU regulatory status, then averages the scores of every ingredient this product lists that we could map. A 3.6/5 average places Grilled Chicken Sandwich in the Low Risk tier.
Every figure on PlainIngredients is rendered directly from FDA, EU, EFSA and U.S. state regulatory records, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.