Product Insight: Ham Sandwich
Ham Sandwich by Stop & Shop is tracked in PlainIngredients with 4 identified ingredients and carries an overall safety rating of 3.8 out of 5 — a Low-Risk-to-Safe tier backed by FDA and EU regulatory status. On the NOVA processing scale, this product falls into Group 4 (Ultra-processed foods), a standard framework for classifying how heavily food has been industrially modified before reaching the shelf, and no Nutri-Score label has been assigned by Open Food Facts contributors. Within the identified ingredient list, no ingredient on this product currently carries a Caution or High-Risk flag in our database, while 3 ingredients sit at the Low-Risk or Safe end of the scale.
Our composite score weighs each ingredient's U.S. FDA regulatory status (GRAS, Approved, or Banned), European Union food-additive status under Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008, any U.S. state-level restrictions, and signals drawn from peer-reviewed toxicology literature. The per-product score is the mean of the per-ingredient ratings and should be read as a structured summary rather than a clinical verdict; edge cases such as cumulative exposure, individual allergies, and dietary interactions are not captured by a single number and are better addressed by reading the individual ingredient pages linked below.
Sources: Open Food Facts (product + ingredient list, CC0 licensed) · FDA SAFFA · EU Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 · U.S. state food-safety statutes
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
COOKED HAM WATER ADDED (CURED WITH: WATER, DEXTROSE, CONTAINS LESS THAN 2% OF: SALT, SODIUM PHOSPHATE [PRESERVATIVE], SODIUM ASCORBATE [PRESERVATIVE, SODIUM NITRITE PRESERVATIVE]), SUB ROLL (ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR WHEAT FLOUR, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID), WATER, ENRICHED WHEAT FLOUR NIACIN, REDUCED IRON, THIAMINE MONONITRATE, RIBOFLAVIN, FOLIC ACID], DEXTROSE, SALT, FERMENTED WHEAT FLOUR, CULTURED CORN SYRUP SOLIDS, WHEAT GLUTEN, MALTED BARLEY FLOUR, DEACTIVATED YEAST, ASCORBIC ACID, ENZYMES, CONTAINS 2% OR LESS OF: CORNMEAL, MARGARINE [VEGETABLE OIL (CANOLA, COTTONSEED AND/OR SOYBEAN OIL), PALM OIL AND PALM KERNEL OILS, SOY LECITHIN, SODIUM BENZOATE, ASCORBIC ACID, MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES (MONO-AND DIGLYCERIDES, MIXED TOCOPHEROLS, CITRIC ACID), ARTIFICIAL FLAVOR, VITAMIN A PALMITATE, BETA CAROTENE SESAME SEEDS, YEAST), SWISS CHEESE (PASTEURIZED PART-SKIM MILK, CHEESE CULTURE, SALT, ENZYMES), TOMATO, GREEN LEAF LETTUCE.
Data Sources
- Open Food Facts — Product data and ingredient lists
- FDA Substances Added to Food (SAFFA) Inventory — Safety scores
- EU Food Additive Regulations (EC) No 1333/2008
Product Details
- Brand
- Stop & Shop
- Barcode
- 0030223070344
- NOVA Group
- 4 — Ultra-processed foods
- Available In
- United States
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